neji would destroy shikamaru, i don't really see a way for shikamaru to formulate a stratagem to take him on let alone defeat him.
neji is a jonin also, he achieved it with power, skill, and brains, not just brains in shikamaru's case.
choji is the main concern since his meat tank jutsu can be coupled with a size transformation.
Shikamaru beat an elite S class jonin like Hidan, one who is strong, fast(despite his claim to be Akatsuki's slowest in attacking), and above all, was immortal.
Neji is not.
Shikamaru could form a plan to beat Neji. Shit, Kidomaru was able to do it, he found the blindspot.
Now, it is not totally likely, but it is possible.
I don't think Neji an avoid the kagemane for long, but if he touches Shikamaru it's over.
Shikamaru has had the luxury of fighting long range fighters, and usually formulates his plans while hiding... he has yet to show any genius in fighting an opponent who will constantly be right up in his face and has a kekke genkai that allows him to instantly find whatever hiding place he has. Neji's also faster.
So.. it's a toss-up. Hinata is the weak link, though.
Neji and hinata win. Shikamarus "plans" frankly are mostly just plot based. In a neutral battle zone, while he cud avoid Neji for a short while, Nejis skill, speed, and defensive advantages will give him a quick win. Chouji then gets double teamed. Neji is a jonin and is on a higher level than d rest of them combatants.
Yeah but naruto beating beings above jonin when he was a genin is just done to advance the plot.( Or do u mean current naruto who is technically still a genin by rank but obviously much higher dan that when based on skills). Also the same goes for shikamaru. If it was a one on one forum fight then shikamaru would have absolutely no chance against Kakuzu. When i said neji was a jonin i was just trying to emphasize his superior skill and hence superior rank( narutos case is a special one)
Originally posted by Dark-Jaxx
Yeah, and Hidan, despite being an S class, was an arrogant moron, so Shikamaru was the perfect person to take him down.And Gaara was technically a Genin, yet Chunin and up Assassins were not shit to him.
Hell, Pein/Nagato, before even being trained in any Ninjutsu, killed a Chunin.
In a one on one forum fight though. Hidan would squash shikamaru.
Also gaara and pain/nagato were both special cases as they both had times when they both were not in control of the situations( for gaara it was shukaku and for pain it was his berserker mode)