Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-3523655-20200802172018/@comment-46702312-20200905193044

@Post. He lost the 3rd Kazekage. It's most likely Gaara's dad he was going to summon. To make this better, I'd like to consider all of Orochimaru's feats in Part 1 and Shippuden (Except him gaining knowledge of the reaper death seal):

Orochimaru wins. Hashirama, Tobirama, plus Gaara's dad? That's going to be alot to deal with for Minato. I think the Infinite Darkness Genjutsu + a death strike from either of the Edo fighters settles this. Even if one were to consider a case where Minato get's around the Edo tensei. He has absolutely nothing that can kill Orochimaru, unless he wants to kill himself along with Orochimaru, with the reaper death seal, to end the fight in a draw. On the other hand from this, Orochimaru's 'final form's', snake numbing gas seals a sort of deal for him. Loads of Orochimaru's snakes could then assault Minato, to get him with a poison bite. But Minato could always teleport. That means he'd always have to be on the run though.