Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20171113213649/@comment-9782468-20171114035138

Reasonably sure Itachi never saw Naruto in Sage Mode. He only ever saw his 9 Tails chakra mode. So Naruto has the advantage of Itachi not knowing about his Sage Mode.

Naruto also has knowledge of Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, and I'm guessing we can count Naruto seeing Sasuke's Susanoo as some experience for seeing/fighting Susanoo.

Sage Mode gives a pretty huge increase in strength that's usually underestimated; I keep remembering that giant rhino summon that Naruto caught dead in its tracks, then threw it straight in the air. By the horn too, which is harder than if he'd thrown the thing center mass.

Naruto's reaction times and whatnot are greatly increased as well, enough to dodge and perfectly hit the Third Raikage's strongest attack. And I'm assuming that his strongest attack is very fast as well.

These are all feats of Naruto when he was younger. So we can assume he's at least a little better when he's older.

Now, I think Naruto will win. I feel like he's gotten a lot wiser in his age, so he wouldn't be such a bumbling idiot about things.

Itachi is immensely fast, yes. But I don't think he's any faster than the 4th or 3rd Raikage. So Naruto and Itachi wouldn't be too far over the other in terms of speed probably.

Itachi's Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi can probably be sensed by Naruto. In turn, Naruto's Frog Kumite can't be read by the Sharingan effectively since Nature Energy is used as an extension of his limbs. And we know that Nature Energy can't be sensed by anyone who hasn't trained in Senjutsu.

Susanoo is tricky to counter for Naruto, but I think enough Shadow Clones with huge Rasengans should be able to break it down, and by this point Naruto has enough of his own chakra to do it.

Keep it mind that Naruto can now, on the fly and even without Sage Mode or clones, create and throw a Rasenshuriken with just one hand. On top of that, he can enter Sage Mode almost instantly.

Naruto takes it, in my opinion.