Could Zabuza contend with most Low-Kage level shinobi and below?

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People like Mei, Juugo, Mifune, Kakuzu, Konan, etc etc etc?

I think his mastery of the Hidden Mist execution technique makes him a pretty viable threat for anyone of this level. Maybe not that he'd win every time, but would for sure be a threat.

Zabuza just had the misfortune of being the series' first villain, and faced pretty much one of the only hard counters to the Hidden Mist assassination (Kakashi's dogs).
 
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Kakuzu & Konan both beat him low diff. He can contend with the others though.
 

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Konan - no

Mei - he loses mid-diff

Hugo - good match up

Mufine - good match up


Anyway I don't see him taking out any Akatsuki members and most of K-11 has potential to beat him if they can't beat him.
 

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Didn't he try to take out yagura? Or at least one of the mizu?
 

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Mei would low diff him. 3 kkgs. His silent mist tech is usless against her as well. Watee jutsus aint shit against her either.
 

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Juugo on a low kage level list?
I know in CS 2 he can be a beast but he's a brainless beast with limited skills at that

Anyway back on topic, He would lose to all apart from juugo most likely. Aslong as Mifune can keep him close to stop him from putting his mist jutsu up that is.
 

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In favorable conditions like near water-sources... Yes, he can.

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The first person he faced was also quite adept at silent killing, that's why his hype couldn't establish much.
 
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Konan - no

Mei - he loses mid-diff

Hugo - good match up

Mufine - good match up


Anyway I don't see him taking out any Akatsuki members and most of K-11 has potential to beat him if they can't beat him.
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Juugo on a low kage level list?
I know in CS 2 he can be a beast but he's a brainless beast with limited skills at that

Anyway back on topic, He would lose to all apart from juugo most likely. Aslong as Mifune can keep him close to stop him from putting his mist jutsu up that is.

Well I didn't mean specifically these people, I was just trying to find examples to give an idea of the level if opponent I'm talking about.

Surely he bests most of the K11 in your opinion?
 

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People like Mei, Juugo, Mifune, Kakuzu, Konan, etc etc etc?

I think his mastery of the Hidden Mist execution technique makes him a pretty viable threat for anyone of this level. Maybe not that he'd win every time, but would for sure be a threat.

Zabuza just had the misfortune of being the series' first villain, and faced pretty much one of the only hard counters to the Hidden Mist assassination (Kakashi's dogs).

Mei idk but the others I'd say yeah. People seem to forget he would have killed Kakashi back then if not for team 7 so the question is how much did Kakashi really grow between then and now? If the answer is "not much" then Zabuza should still be able to hang.
 

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He gets melted by mei with acid fog
- konan creates paper bomb clones and they take care of him
- i see him beating juugo
- any akatsuki member bar hidan beats him low diff
- if he manages to activate the hidden mist tech on mifune he beats him, if not, mifune pressures him so he can't form seals and defeats him in cqc
 

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Konan - no

Mei - he loses mid-diff

Hugo - good match up

Mufine - good match up


Anyway I don't see him taking out any Akatsuki members and most of K-11 has potential to beat him if they can't beat him.

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Kakuzu is Mid-Kage :lol
 

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I've always considered Zabuza to be in the PTS Kakashi / PTS Kabuto / Darui bracket. Those 4 ninja are insanely well matched.
 

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I've always considered Zabuza to be in the PTS Kakashi / PTS Kabuto / Darui bracket. Those 4 ninja are insanely well matched.

Agreed with this.

OT: in favourable conditions, yes he can. And he'd have reached Kage level like Kakashi and Darui did, if he didn't die before reaching his prime.

He's not kage level, he's one tier below it, but with the right matchup conditions he can beat some Kage level shinobis. And for example, if his physicall stats improved as much as Kakashi's and Darui's did in the period they became Kage, then he'd already reach low kage level imo... if you add more mastery in the water jutsus, like making bigger and better jutsus without a water source, then he'd be a solid kage... and those things he'd have reached with time imo.. btw Juugo is not kage level, he's in Zabuza's tier.

The ones who you listed, Konan and Kakuzu would whop him, Mei and Mifune could lose in certain circumstances, and Juugo loses to Zabuza med-high diff.
 
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Agreed with this.

OT: in favourable conditions, yes he can. And he'd have reached Kage level like Kakashi and Darui did, if he didn't die before reaching his prime.

He's not kage level, he's one tier below it, but with the right matchup conditions he can beat some Kage level shinobis. And for example, if his physicall stats improved as much as Kakashi's and Darui's did in the period they became Kage, then he'd already reach low kage level imo... if you add more mastery in the water jutsus, like making bigger and better jutsus without a water source, then he'd be a solid kage... and those things he'd have reached with time imo.. btw Juugo is not kage level, he's in Zabuza's tier.

The ones who you listed, Konan and Kakuzu would whop him, Mei and Mifune could lose in certain circumstances, and Juugo loses to Zabuza med-high diff.

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