Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-27233105-20160130092635/@comment-142748-20160213195458

Rachin123 wrote: @Saiyan What times were his Body Flicker mistsken for the FTG? Also if he was so fast naturally, he'd wouldn't need to constantly use FTG to carry his weight. That is canon. The databooks are canon until proven otherwise and Minato only ever proved anything with speed with hus reaction which he just barely pulled off. Rin mistook his FTG for Body Flicker way back in chapter 240. He was also able to easily body flicker over the entirety of Konoha before Kurama could complete a Tailed Beast Ball and summon Gamabunta on top of that. And internationally, his body flicker is mistaken for FTG when they encountered the Kumo Ninja.

And to use FTG you need high reflexes and speed. Doesn't matter if you can teleport to a tag, if you can't react in time it means you can't get out of the way. Minato could react to some of the fastest things in the entire Narutoverse, avoid them, and counter attack before his enemies could counter attack. He's the fastest shinobi flat out, both A and Tobirama who held the title defer to him when it comes to speed.