Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160124210949/@comment-26773508-20160203055354

While I disagree with MIGshinobi in almost all the other VS debates going on right now, I do think that his arguments here are sound enough. I think we're underestimating Minato's intelligence. Like MIGshinobi said, 4th Ay claimed that he and Minato had fought many times over. So Minato has at least some idea of the Raiton chakra cloak. Minato might have also heard about 3rd Ay's "unbeatable" 'spear' and 'shield'. But for the sake of fairness, let's assume Minato has no knowledge of the finger attack.

So how will the fight play out? I believe it'll be something like a cat and mouse chase. Raikage tries to blitz Minato ==> Minato teleports and tries to blitz Raikage ==> Minato fails to scratch a single molecule of the Raikage's body. After this, one of two events might take place:

i) Raikage immediately counterattacks and manages to injure Minato, even if by a little bit, before Minato teleports away.

ii) Raikage immediately counteracts but fails to injure Minato, who teleported away before the Raikage could do anything.

If event (i) takes place, Minato's speed will be affected by a teeny tiny bit. And since the difference in speed and reflexes between the Raikage and Minato is also a teeny tiny bit, Minato's chances of survival is drastically reduced.

If event (ii) takes place, then the battle continues the same way as before. Raikage tries to bliz Minato ==> Minato counterattacks with various shitty rasengans that can't do shit against the Raikage ==> Raikage counterattacks and again either events (i) or (ii) take place.

If Minato manages to steer clear of injuries, he can analyse Ay's strengths piece by piece. With every passing moment, both Minato and the Raikage will resort to more and more powerful attacks. Eventually, the Raikage will use his finger attack. If Minato isn't taken out by the attack, then it's not implausible to assume that Minato will eventually figure out a plan to use the Raikage's attack against him.

The big problem here, however, is that the Raikage will hardly give Minato much time to think. The Raikage is too fast, so Minato won't have much time for calm analysis. So Minato will have to resort to Kage Bunshins to analyse while staying safe at the same time. And that leads to another problem, namely Minato's stamina compared to the Raikage's. If Minato doesn't figure out something quick enough, the small decrease in stamina might translate to small decrease in reflexes, which is all the Raikage needs to finish off Minato. And we all know that both 3rd and 4th Ay have Bijuu-level chakras.