Seeing as how Yamato is an actual fighter.. It would be surprising if Tsunade won. Long range fighter are usually better against close range fighters also if they can keep the distance.
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Tsunade isn't that slow, she has skill, and she may not be that versatile. She can also summon slugs.
She was being hit by Kabuto in the beggining and she had to use that one mark to get herself fixed, and better, but it makes her slower. Orochimaru still had his tongue and his sword to use, and can bend his body like a snake still.
1. Tsunade is very slow, until she gets a speed feat even on par with friggin Kiba. She has nearly no Taijutsu skill, only using brute force to overcome opponents. Those slugs are weak, weak, weak, even the largest one.
Yeah, I know. Not impressive in comparison with Orochimaru or Jiraiya. Oro had his tongue and sword? It is pretty sad when you are supposed to be equal in status to someone and then they use their tongue and sword to pwn you...And his chakra was shit, his body was in constant pain, and he could not use his arms.
Yeah but they wouldn't give her a Sanin status if she was like a low-jounin level. She would've beat the shit out of Kabuto if he didn't take advantage of her phobia (which she doesn't have anymore) and Kabuto is supposed to be about Kakashi level.
Even though based on what she has shown, Kakashi, Gai, Kisame, Yamato, any random Akatsuki member, and pretty much any strong Jounin should be able to beat her?
And Kabuto was stated to be Kakashi's level by a fallible third party character, he has shown no such strength.
She is only titled Sannin because she was with Oro and Jiraiya when they lived against Hanzou. And sure she'll have a lot of chakra but she's still slow, and unskilled. She's a healer. Which is probably a good reason why Oro and Jiraiya survived because they had her healing which is second to none.
Even before the whole blood thing Kabuto was dodging her. And during the Sannin battle both Jiraya and Oro were weakened and she still didn't outshine either one of them.
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Tsunade is slow, unskilled, she is not versatile, and other than some healing tricks and strength, she is nothing really.
She had trouble fighting a weakened, armless Orochimaru dudez
Based on the show she had not fought for 20 plus years so she was rusty.
1. Tsunade is very slow, until she gets a speed feat even on par with friggin Kiba. She has nearly no Taijutsu skill, only using brute force to overcome opponents. Those slugs are weak, weak, weak, even the largest one.
Yeah, I know. Not impressive in comparison with Orochimaru or Jiraiya. Oro had his tongue and sword? It is pretty sad when you are supposed to be equal in status to someone and then they use their tongue and sword to pwn you...And his chakra was shit, his body was in constant pain, and he could not use his arms.
Tsunade is quite clearly the weakest Sannin.
Daxx of all of the members here you seem to be the least intelligent. According to the shows creator her Taijustu is a 9 or a 10 her intelligence is a 10 her ninjutsu is a 9 or 10 I believe. Her speed is a 7 which isnt the fastest but then you realize she is a 50 year old woman. Yeah but I guess because she has no cool "feats" What your opinion on this character means more than the person who created her.
^thats not really saying much, considering the cream of the crop that is konahagakure's kage level ninja;
fuq'n
-senju the 1st, a beast of a ninja that created the leaf village with a jutsu...... nuff said. (he did a lot more but really, that feat alone owns)
-his brother can create water jutsu on par with kisame and most likely beyond WITHOUT the use of a local water source or spitting it out, he just performs the hand signs and the lake just rages out... super high level shit.
- saratobi, one of the most respected ninja ever, and one if the most formidable in any situation. also trained the sannin.
-the forth hokage. "flee on sight". again, nuff said.
-then we have tsunade....the weakest of these guys^. please, she can create chasms with ground slams and can and has casually ko'd naruto with a light flick. not all ninja are equal, especially female ninja who are almost forced into medical roles. but in that respect tsunade is the best of all medical ninja, and is basically immortal in battle.