Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36632842-20180922232450/@comment-33286580-20181017034138

Naruto wins on all scenarios.

bloodlust. no bloodlust. and even handicapped (using only a handful of Kage Bunshin).

Just for records... Naruto defeated a far more superior Gaara without using any Kyubi Chakra (before Gaara went Shukaku mode and all). he kept his pace with Neji and Kiba and had them fooled.

Lee's greatest accomplishment was against Gaara. he was the first apparently to breach the Sand defence of Gaara. (which i feel like it is a joke because there are hundreds of shinobi faster than the young Lee. any Jonin would do it. hell, one doesnt even need just speed to bypass Gaara's sand defence. one can use Suiton like in the filler to disable the sand defence.)

Unfortunately that was Lee's only big point throughout the arc (or the series for that matter). Despite opening 5 Gates Lee barely hurt Gaara. there was some cracks in Gaara's sand armour, but nothing more. after the match was over Gaara simply stood up and left the arena.

the thing is Lee has speed, but not strenght. the examples are clear throughout the prelimanaries. Temari who is not a physical fighter could easily block a kick from Lee. even with 5 Gates he could barely do damage to Gaara's sand armour. the fact that Gai swatted away a wave of sand to save Lee when Lee could do little to bypass the sand defence without speeding past it or the even barely damaging the sand armour in 5 Gate just shows the drastic difference in his speed and physical strenght.

Naruto with his durability in base can easily take hits from Lee. he took hits from Kiba in his Four Legs technique form which is said to drastically boost strenght, speed and such. Hell he even took hits from Gatsuga and Tsuga and was still moving along fine by the end of his match. it may be a bit stretch in Lee's 5 Gate form, but seriously he really has no strength feats that actually give him the real advantage.