Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26773508-20150731084524/@comment-26773508-20150731145916

NewGenToneri wrote: Kakashi heavily relies on his sharingan and his only two primary techniques are kamui and raikiri. Both those techniques are now not possible for Kakashi without the sharingan. Also if any of you guys read Kakashi Hiden, his new technique consisted of just shooting a purple lightning. It wasn't even a special Jutsu, he literally movespammed it against Kahyo. He's still a capable ninja but dont overestimate him. He couldn't even guard himself against the meteor in the Last movie as well, unlike the other Kages.

Even if he retained that variety Jutsu he got from the sharingan (Copy Ninja Kakashi of a thousand jutsu) it still wouldn't match that of a Kekkei Genkai, let alone Mei Terumi's. Plus, he only used those jutsu twice in the whole series.

Kakashi still has quick reflexes and instincts however, as shown when saved Sakura from falling into lava, showing a moderate profiency in taijutsu. But it's not at the level of any of the Kages.

Overall, Mei has this one in the bag. I don't think Mei's taijutsu feats are that great either. In fact, when it comes to taijutsu, I'd give it to Kakashi. It's not on the level of Ay or Tsunade, but imo it's better than Mei, thanks to years of competing with Guy. Of course Guy's taijutsu level is leaps and bounds ahead of any Naruto character, so I'm not saying Kakashi is Guy level, but merely that Kakashi's taijutsu feats seem to be better than Mei's due to the above factor. But I don't see Kakashi being able to do much against Mei's two kekkei genkais. His chakra reserve should be high enough now that he has no sharingan, but I don't think they'll be as high as Mei's. Either way, Kakashi has no feats to take out Mei imo.

Also I think Kakashi has retained the thousand jutsus he copied. If I remember correctly, the reason he can copy jutsus is because the sharingan gives exceptional clarity and depth of perception, which allows the user to fully decipher the jutsu and hence use it. I don't think the jutsus are stored within the sharingan, unlike MS jutsus.