Hiruzen was the Strongest in Part 1

[Rainbow Dash]

Thanks Kishi.

strongest top 3 in part 1

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Hiruzen
Itachi
Kiss-a-me

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[omarsen]

True, and still is, as an unharmed edo

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[Joker]

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Orochimaru slaughters if he gets serious right off the bat.

 

[Yanks]

Itachi > Orochimaru > Hiruzen
Deal with it

 

[PlasticAngelx]

Orochimaru > Hiruzen. (Not prime)

 

[Fair Warning]

What is part 1? Your mean pre-timeskip?

If so then at the time Jiraiya was the strongest shown ninja

 

[Mattek2008]

Lel. He was a 70 year old man in part 1, so no..he wasn't the strongest.

 

[Ojdidit]

Top three yes, but not stronger than itachi

 

[Rainbow Dash]

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Orochimaru slaughters if he gets serious right off the bat.

Itachi one shotted Orochimaru, and Itachi bowed down to the lord.

 

[Joker]

Itachi one shotted Orochimaru, and Itachi bowed down to the lord.

Itachi used genjutsu, which Orochimaru later showed to be able to withstand, Itachi merely showed respect to Hiruzen, don't get it twisted. ABC logic doesn't work.

 

[Yanks]

Itachi one shotted Orochimaru, and Itachi bowed down to the lord.

Only because Hiruzen was the Hokage, not because he was stronger than Itachi.
Stop trolling.

 

[UltraPain]

Orochimaru was stronger than old Hiruzen. Old Hiruzen was strong, but the only reason Oro lost was because of RDS. No one has knowledge of that jutsu or can even detect it.

 

[Chie]

Itachi in pt1 was the strongest shown ninja. He had the highest score in the databook, higher than Hiruzen.

 

[Rainbow Dash]

Itachi used genjutsu, which Orochimaru later showed to be able to withstand, Itachi merely showed respect to Hiruzen, don't get it twisted. ABC logic doesn't work.

Only because Hiruzen was the Hokage, not because he was stronger than Itachi.
Stop trolling.

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[The Grand Pubba]

Based on what was part 1 itachi (no Susanoo)
-Hiruzen
-Itachi
-Jiriya/Orochimaru

What we know about Itachi now
-Itachi
-Hiruzen
-Jiraya/Orochimaru

Kisame is not top 3 when he himself said he is not on Jirayias level. This is the guy that went head on against Killer Bee (strongest Jin at the time) with no fear elected to say that Jiraya is on an own another level.