Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20180814174256/@comment-34194151-20180815192405

It depends honestly. I can give raikage the benefit of the doubt and I'll say nothing short of the 8th gate can put him down. But To me I think that people should consider more often that there are different types of damage. Cutting/piercing, blunt damage, AOE, explosive, and also the strength behind it. Rasenshuriken relies on cutting you down on the celluar network. chidori can be used to cut/ pierce. but then are blunt damage forces as well such as Tsunade's super punches. Tsunade's punches for example have a better chance to kill A4 then raikiri does. But its hard to compare them directly because they are different types of damage. So while it's impressive that rasenshuriken couldn't get through A3 raiton armor and his ultimate spear could, it means that his spear has better penetrative power than rasenshuriken's cutting power, despite the elemental advantage. But we can't always use ABC logic. The third's spear has far lesser chance to kill tsunade for example compared to the rasenshuriken. Tsunade would be hurt by the spear but she could heal it off and counter-attack. But if she is hit by a rasenshuriken, she isn't fighting anymore. Guy relies on blunt damage, different from piercing. And there is even crushing damage too. I doubt that A3 for example, could survive a full power sand coffin if it was to ever hypotheticaly land.