Base sasuke and naruto are definitely above gaara lol. And idk if it was even base sasuke and naruto but Shin was able to pierce naruto and stab him before he could react while sakura was able to blitz shin

A rusty and fatigued sasuke are still stronger than the kage. And can u elaborate on the pic you sent me..?

• Shin was able to pierce naruto and stab him before he could react

Again, a rusty Naruto who didn't even notice that he was stabbed, meaning that it didn't matter to him even if he wasn't able to react to it.

• A rusty and fatigued sasuke are still stronger than the kage.

Proof of this? There's nothing that suggests that a rusty and fatigued Base Naruto and Sasuke are stronger than the Kage either individually or altogether.

• can u elaborate on the pic you sent me..?

It says that Gaara and Darui's taijutsu is on the same footing with Base Naruto and 3T Sasuke's, not much else.

^^You didn't prove anything you just said lol.

How is Base Naruto and Sasuke stronger than Gaara and how is a fatigued Sasuke stronger than the kage?

It still took a while for him to react to it even if didn’t matter.

Base naruto and sasuke could react to fused momoshiki while gaara and darui got absolutely obliterated. And i wouldn’t say fatigued and rusty naruto and sasuke are that much far off from their versions from when they fought momo.

Keyword “taijutsu”

• It still took a while for him to react to it even if didn’t matter.

Well yeah, that's what's going to happen when it doesn't really affect you..

• Base naruto and sasuke could react to fused momoshiki ... i wouldn’t say fatigued and rusty naruto and sasuke are that much far off from their versions from when they fought momo.

I'd say they are, seeing as how Naruto supposedly can't react to a Sakura level person at full power, but a while later he's able to react to and fight on par with someone stronger than him for a short amount of time on different occasions.

• while gaara and darui got absolutely obliterated.

K that's awesome, but I wasn't even talking about Fused Momoshiki. Fused Momo is also said to be able to take on Naruto and Sasuke individually, so that doesn't really work. Base Naruto and Sasuke reacted to a suppressed Fused Momo, same with Gaara.

• Keyword “taijutsu”

Literally the same exact thing for the Sakura scan lol.

It did affect him though, he literally fell to his knees one second later and was almost close to getting pierced by weapons. He couldn’t react to it even if he tried to.

Rusty base naruto can’t react to a Sakura level person at full power, but so6p naruto is able to react to and fight on par with someone stronger than him for a short amount of time on different occasions.

Momoshiki blitzes gaara until he blocks with his sand:

While base naruto and sasuke not getting immediately blitzed

And gaara was talking about combat prowess altogether, not just taijutsu

Are you saying Shin is relative to Naruto and Sasuke?

• It did affect him though, he literally fell to his knees

He stared at it lol.

Even if we go past that, the past scan I sent literally has Kurama telling Naruto to stop overreacting.

• Rusty base naruto can’t react to a Sakura level person at full power, but so6p naruto is able to react to and fight on par with someone stronger than him for a short amount of time on different occasions.

So that should show that Rusty Base Naruto =/= SO6P Naruto..?

• Momoshiki blitzes gaara until he blocks with his sand:

• While base naruto and sasuke not getting immediately blitzed

K, if we're using anime:

(btw, this is before the pic you sent above)

• It still took a while for him to react to it even if didn't matter.

The only reason he couldn't dodge it was cause he was off-guard and was rusty

Also by that logic Kaguya > Isshiki lmfao.

Being off-guard has been shown to decrease your durability many times (e.g. Madara getting killed my Zetsu, Naruto kicking Jigen/Ishiki or even Goku getting shot and almost killed by a laser).

• Base naruto and sasuke could react to fused momoshiki while gaara and darui got absolutely obliterated.

Gaara did react to him though? Plus Naruti and Sasuke got wrecked by Fused Momo too.

• And wouldn't say fatigued and rusty naruto and sasuke are that much far off from their versions from when they fought momo.

Bruh, Sasuke wasn't even at full power and Naruto was rusty meaning he hadn't fought in a long time. In the Momo fight at least he was somewhat experienced again. Plus Naruto was trying to protect the kids making it even more harder.

• It did affect him though, he literally fell to his knees one second later and was almost close to getting pierced by weapons. He couldn't react to it even if he tried to.

He literally got up 2 panels later and plus Naruto had already reacted to that attack before

(+ Kurama told him to stop overreacting in the same panel were I proved Naruto was rusty)

• Rusty base naruto can't react to a Sakura level person at full power, but soóp naruto is able to react to and fight on par with someone stronger than him for a short amount of time on different occasions.

So are you saying rusty Naruto is as powerful as SOSP Naruto?

And replying to the last bit of your comment, no. Gaaara was specifically just talking about taijutsu, combat prowess was nowhere mentioned lmfao.