Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-37960523-20200525011843/@comment-45878042-20200526144632

I think that Sage Mode Naruto takes it 10/10 times due to frog kata and just sheer increased strength and speed. Hiruzen could not keep up with Orochimaru and didn't have much strength. If you rewatch the fight, he could have used his shadow clones to have a considerable advantage over Orochimaru, but not too far into the battle he could not use the jutsu. Because he's so old, I can't think of a way he could take this that Naruto couldn't defend himself from.