Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26537507-20151003105148/@comment-26537507-20151006211241

@LoneNinja Lay off them a little. They may be a bit rowdy but as long as they're still being civil to each other it's all good. I do agree that they should stay on topic though.

I don't feel that by the end of Part 1 Naruto was good enough at summoning to use it effectively. Whether or not he wins hinges on whether or not he goes into Kyubi mode.

Neji is possibly the strongest contender for making it out alive. Nothing more to say that hasn't already been said.

Lee's base speed is already higher than anyone else's, so he should be able to take out most of his competition. The only people he might have trouble with are Sasuke (sharingan), Neji (byakugan, also trained with Lee for at least 2 years) and Shikamaru (I'll get to that later). I don't believe that any of the genin could stand up to Lee after he's opened even the 1st gate though.

Sasuke is disadvantaged since I banned the curse mark, but he's still better than most of the other genin. His main competition would be Neji (who should be able to beat him), Lee (who would beat him) and Shikamaru (explained later).

Shikamaru and Shino and my two wildcards. The longer they stay in this, the worse it becomes for everyone else. Shikamaru is the smartest genin (followed by Neji I think...) and would see the merit in hiding till the rest wipe each other out. His tactics would be to stall and retreat where possible, since a direct confrontation wouldn't end well for him. The forest of death is dark, with lots of shadows and places to hide - his ideal environment. Shino isn't as smart as Shikamaru but his bugs can easily overwhelm most of the genin. He might have some trouble with Lee (not sure how his bugs would handle the surge of chakra released with the gates) or Neji but the rest have very little defense against him.