Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30355627-20161030163643/@comment-27120850-20161210210751

Can't really imagine a scenario in which Nagato wins, honestly. Doesn't have a final blow type jutsu like a trump card. All he can do against Sasuke is hopelessly play defense. Anything Nagato can do, Sasuke will have an answer for and this case isn't vice verse. How will Nagato respond to Amenotejikara, Kirin (natural lightning, Preta Path won't do jack), or even Sasuke's kenjutsu? Exactly, he just can't.

And as for the Six Paths of Pain, you have to remember that each body was limited to one Path ability, so the Human, Animal, and Asura Pains are obviously ineffective and are immediately burned to crisps by the unforgivingness of Amaterasu. I'm also pretty sure Sasuke knows what the Naraka Path is, given he has a Rinnegan, so he could dispose of Naraka Pain easily. So that leaves us with Deva Pain. Its gravitational abilities are also immediately rendered useless because Sasuke can just counter with the opposite force which means that Deva Pain (Yahiko body, if you're confused) is down to only one functional power, Preta Path. And as I pointed out above, Sasuke has feats to which even Preta Path can't respond to.

edit: Forgot to mention Sasuke's speed. Just remember to take into account the fact that he is the single fastest being in the series. :/