Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20150217173857/@comment-7292165-20150219205821

IMO Orochimaru is overrated as a character. Especially because he has shown has yet to make see him this big great person. The fight with Naruto on the bridge, well technically the forest didn't last long. Orochimaru barely did a thing. Snakes were sliced, burned, he was sliced in half, he was blasted, and by the end the only thing he did was push Naruto in Version 2 mode, not even harm him or pierce him. If that's suppose to be Orochimaru's top moment well hmm.

I get that his rather creepy and knows how to bug you, he's somewhat immortal, but what else really. His snakes are hardly threatening, sorry. I wish he was given more. I wouldn't say he's weak but he seems to not show off what people talk so highly about him. This could be because he's not a full power, (bullshit). He's the master of ninjutsu yet basically uses snakes.

Knock down a tree (Orochimaru)<Create craters in the ground with one finger (Tsunade)

So to answer your question properly I really can't say how strong he'd be at "full power". Especially are ypu asking on power scale or who he can beat. For one thing, he wouldn't beat Madara, Hashirama, no one in that level or above. He may make a decent challenge because he can reform, thats about it. His snakes are useless. He hasn't shown much to give him much credibility in prowess.