Round 1: Naruto and Sasuke take this. Madara at this point would be inferior to Sasuke and Hashirama would have his hands full with the versatility Naruto brings with a complete Kurama. Though Naruto's rusty combat prowess my give Hashirama reprieve but it won't be enough if he has to fight both.
Round 2: This tips the scale into Hashirama and Madara's favor. Now Madara has Hashirama's jutsu and access to Limbo or the Mazo statue: I know Sasuke should also have the Mazo but Madara's shown its effectiveness in battle. Either way Naruto would be outmatched this time and Sasuke would be on the defensive.
Round 3: Does Madara still keep his Wood/Rinnegan/Senjutsu from round 2? Because if not then this would probably just end up like round one with Madara having the firepower to keep up.
Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
Round 1: Naruto and Sasuke take this. Madara at this point would be inferior to Sasuke
Pretty much, yeah. Then again, he's probably still got better Taijutsu/Kenjutsu skills under his belt as well as higher-tier fire-style attacks. You probably shouldn't just write him off, here.
and Hashirama would have his hands full with the versatility Naruto brings with a complete Kurama. Though Naruto's rusty combat prowess my give Hashirama reprieve but it won't be enough if he has to fight both.
Hashirama has a pretty perfect skillset for fighting Naruto, too; his Wood-style can absorb chakra, which (to a degree) restricts Naruto from effectively using Kurama mode.
Honestly, I think the new!gen team would have better odds if Naruto fought Madara and Sasuke fought Hashirama.
Round 2: This tips the scale into Hashirama and Madara's favor. Now Madara has Hashirama's jutsu and access to Limbo or the Mazo statue:
To be fair, I'll restrict his access to the Gedo Mazou. Though considering Limbo's properties, Madara's a tricky one to fight now because Sasuke's the only one who can see him and Naruto's the only one who can hurt him.
Round 3: Does Madara still keep his Wood/Rinnegan/Senjutsu from round 2? Because if not then this would probably just end up like round one with Madara having the firepower to keep up.
He doesn't.
Originally posted by Demonic PhoenixExcept the OP clearly stated he doesn't have that in the final round.
Moon cutter, not buster, with said moon being a little different from the RL Moon.He doesn't have that power anymore.
No they don't. Madara with Senjutsu+Mokuton+Rinnegan is not someone they would walk all over.
And in the second round, its the same Madara who beat the Five Kage, not the suped up Sage Madara.
Hashirama loses to Naruto in all rounds, anyway.
Originally posted by Jmanghan
Except the OP clearly stated he doesn't have that in the final round.And in the second round, its the same Madara who beat the Five Kage, not the suped up Sage Madara.
Hashirama loses to Naruto in all rounds, anyway.
He has it in the second round.
Read again.
Assuming they always decide to split off into Naruto vs. Hashirama & Sasuke vs. Madara matchups, maybe. But it's more likely they'll employ teamwork or switch things around at times.