Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20180330212821/@comment-30323490-20180331170154

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Vladosaurus wrote: Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Is Naruto fighting without summons?

Yes, he is. I intended to disallow it initially because Naruto's shadow clones are more than capable enough of dealing with Pain's summons, especially considering that as a teen, Naruto's shadow clones could lift and smash Kurama himself on the ground. But i didn't disallow it. Than can you suggest any good counters for dealing with Animal Path's summon? Strictly speaking Human Path is fodder here. I feel that Animal Path's summon, Deva Path and Ashura Path should give him run for his money.

As i said, as a teen, Naruto's shadow clones could manhandle Kurama himself. First fo all, Pain's summons are not as big as Kurama and Naruto's shadow clones are much much stronger. I'm pretty sure that Naruto could just sent one or two shadow clones to deal with the undying Dog after he took out the rest of the summons. And that would leave the Animal Path exposed. But as i said, Naruto is allowed to use summoning jutsu. It's just not necessary required considering that at this point his fire power is so great you'd say it's unending.