Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160614093346/@comment-28633941-20160617191845

OK kids, it is sad that I will tutor fanboys that have been fanboys before me, but oh well.....

What I like(d) about Naruto is that when it comes to battle it isn't easy to determine who is better because there are many variables to take into account. So, if fighter A is better than fighter B and fighter B is better than fighter C, fighter A is not necessarily better than fighter C. If simple math logic was applied then we would have A>B, B>C --> A>C, but this is not the case in Naruto universe. In Naruto, each fighter has weaknesses and strengths, so each pair is kinda unique. But alas as the story went on super-stupid-powerful-plot-convenient ninjas came into view, with "prime" Sasuke and "prime" Naruto the main examples of it.

So, in order to determine who would win I will treat that as a thought experiment and try to determine which jutsu each fighter would use, at what time, with what effect, with what counter from his opponent etc. As I am beginning with this I don't know who is gonna win, so I am impartial.

THE FIGHT

A healthy Nagato would not be using the Six Paths of Pain. Sasuke would strike first as this would fit his character better. He probably would have used Amaterasu which Nagato would have absorbed. Nagato would attack Sasuke with physical attacks and there would have been some blows from both sides with minimal effect, then Sasuke would activate his Susanoo.....to no effect. If someone is arguing that Sasuke's perfect Susanoo is important in this fight, then he/she is delusional. Susanoo is a ninjutsu technique thus it would have been absorbed. At this point Sasuke would have realized that no ninjutsu of his would work and that only his taijutsu and genjutsu would work. On the same page Nagato's plentiful and powerful ninjutsu would not work on Sasuke either but Nagato would be using a couple in order to strain Sasuke's chakra. So, Nagato would fall back and from a distance would attack with an elemental technique. Sasuke would either a) activate his Susanoo to defend himself or b) absorb the technique. In case he would use the Susanoo, Nagato would close the gap and absorb it. Sasuke would use taijutsu at that point, but Nagato would be able to defend himself and then fall back immediately. In any case at this point Sasuke would have realized that Nagato was trying to strain him and would consider other options. Sasuke would try to close the gap with Amenotejikara in order to use his genjutsu but Nagato with his immense knowledge and skills as a sensor would be able to dodge this attack. Then Nagato would use his summons and Sasuke would reply accordingly. Nagato's summons are stronger than Sasuke's so at this point Sasuke would be on the defense trying to avoid Nagato's summons and absorbing Nagato's ninjutsu with his Rinnegan. Ultimately Sasuke would have defeated Nagato's summons, but Nagato's plan would have worked. Sasuke's chakra would have been lowered by at least 1/4 while Nagato's would be pretty much be the same, and on top of that Nagato UZUMAKI was starting the fight with more chakra as well. Sasuke's fighting style (liking to being on the offensive) would have worked against him in this case. Alongside the taijutsu techniques they would also have used Shinra Tensei with the result being a devasted battlefield. As Sasuke is faster than Nagato, thus far Sasuke would have inflicted more damage than Nagato, but Nagato would have had more chakra than Sasuke, and as the damaged inflicted wouldn't be serious in either case Nagato would be winning by that point. Sasuke then would start using Amaterasu around him with intent on using Kirin. Kirin although technically a ninjutsu would have worked as the attack part of it is just a real lighting and not a ninjutsu lighting. But that would allow Nagato to use Chibaku Tensei. Sasuke would have been pulled to the core of the technique without releasing Kirin (he hadn't the time to do so). Sasuke would activate his Susanoo in order to break Chibaku's core but Nagato would be able to break the Susanoo with a large wave of Shinra Tensei. Sasuke would have been trapped in the core but ultimately would escape. In the meantime Nagato would absorb the Amaterasu fires negating Sasuke's plan for Kirin. (Nagato wouldn't know what these were for but nonetheless would have acted cause he would have assumed that Sasuke must have had a plan). After this Nagato would have lost much chakra and would be at about 1/4 of his original chakra, but on the other hand Sasuke would have been seriously damage and would have been at about 3/5 of his chakra levels. Although Sasuke would have had more chakra than Nagato we should take into account that they did not start with the same chakra levels, Nagato started with more chakra than Sasuke. As Sasuke was escaping Chibaku Tensei Nagato would be waiting for him and would use Absorption Soul Technique. A seriously weakened and surprised Sasuke would stand no chance and would die.

Variations of the fight exist but ultimately Nagato has access to more Six Paths techniques than Sasuke, has both Rinnegan instead of one, has more chakra and better control of it, better summons, more experience, is equal intelligent to Sasuke but a cooler head and patience and all these give him an advantage. An advantage that Sasuke can't match as his greatest weapon (Susanoo) is useless against a Rinnegan user. And ironically Sasuke with one hand is the cripple now!!