Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150512133037/@comment-734582-20150722142532

Whitequeen666 wrote: Minato has great battle tactics for sure, but not on that level, which was evident in the war. Also, he created the rasengan and perfected the flying thunder god jutsu. In other words, he made an established jutsu better and took it to the next level and created a jutsu which only requires shape manipulation to perform. I know he would have added chakra nature manipulation if he hadn't died. I do think they're on an equal level when it comes to intellect, though Tobirama does have a very different style of fighting. I'm not sure how much you can blame Minato for losing an arm when up to that point, Edo Tensei was thought invincible. Furthermore, Minatos biggest weakness is that he died young and so was unable to really leave his mark on the Ninja World.

Still, with Rasengan and Raijin he made a nigh-unstoppable combo and could make powerful seals. I do think that he could've developed his own Rasenshuriken (it's quite a shame that Minato doesn't learn how to do it from naruto), and perhaps more jutsu far surpassing his current "prime" self. I think he had the potential to become the fourth God of Shinobi. But alas it was not to be.