Demonic Phoenix
Senior Member
Originally posted by Nephthys
Well even Kakashi could only fight one Path (and died) and aren't he and Guy meant to be kind of equal? Sage Naruto on the other hand actually beat Pain. I dunno, I'm gonna have to say Naruto. He's stronger and probably just as fast. Though no clones makes this closer than it should be.
Nah, Sage Mode Naruto only beat Deva Path.
Against Pain, he had help from the Toads & took out 5 Paths, but easily got taken out by Deva afterwards, which lead to the whole Kyuubi fiasco.
Also, I'm thinking that Gai and Kakashi as near-equals had very little to do with actual prowess in battle.
Of course Kakashi has an incredibly hax tech that likely brings him to Gai's level with the Gates, but Afternoon Tiger is ridiculously powerful (& Gai can throw it out with just an arm movement that is supersonic), and in 7 Gates mode, Gai's speed and punching/Taijutsu are better than Sage Mode Naruto's.