Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160614093346/@comment-24729606-20160624191659

Well frankly how well Sasuke does against Nagato would depend on when the two fought. If for example they fought before Sasuke was trained by Orochimaru then he'd have not even a prayer of winning unless Nagato was intentionally going easy on him. If, on the other hand, they fought after Sasuke and Itachi fought Kabuto then Sasuke would have a chance but it would still be a tough battle for them both. On the one hand as Indras latest incarnation Sasuke has the potential to become stronger than any shinobi in history (except perhaps Naruto and then only because Sasuke would have to defeat Kurama to get stronger than Naruto). On the other hand Nagato is an Uzumaki, therefore indirectly having Ashura's blood in his veins. The deciding factor in this fight would be whether Sasuke is fully aware of the powers of the Rinnegan (even if Nagato's was only second hand) and whether Sasuke knew that Naruto considers Nagato a friend and sibling student. The wild card in this battle would probably be how well informed the two parties are on each other's battle prowess. If both were well informed then this would be a fair fight but if not then Nagato would have the upper hand since Sasuke would have to fight the Six Paths and then Nagato himself (which is Naruto's battle with Nagato was any example is a tremendously draining process).