Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160124210949/@comment-26537507-20160125222722

Minato's speed is irrelevant because of his fighting style - blitz attacks will not work against the Raikage. The Reaper Death Seal is a suicide attack, meaning a loss for Minato. There's no guarantee he can use a shadow clone to do it instead of him since the only time we've seen that was when Hiruzen was sacrificing himself as well. Minato can avoid lethal attacks but can inflict none of his own and will tire out long before the Raikage does. Minato's definitely quite intelligent, no doubting that, but it counts for little when you're dead.