Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26704954-20160301064038/@comment-27660682-20160302234629

There is no way hiruzen surpassed tobirama ever. Hiruzen may have survived a ninja war, but tobirama survived. THE ninja war in the brutal era of the warring states. Tobirama is far more battle experienced. Hiruzen maybe the professor of all jutsu in konoha, but tobirama is the one that invented almost all those OP jutsus. Tobirama can match his 5 element prowess too and he has more power imo. Prime Hiruzen is definitely a beast, but tobirama selecting him as hokage just meant he wanted hiruzen to have the future. It has nothing to do with him being the stronger shinobi.