Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-35036470-20180318150434/@comment-34752936-20180318161703

8th Gate would do it, no question, minus the whole "Nagato" thing but since 8th Gate is restricted,we're gonna have to go to the 7th Gate. 7th Gate would be a serious hindrance to Pain as well, because the Rinnegan's biggest weakness is to physical attacks; HGR would fall victim to the same thing Kisame did, and if Shinra Tensei was on cooldown like it would have been when Team Guy showed up, then yes, I think they could have taken Pain down. If Guy died in the process with the 8th gate, Nagato probably still would have Rinne Tensei'd him back to life because Naruto would probably still do something about him.

TenTen pulls an Itachi and blinds all the summons with shuriken, too, thus giving her a feat for the first time in the entire manga.Anddd It's not just guy. It's Lee too.It's safe to say that they were left out intentionally because they CAN make a difference when Pain invaded Konoha.

-We could see a Kakashi+Guy combo winning rather than Kakashi got rekt then. -Neji, TenTen or/and Lee could make a difference by defeating one or two of Pain's path with the help of others characters like Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba etc. -Or Konan is defeated right there and then because Team Guy being there make that much of difference in the outcome of those fights that we seen then.

All of this could happen even BEFORE Sage Naruto arrived to apply more salt to the wounds of the enemy(s). That is how much Team Guy presence could make a difference in that arc. Team Guy wins against Tendo Pain.