Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160124210949/@comment-26773508-20160127040754

UltimaDude wrote: If he can figure out Obito's weakness then, by your logic, he should of figured out that Senjutsu is effective against TTJs before Naruto. I think we can give Minato the benefit of doubt. The reason Nartard figured out about TTJ's senjutsu weakness is, I think, because Naruto has used senjutsu much more and in far greater scale than Minato ever did. Minato rarely worked with Sage Mode. In fact, his sage mode is nothing more than an asspull from Kishi. Not to forget that Minato died too young and relatively inexperienced compared to the great Nidaime-sama. I think that's the reason why many of us Minato fans were disillusioned by his relatively weak performance.

Which is why I think most of us are underestimating Minato's intelligence. He is no Itachi, who was a extremely sharp for his age. But I do think it is within Minato's cognitive capabilities to figure out the Raikage's weakness, provided that he receives no injury (no matter how small) from the Raikage before figuring it out. Any small injury, however, will slightly affect Minato's speed and reflexes. And that tiny amount of slowdown can be the difference of life and death for Minato, since the Raikage is one of the fastest shinobi to ever exist.

That is also the reason why I think the Raikage would win more often than not. It's really difficult for Minato to teleport away without eventually sustaining some injuries. And those injuries will slow Minato down.