Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34938099-20180621162725/@comment-34938099-20180625115258

Lmao whatever Madara took, I'm  100%  sure it can't be any more than 75% ( or atleast not above 80% ) Because Hashirama with Sage Mode was seen fighting on a whole another level in his battles. Knowing Hashirama's skill and power in Sage Mode, he should  easily  be able to sense Minato. Also, people forget that Madara was caught off-guard by Tobirama. So, if Hashirama was put in battle against Minato, he would be 100% on  full  guard. Hence,  even  less chances of him being caught. And Hashirama has never been caught off-guard in battle ( That doesn't mean he can't be caught off-guard. It's just there are far too many less chances ). Not to mention, the fact that Hashirama utilizes multiple Wood Clones in Battle. Minato would not be able to hit Hashirama. Also, knowing Minato's ability, it's obvious that it's a smart decision to make clones to completely confuse and render Minato clueless in battle ( Naruto kinda did the same against Neji in Part 1. Even Tenten, Neji's Teammate noted that it was a smart decision to make Clones to confuse Neji ). Even if you say that Minato can just mark him, it's possible that he marks one of Hashirama's Wood Clones by mistake, thinking he is the real Hashirama. Yes, I do agree that FTG can be dangerous. I never denied that. But the thing is once Hashirama comes to know that Minato utilizes FTG, he would be on full-guard and won't hold back. Also, Hashirama knows everything about FTG, since his brother, Tobirama was the one who invented it. It's plain obvious and logical that he must have counters for it.

One more thing is, that people here are using only FTG as a reasoning as to why Minato beats Hashirama. They forget that Hashirama has far more battle options than Minato and can kill him in various ways. Hashirama's versatility with Wood Style is  WAY  too high. Furthermore, Hashirama is skilled and proficient in everything that a Ninja has. Hashirama has OP ( Overpowered ) Genjutsu, HAX Kekkei Genkai, 5 Nature Transformations, Taijutsu on the level of Madara, who destroyed the 4th Division in Hand to Hand Combat, Regeneration / Healing Powers that surpassed Tsunade's ( A Top Medical Nin ). Hashirama is also very skilled in  all  kinds of weapons and can summon any of them or all of them, via scrolls, in battle if required. Basically, Hashirama is pretty much an all-rounder who is a  Top Expert  in everything i.e Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Ninjutsu, Bukijutsu, Senjutsu, Medical Ninjutsu, etc. Not only this, he also has counters for pretty much everything that Minato has. Read my huge comment above. I've explained it all. On top of that, if knows  everything  about FTG and uses Wood Clones, it'll be  way  too troublesome for Minato to do anything to him  at all .