Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1512913-20170609150729/@comment-734582-20170611120453

Elveonora wrote: Correction, not reversed. Madara too was extremely skilled, it just seems unusual for an Asura incarnate like Hashirama to have been so talented and powerful, since another one, Naruto was laughed at. Hagoromo's reaction to Naruto seemed to indicate that Naruto's actually the dumbest Transmigrant so far.

But yea, it seems that Transmigrants inherit their forefather's situations, not talents or personality traits. Ashuras have immense potential but it needs to be unlocked, whereas Indra are born with fairly easily accessed power.