Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-27924662-20170506165755/@comment-9782468-20170508154820

Asuma fought Hidan with two battle-capable Chunin and the useful Shikamaru with his shadow abilities. They ONLY fought Hidan, and they barely won against him before Kakuzu bailed him out.

Kakashi fought Hidan and 2 or 3 of Kakuzu's hearts at the same time, and still managed to make it back to save team 10 a couple times. That battle was basically him and Shikamaru vs Hidan and Kakuzu along with his hearts separated.

Whereas Asuma almost lost to Hidan on his own when he actually had useful Chunin on his side (Choji and Ino just made the fight harder for Kakashi and Shikamaru).

There's a gap in their skills, based on feats.