I know everyone thinks Kimimaro beats Zabuza, and I used to think that too; however, after watching his battle with Lee and Gaara, I noticed something and changed my mind.
First let me start off by saying Kimimaro beats Zabuza out of character because of his Bone Forest. His Bone Forest can catch Zabuza off guard from the ground just like Kakashi's Ninken did. Zabuza would probably be able to avoid this by standing on his sword balanced on the bones, but Kimi can become one with the bones and catch Zabuza off guard like he did with Gaara and kill him.
In character, Zabuza beats him mid-high diff. Kimimaro's Bone Forest is his fifth and last dance. He uses his other dances first, of course. His first dance is Dance of the Willow. Lee who had a 4/5 for Taijutsu, 3.5/5 for Strength, and 4/5 for Speed according to the data book was able to land a hit on Kimimaro in his first dance:
Lee may have been using Drunken Fist, but he was still considerably weakened due to not having a full recovery from his surgery, yet he was still able to land a hit.
Zabuza has a 4.5/5 for Taijutsu, plus his Kubikiribochi which is superior to Lee's, has a 4/5 for Strength, which is superior to Lee's, and has a 4/5 for Speed, matching Lee. If Lee was able to land a hit when he was weakened, Zabuza, who has superior skills will be able to keep up if not be more successful than Lee in CQC with Kimimaro. He won't get "stomped" if he comes close like many of you have said in the past regarding this match up.
Even when Kimimaro moved on to his second dance, Dance of the Camellia:
It wasn't until Kimimaro's third dance, Dance of the Larch that surprise attacks couldn't/can't work on him:
What I'm getting at here is that until Kimimaro goes into his third dance and further progresses to his fifth dance, Zabuza has a good chance in beating him.
As we all know, Zabuza barely has anything in his arsenal that can beat Kimimaro. Due to Kimimaro's bone membrane, even if Zabuza landed a slash with his sword via Silent Killing, it wouldn't pierce Kimimaro enough to make it fatal. Kimimaro tanked Gaara's sand so Zabuza's large scale Suiton is almost useless in this fight. There is one thing that Zabuza has that can beat Kimimaro, and that is his Water Prison Jutsu.
Kimimaro may be able to tank incredible amount of pressure, but he has shown nothing that suggests he can breathe underwater. Zabuza's only way of beating Kimi is drowning him, and this isn't a difficult task.
How Zabuza can pull it off:
In the mist, Kimimaro is a sitting duck. He has no idea where Zabuza is, thus he can only be on the defense. Zabuza always moves in with Water Clones first for caution, as shown against Kakashi:
When Zabuza didn't use clones, he used shuriken:
No matter if he uses clones or shuriken, Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai will be revealed and Zabuza will know physical attacks won't work on him.
Even though Kimimaro could easily destroy Zabuza's Water Clones, the clones will still be useful because once they disperse, they will surround Kimimaro with water.
With Kimimaro being in his first dance or even second dance due to it only being the start of the fight, if Zabuza happens to appear behind Kimimaro, Kimimaro won't be able to extend his bones from his back body to counter because he can only accomplish the feat of having bones come out from any part of this body in his third dance. Kimimaro will be in his first, maybe second dance at the most.
Zabuza as I said before will find out physical attacks don't work and that's what his Kenjutsu, Silent Killing, and large scale Suiton is all about, so he will know his only resort is to drown Kimimaro.
Zabuza, being safe appearing behind Kimimaro due to Kimi not entering his third dance yet can successfully use the surrounding water from the clones and capture him in his Water Prison, similar to what he did to Kakashi:
Zabuza using the tactic of using Water Clones to surround the opponent in water to proceed to use another Suiton is very probable. He has actually already shown to use this tactic in the short panel time he had:
Zabuza noted that he and Haku had the first advantage because he used his Water Clones to surround Team 7 with water, allowing Haku to proceed to use another Suiton:
Zabuza will use clones to surround Kimi with water then catch him with a Water Prison via Silent Killing. If for some reason CQC won't allow Zabuza to catch Kimi off guard, he can always use Giant Vortex Jutsu:
and swoop Kimimaro away then catch him in a Water Prison while Kimi is off his feet already in water.
Also, nothing suggests Kimimaro has knowledge on Zabuza so he wouldn't go right to his third dance because he has no idea Zabuza has Water Prison Jutsu, not even Kakashi knew and Zabuza was in his Bingo book
In closure, Kimimaro doesn't start off with his fifth dance, Bone Forest. He does his dances in order from first to last and in the beginning of the fight, Kimi will be in his first dance. It isn't until his third dance where he can extend his bones anywhere from his body, thus Zabuza is safe appearing behind him and capturing him in a Water Prison to drown him, which will defeat him.
Zabuza can beat Kimimaro mid-high diff. It may be hard to believe, but he is capable of it.
Try to consider what I have said, hopefully we can have a good debate here! Also Merry Christmas Eve fellas!
First let me start off by saying Kimimaro beats Zabuza out of character because of his Bone Forest. His Bone Forest can catch Zabuza off guard from the ground just like Kakashi's Ninken did. Zabuza would probably be able to avoid this by standing on his sword balanced on the bones, but Kimi can become one with the bones and catch Zabuza off guard like he did with Gaara and kill him.
In character, Zabuza beats him mid-high diff. Kimimaro's Bone Forest is his fifth and last dance. He uses his other dances first, of course. His first dance is Dance of the Willow. Lee who had a 4/5 for Taijutsu, 3.5/5 for Strength, and 4/5 for Speed according to the data book was able to land a hit on Kimimaro in his first dance:
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Zabuza has a 4.5/5 for Taijutsu, plus his Kubikiribochi which is superior to Lee's, has a 4/5 for Strength, which is superior to Lee's, and has a 4/5 for Speed, matching Lee. If Lee was able to land a hit when he was weakened, Zabuza, who has superior skills will be able to keep up if not be more successful than Lee in CQC with Kimimaro. He won't get "stomped" if he comes close like many of you have said in the past regarding this match up.
Even when Kimimaro moved on to his second dance, Dance of the Camellia:
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Lee was still capable of landing multiple hits:
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It wasn't until Kimimaro's third dance, Dance of the Larch that surprise attacks couldn't/can't work on him:
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What I'm getting at here is that until Kimimaro goes into his third dance and further progresses to his fifth dance, Zabuza has a good chance in beating him.
As we all know, Zabuza barely has anything in his arsenal that can beat Kimimaro. Due to Kimimaro's bone membrane, even if Zabuza landed a slash with his sword via Silent Killing, it wouldn't pierce Kimimaro enough to make it fatal. Kimimaro tanked Gaara's sand so Zabuza's large scale Suiton is almost useless in this fight. There is one thing that Zabuza has that can beat Kimimaro, and that is his Water Prison Jutsu.
Kimimaro may be able to tank incredible amount of pressure, but he has shown nothing that suggests he can breathe underwater. Zabuza's only way of beating Kimi is drowning him, and this isn't a difficult task.
How Zabuza can pull it off:
In the mist, Kimimaro is a sitting duck. He has no idea where Zabuza is, thus he can only be on the defense. Zabuza always moves in with Water Clones first for caution, as shown against Kakashi:
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When Zabuza didn't use clones, he used shuriken:
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No matter if he uses clones or shuriken, Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai will be revealed and Zabuza will know physical attacks won't work on him.
Even though Kimimaro could easily destroy Zabuza's Water Clones, the clones will still be useful because once they disperse, they will surround Kimimaro with water.
With Kimimaro being in his first dance or even second dance due to it only being the start of the fight, if Zabuza happens to appear behind Kimimaro, Kimimaro won't be able to extend his bones from his back body to counter because he can only accomplish the feat of having bones come out from any part of this body in his third dance. Kimimaro will be in his first, maybe second dance at the most.
Zabuza as I said before will find out physical attacks don't work and that's what his Kenjutsu, Silent Killing, and large scale Suiton is all about, so he will know his only resort is to drown Kimimaro.
Zabuza, being safe appearing behind Kimimaro due to Kimi not entering his third dance yet can successfully use the surrounding water from the clones and capture him in his Water Prison, similar to what he did to Kakashi:
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Zabuza using the tactic of using Water Clones to surround the opponent in water to proceed to use another Suiton is very probable. He has actually already shown to use this tactic in the short panel time he had:
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Zabuza will use clones to surround Kimi with water then catch him with a Water Prison via Silent Killing. If for some reason CQC won't allow Zabuza to catch Kimi off guard, he can always use Giant Vortex Jutsu:
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Also, nothing suggests Kimimaro has knowledge on Zabuza so he wouldn't go right to his third dance because he has no idea Zabuza has Water Prison Jutsu, not even Kakashi knew and Zabuza was in his Bingo book
In closure, Kimimaro doesn't start off with his fifth dance, Bone Forest. He does his dances in order from first to last and in the beginning of the fight, Kimi will be in his first dance. It isn't until his third dance where he can extend his bones anywhere from his body, thus Zabuza is safe appearing behind him and capturing him in a Water Prison to drown him, which will defeat him.
Zabuza can beat Kimimaro mid-high diff. It may be hard to believe, but he is capable of it.
Try to consider what I have said, hopefully we can have a good debate here! Also Merry Christmas Eve fellas!
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