Its not fair saying madara is better with gedo mazo i dont think madara would of survived what Nagato did with that dragon technique especially with his frail body and him not being a rinnegan user thats why he needs sasuke
and by list i mean Kabuto sent Nagato at Naruto and Bee then captured them then Itachi saved them.Kabuto then directed Nagato at Itachi and he used Celesetial Tera Sphere which would of killed/captured them all without Itachis quick thinking and two top tier tailed beast hosts
Saying how amazing his space time technique is justified but Madara clearly thought pain was stronger the him at that time in many instances and that just leaves you with madara getting nagato rinnegan as a power up either way its nagatos rinnegan thats making them win
and by list i mean Kabuto sent Nagato at Naruto and Bee then captured them then Itachi saved them.Kabuto then directed Nagato at Itachi and he used Celesetial Tera Sphere which would of killed/captured them all without Itachis quick thinking and two top tier tailed beast hosts
Saying how amazing his space time technique is justified but Madara clearly thought pain was stronger the him at that time in many instances and that just leaves you with madara getting nagato rinnegan as a power up either way its nagatos rinnegan thats making them win