Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26090777-20150219230007/@comment-25478058-20150223133744

If they were one on one battles...

1. Jiraiya vs Naruto-- Naruto wins, duh. Perfect sage mode, tailed beast mode, etc etc., Jiraiya is strong and skilled but the only way he'd beat Naruto is if he was able to lure him into a trap, and Naruto might just be able to fly out of it or something else op.

2. Tsunade vs Sakura-- This one is hard, because Sakura's abilities aren't as differentiated from Tsunade's, and it's difficult to quantify how much naturally physically stronger Tsunade is over Sakura. BUT, using Sakura's hit on Kaguya and her mastery over the seal at a younger age than Tsunade, I think Sakura probably has much finer control over her chakra than Tsunade. Not to mention, we still don't know exactly how much chakra Tsunade and Sakura actually have. Sakura has enough chakra to power Obito's kamui through kaguya's dimensions 3 times and then break Kaguya's horn. Tsunade has enough chakra to survive a fight with Madara and summon enough Katsuyu to keep herself and the other kages alive. I think Sakura could beat Tsunade, she has the chakra, the intelligence, and IMO she is probably faster than Tsunade by the end of the series. Their fight would be really destructive and since they both rely on the same summons, and all Katsuyu does is heal, it could last a really long time. I'm picturing miles of rubble covered in katsuyu slime and Sakura winning by knocking off Tsunade's head and keeping it away from the rest of her.

3. Orochimaru vs Sasuke. Sasuke has already been able to kill a weakened Orochimaru, so there is that to consider. While Orochimaru has unknown skills, Sasuke is already very familiar with most of them and has shown himself to be INCREDIBLY quick to react to suprises (summoning manda after deidara, summoning the hawk in kaguya's dimension). Sasuke's susanoo is a really good defense against Orochimaru, who isn't quite as large scale, despite his snake forms and summons. I say Sasuke wins even if Orochimaru pulls out all the stops.

Free for all, from last standing to first out: 1. Naruto, 2. Sasuke., 3. Orochimaru, 4. Sakura, 5. Tsunade., 6., Jiraiya

3 vs 3= Team 7

Edited to add: I don't think Naruto could solo all three of the sannin at once. If he took them on one by one, yeah he could beat all three and that would probably be his strategy for fighting them, but if all 3 went up against Naruto in a cohesive attack idk if Naruto could be killed, but I think he has a really good chance of getting taken down for a while. Is there anyone in the series who could actually kill Naruto? Sasuke couldn't even do it... Technically Madara did.