Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9567825-20140910102105/@comment-26302001-20140910184002

He is above Sasuke's level, still. He took on Bee, Itachi, and Naruto, and nearly killed Naruto in his kyuubi mode and rendered Bee unable to do anything in mere seconds, if not for the sword of Totsuka, all 3 of them would have lost.