It been stated that being in battles can make you stronger and that is consistent in the naruto verse not to mention when they fought kabuto Sasuke basically just got his EMS. After that fight Sasuke honed his EMS to the point where he was able to fight against Juubito and stab SM Madara

@Unknownkage @Seekerbro Dont forget during the war Sasuke got two power boost (9 tails cloak from Naruto which is a confirmed 5x boost and cursemark from jugo) just to keep up with Naruto and Edo hokages. So of course he was stronger during the Jubito fight

I don’t recall those being permanent buffs💀

@Unknownkage exactly my point Sasuke was only temporarily strong enough to keep up with the kages until he got the rinnegan

That’s just disingenuous seeing how kurama’s cloak was just for minato to FKG naruto and sasuke outta Juubito’’s attack and CM was needed due to the Senjustu properties to damage Juubito 🌚 put all those aside Sasuke has still shown complete relativity to the top tier characters

I agree with you

@Tim Xman is this matchup with those temporary power boosts? or not?

@Seekerbro No 9 tails cloak or cursemark for Sasuke

Then Itachi obv

Itachi high diff, Sasuke has nothing to seal him.