Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-39830779-20190716012147/@comment-9782468-20190724204910

Vladosaurus wrote:

Yes, but in the final battle VOTE2 80% of Naruto's feats were just ignored. How on earth does Naruto struggle holding back a fireball jutsu when a much weaker version of Naruto deflected 5 bijuu bombs on once? Why didn't he sunshin away, like he did so many times when he discovered NTCM for the first time? In a real all out fight, Naruto would be quite unbeatable on the ground. I mean have him go all out with his speed that he cut Kaguya's arm, with his power that is shattering the earth with from just the shockwaves, with thousands of shadow clones using SPSM, with the bijuu abilities including boil release that overpowered Kaguya herself? The same Kaguya who was destroying Sasuke's susanoo with her blows? And what happened with Naruto's superior sensing and reflexes at VOTE2? I mean c'mon...you don't have to be a genius to see that Naruto gets nerfed a lot in big battles, simply because some of his feats are just ridiculous and would turn the battle hard in his favor. Definitely all fair points. I was one sided in my responses to just show Naruto's strategies with dealing with Sasuke.

Keep in mind though, a couple explanations for your points can be explained;

Sasuke's fireball jutsu when he is as powerful as he is empowered by 6 paths power may very well be more powerful than 5 Bijuu bombs in terms of forward force (especially since the fireball has less surface area).

In terms of Shunshining out of the way, I've seen Naruto block attacks as many times as Shunshining away. In fact, he blocked Ay several times before finally dodging instead.

And while many of Naruto's feats have been ignored, Sasuke's have been too. If Sasuke's Chidori has proven penetrating enough to bisect Juubi Madara, how did Naruto tank Sasuke's Chidori in VOTE?

If Sasuke can simply teleport subjects and weapons into each other, why not do that with Naruto?

If Sasuke has the Genjutsu capabilities to simultaneously put 9 Tailed Beasts into Genjutsu with a glance, why didn't Sasuke do that as soon as Naruto went Kurama mode?

If Sasuke can sense Naruto across dimensions, how did he not sense Naruto's clone gathering massive amounts of Nature Energy for Naruto?

They both have their inconsistencies in their showings. Point is, the story and characters have constantly noted them to be equal, with only Naruto's unyielding resolve and motivation winning him the fight (from a story standpoint).

While I know the story writes them as equals, I still think Naruto would win in an all out brawl.

However, equalizing Naruto's main advantages against Sasuke unbalance the fight, because they're some of the biggest reasons he can fight someone like Sasuke.