Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20150217173857/@comment-26302001-20150218004033

Nagato was unhealthy and not at full power since he was synced with the Gedo Mazo onwards. Nagato with limited mobility was ranked right under Madara Uchiha as Kabuto himself pretty much put it. So I would say Nagato, Orochimaru, and Madara are all around ABOUT the same level with all of them at full health, in their prime with no handicaps or setbacks. Nagato clearly has more chakra then Madara hence he was able to spam Six Paths techs constantly unlike Madara and Obito. Orochimaru clearly has MASSIVE amounts of chakra, I would say even a bit more than Madara. But like I said Nagato clearly has the most chakra out of those 3, his Uzumaki blood and the fact his body made him a perfect host(Madara and Black Zetsu said this themselves) for the Rinnegan is why he was so damn strong. Now let' break it down and be completely real and honest here... Edo Tensei's are at best 75% of their real selves in power and chakra as shown with Madara. So in reality, if Nagato, Madara, Orochimaru and Itachi NEVER had any handicaps, illnesses or plot-based alone deaths and Itachi never intended to let Sasuke live or anything... Sasuke would have died at their fight at the Uchiha Hide-out, Naruto would have died against Nagato or Orochimaru and Sasuke and Naruto both would have died against Madara. If you noticed, Naruto and Sasuke only look so strong because they were being contrasted against Edo Tensei's and people who were deathly ill with all sorts of handicaps.. its called plot armor and plot deaths. In reality Naruto and Sasuke only stand a chance with their Rinnegan and Six Paths Sage Mode.