Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34938099-20180629110712/@comment-9782468-20180630015326

I mostly agree that Sakura would win. But just because Kakashi's my favourite character, I'll name some ways he makes this a high difficulty fight for Sakura.

His intelligence in battles. He's one of the few left who fight like ninjas used to; subterfuge, tactics, deception, etc. The rest have started to just overpower their problems; even an intelligent guy like Sasuke started going that route when he got MS and EMS. Kakashi could deceive Sakura and tag her quite a few ways like that.

For example, fighting her with Taijutsu and having her punch a hole in him, only for him to have been a Lightning clone. WIth Lightning stunning her for a moment, he has a possible kill shot (minus regen of course).

Another point; He's still a Taijutsu expert. Wihtout the SHaringan, he can't control a fight like he used to since he lacks predictive capabilities. But he still became a Jonin at 12 with battle senses that impressed Minato. He's no pushover. But yeah I agree Sakura would land hit, since he wouldn't be dominant in their fight.

In terms of Katsuyu, yeah. Kakashi has no real way to brute force her down. But slugs are almost entirely comprised of water. With his Lightning Release techniques (and he surely has many), he can probably do some real damage because his attacks would bypass her flesh and go straight for vital parts like the brain or organs.

He's more versatile. He has more jutsu, more angles, more abilities. He has more options.

In the end though, it's just me defending my favourite character. After watching the Shin fight, I think Sakura could beat Kakashi. Shin was overpowering her in their Taijutsu bout, but he also had several MS and Sakura was keeping up very well despite it. I doubt Kakashi could dodge every blow from Sakura like before. Add in Sakura's own intelligence and her regen abilities, and I think Sakura would take it at high difficulty.