Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26104757-20180202113334/@comment-7292165-20180202230102

Shino will be quite a problem for Hidan particular as he has no defense against his chakra sucking bugs and flesh eating bugs.

Kiba, Akamaru and Hinata can take on the masks. Hinata will hardly be caught off guard with the Byakugan. Her Protecting 8 Trigrams 64 Palms can help her block most of the attack only be harmed with minimum damage. She can hit the flying masks with her air palm, though that won't take them down, just knocked them back. She can most likely take down the earth mask with the 8 Trigrams 64 Palms. Kiba is very fast, and his Fang Passing Fang will allow him to move even faster, striking with a great amount of force. It helps that with the Fang Passing Fang, he can also hit the flying masks. If the fire and wind mask merge, Kiba and Akamaru can transform and use their Fang Wolf Fang to counter the Strange Mask Exploding Flame. I believe this form will overpower the masks, especially if they use the 3-headed version. So together the two can defeat the masks.

Kakashi would most likely battle Kakuzu, who will give him one hell of a battle, but without his masks supporting here, I think that Kakashi will have a much better chance to defeat him. Kakashi will have to be able to use clever strategies to be able to strike him down with the Lightning Cutter. As far as speed goes, they have both been shown to be able to get one on each other. They have shown to be equal in taijutsu more or less in that department, however, Kakuzu's has the advantage of his extendable limbs, superior raw strength with his earth enhancement, and superior durability with his stone body. If it's combat, I'm going to give to Kakuzu. If Kakashi can perform the right ninjutsu and combine it with clever strategies, he could probably take him down with the Lightning Cutter.

The winner of this battle will be Team 8 and Kakashi with high difficulty.