Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25626003-20150728002625/@comment-4646462-20150902073802

The worst nerfs I've seen are:

1. Naruto vs Madara

Naruto busts in with normal Tailed Beast Mode instead of the Sage-mode-enhanced mode he's been using mere minutes ago. Completely screws his chances of even slightly sensing the Limbo clone that smacked all the beasts down. Kishi didn't want that to happen because either 1) he came up with Limbo right off the bat as a technique that overpowers the tailed beasts and didn't know how it worked at that point, or 2) he deliberately had Naruto not go Sage Mode so that the plot can progress and he could die.

2. Tailed Beast Bomb (and Rasenshuriken)

As stated above, the TBB and RS, in their introduction, destroyed everything within their bounds. During the War, though, neither of them left as relatively-deep a size of a hole. To make matters worse, the Juubi's supposedly country-destroying bombs did almost no damage whatsoever to the terrain and only left smoke and dust behind, and it's the same case with Naruto's largest Rasenshuriken. It's as if the larger the explosion is, the less destructive it is.

3. Kurama

Kurama got nerfed in more ways than one. He got nerfed personality-wise by quickly changing from a malevolent being who manipulated Naruto in releasing him (allowing him to wreak havoc on the world again) to a fallen child of the Sage who's tired of being treated like shit and easily falls to Naruto's kindness in a single day. He also changed from being the most powerful being in the Naruto world that no one could defeat to being merely the largest portion of an even more powerful beast that easily falls to a barrage of gigantic Rasengans (the Rasenshuriken is understandable though) and a friggin' invisible kick to the face.

4. Kakashi

The Copy Ninja. The man who's learned more than a thousand techniques through the eye given to him by a fallen comrade. Suddenly sees no point in copying techniques anymore once he can use Kamui, and relies solely on his Raikiri, which his Sharingan allows him to use. Loses his Sharingan to Madara and gets no chance of ever getting it back (even after having become Obito's jinchuuriki for a short time). Now sees himself as useless because he doesn't have the Sharingan and can't perform Raikiri, despite the nigh-countless collection of techniques he's learned and could choose a new signature technique out of.

5. Guy

Well, to be fair, Guy got a massive buff with his Eighth Gate. Back when it was introduced, it was already considered the highest of forbidden techniques, the user of which surpasses Kage-level and can demolish just about anyone before dying a gruesome death. Such a level, when introduced during the time of the War, would only have been good for the higher-level Edo Tensei zombies and not much higher than that. As it turns out, he surpasses the Juubi jinchuuriki Madara, who is tens of magnitudes stronger than even the strongest Kage, in physical strength and ability. While that's awesome, the nerf comes when Guy's final attack lands a little too far to the left (hitting center would have liquefied Madara's entire torso), and the damage he did to the Tree was almost nil to boot. All so that Naruto can easily get the upper hand on Madara and cut the Tree down himself.

6. Hagoromo

The almighty Sage of the Six Paths, bearer of the Rinnegan, founder of Ninshuu, savior of the world, and creator of the tailed beasts. That was him when he was introduced and was an ancient legendary figure. The nerf came when he actually came into the story to give Naruto and Sasuke power. Primarily 1) his identity as a legendary figure was lost, and 2) he had a brother all along, and his mother was even more powerful and was actually the first one to use chakra.