Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33030270-20170909134305/@comment-5085906-20170910192652

The difference between Minato and Tobirama is that we have actually seen Minato fight and win against a speedster (Ay) and someone who utilized teleportation (Obito) whereas we've only seen a brief moment of the final seconds of Tobirama's fight against Izuna. To say that Izuna kept up with Tobirama in speed is pure speculation since we don't really know how he got that far. Let's not forget that Uchiha who have awakened the MS can conjure the Susanoo, and that is trouble for someone like Minato and Tobirama since it acts as an impenetrable shield and allows for offensive countermeasures at the same time. Anyone who has above average chakra reserves, and since Izuna rivaled Madara then he probably did have those, can keep it up for quite some time. Plus, who knows what Izuna's original MS abilities were. Maybe he had the perfect counter to Tobirama and that is why the fight took on so long.