Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26090777-20150220033950/@comment-25478058-20150223131249

I think the problem is partially Hiruzen, I think he is hyped to be stronger than he really is, so people overestimate him. What we saw out of him as Edo Tensei during the war wasn't great, he couldn't land a good hit on Spiral Zetsu. And as the Edo Tensei he would have had infinite chakra. So I would place him fairly low on the list, I think Tobirama or POSSIBLY a really quick Kakashi could take him out fast before he could react.

I do agree about Kakashi being the overall weakest hokage, he just does not have a shot in this battle. He's smart, but so is everyone else, he's not as fast or as strong, and he has the least chakra of all of them. (BTW, to me, Kakashi in his prime is not the obito-powered susanoo kakashi, for some people it may count, and if I was talking about that kakashi, my rankings would shift, but I don't count it.) Kakashi's one advantage is that he has the best genjutsu ability of all the hokages, so that may buy him a couple minutes if got say, tsunade or naruto, but he wouldn't be able to keep it up for long, and the second he has to start using clones and kamui he's got a time limit. eventually, tobirama would get him.

Then IMO it comes down to Tobirama vs Tsunade. Tsunade has massive stage-breaking capabilities and the Strength of a Hundred seal would let her run for a long time. Tobirama would be able to hit her, but she would keep healing. What we've seen is that her seal can run for a long time and still have juice, as seen in her Madara fight that she survived, and Tobirama doesn't have nearly as much destructive force as Madara. Idk that much about Tobirama's chakra levels, but he is faster than Tsunade. He might have to 'kill' her several time, which could wear him out before Tsunade-- IMO, Tobirama vs Tsunade comes down to stamina. Tsunade always wins on stamina.

Naruto would beat Minato easily, he'd even beat Kurama Minato because Naruto has a better sage mode. Hashirama would beat Tsunade with the hugely destructive wood jutsu likely by separating her body parts (Naruto could do this as well with multiple Rasenshurikens). Then, Naruto vs Hashirama and Naruto would win by virtue of being god.

My List 7. Kakashi 6. Hiruzen (I really do think he is overhyped.) 5. Tobirama 4. Minato 3. Tsunade (some may think I'm placing her high, but her biggest skill and greatest technique is staying alive.) 2. Hashirama 1. Naruto

Oh yeah and lets not forget the 8th hokage, Konohamaru, who would just tank everybody here in one shot with a little mini rasengan. :p