Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20170819183613/@comment-5085906-20170819212229

@Lorenzo.r.2nd What is your definition of 'base Sasuke'? 'Cause having both Rinnegan and Sharingan activated and using Amenotejikara at one point doesn't scream base to me. Nor does it imply that he was going easy on Kinshiki (though the fact he didn't use Mangekyo could mean he was suffering drawbacks from using his space-time ninjutsu). And Sasuke did attack/attempt to attack Kinshiki in a few occasions during that fight - it's just that he was not as phased by it.

And I agree with the others when they say that it's useless to use Wood Release as a factor. Kinshiki is incredibly quick and small in size, while Wood Release works at its best against gigantic beasts. Plus, his tool creation technique is strong enough to cut through any of Hashirama's wood summons as evidenced by him cutting a big-ass tree down while injured.

If you'd given Hashirama Sage Mode, then I would have given this fight to him precisely because of his enhanced reflexes and his 1000 armed jutsu. But, there's a clear distinction between base Hashirama and Sage Hashirama.