Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34436445-20180604184258/@comment-734582-20180607081700

FlatZone wrote: The Minato overhype on this wikia is out of this world. I've brought forth this argument before, in previous fights of this type:

Certain styles of ninjutsu have certain styles that counter them well. Hashirama is an AOE Ninjutsu dude (a "caster" if you will). He's good at spamming large area-of-effect ninjutsu that cover a lot of terrain. However, he's not terribly good at focused damage. On the flipside of this style is the Assansin style ninja, who use a combination of misdirection, speed and highly-focused ninjutsu to attack their enemy. Kakashi is an example, but so is Minato. They may not project damage over a large area, but they do project lethal damage on a focused region.

The thing is, the greatest strength of the caster-type (Large area effect ninjutsu) is weak against the Assassin (can dodge, feint and misdirect those large attacks). Moreso against someone like Minato, who can teleport around these attack and straight up go for the caster. This means that people can defeat opponents much stronger than themselves if they have powerful counters. This has been shown in the series plenty of times, including the Main character.

The argument works with Madara too. Sure, he has this big susanoo, but FTG allows Minato to largely ignore it. Sure he can breathe giant flames, but Minato's speed and FTG allow him to dodge it. Sure he has more chakra (though Minato's is nothing to spit at either), but Minato can end it fast enough. Madara's strengths aren't so strong against a teleporting speedster.

Lastly, i'd say that speed (in general) is the single most powerful attribute you can have. It helps with everything.