Minato is actually weaker than a lot of Naruto Characters.

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Sure the yellow flash is one of the fastest shinobis in Narutoverse. However, what he really lacks is a powerful move. So far from what we've seen the strongest weapons in his arsenal are his kunai and the rasengan. Meaning he can get behind his opponent in the blink of an eye and stab 'em with his kunai. This might be quite effective against some of the characters in Naruto. However, this puts Minato in a bad spot against the top tier naruto characters such as the kages, akatsuki members like orochimaru, itachi, pain and Madara Uchiha and Even Biiju Naruto. Rasengan, as we have seen, has been countered thousands of times in naruto. There are so many characters that can simply withstand it. For example, orochimaru can easily withstand a kunai attack or a rasengan thanks to his regenerative abilities. Minato can keep chopping him off all day but he will just keep coming out of his shells. Sage Kabuto is another character that will annihilate minato in terms of feats. Minato can rasengan him all day but he will just keep healing himself. Ninjutsu is useless against edo madara so minato will have to take him down with power moves. The problem is minato doesn't have any. Like he doesn't have any moves that will break the susanoo. Strength is a feat he seems to lack as well. Now I have no doubt in Minato's superior intellect and I can guarantee he will find a way to score a direct hit on any opponent. The only problem is that hit may not be enough to finish off some of the top rank shinobies. And that makes minato a weak match against them. Sure minato can defeat kakashi and the jonins of leaf village and even jiraiya(because he died cause of the chakra rod stab wound from pain minato can stab him too even in sage mode) with his speed. But against some characters with high defenses, hes just useless. Its a shame he had to die so early cause I am sure he would of perfected his rasengan and chakra affinity if he lived but the fact remains, Minato does not have a high power ninja move.
 
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-___- i thought this was a joke when i read the title.... but then i looked at what you posted and i assume your serious for typing that much.

Please take cover for alot of people flaming you.
 
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You completely skated over the fact that Minato is the absolute best at sealing jutsus in the manga.

Also he has probably the most powerful summons (not counting Edo Tensei ninjas as summons).

Just because he has not shown a finishing move doesn't mean he doesn't have it. Kages are required to know all sorts of things. At least in Konoha, that is what Ebisu said.
 

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Agree with some points. Tbh before he was ranked at 10 in my list, ive thought about my final top10 and imo he isnt in there based on what we have seen. There has been far more powerful ninja's who going by their abilities should replace him, mu, sm kabuto, 2nd mizukage are all above him from what we have seen
 
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Agree with some points. Tbh before he was ranked at 10 in my list, ive thought about my final top10 and imo he isnt in there based on what we have seen. There has been far more powerful ninja's who going by their abilities should replace him, mu, sm kabuto, 2nd mizukage are all above him from what we have seen
I think that he is a good match-up for Mu though, but I guess Mu might be able to take out more people than Minato could.
 

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-___- i thought this was a joke when i read the title.... but then i looked at what you posted and i assume your serious for typing that much.

Please take cover for alot of people flaming you.
That's cool with me, I would be very pleased if someone can prove me wrong. Cause I am, in fact, a minato fan. But I believe in rational arguments rather then stating something biased.
 

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Sure the yellow flash is one of the fastest shinobis in Narutoverse. However, what he really lacks is a powerful move. So far from what we've seen the strongest weapons in his arsenal are his kunai and the rasengan. Meaning he can get behind his opponent in the blink of an eye and stab 'em with his kunai. This might be quite effective against some of the characters in Naruto. However, this puts Minato in a bad spot against the top tier naruto characters such as the kages, akatsuki members like orochimaru, itachi, pain and Madara Uchiha and Even Biiju Naruto. Rasengan, as we have seen, has been countered thousands of times in naruto. There are so many characters that can simply withstand it. For example, orochimaru can easily withstand a kunai attack or a rasengan thanks to his regenerative abilities. Minato can keep chopping him off all day but he will just keep coming out of his shells. Sage Kabuto is another character that will annihilate minato in terms of feats. Minato can rasengan him all day but he will just keep healing himself. Ninjutsu is useless against edo madara so minato will have to take him down with power moves. The problem is minato doesn't have any. Like he doesn't have any moves that will break the susanoo. Strength is a feat he seems to lack as well. Now I have no doubt in Minato's superior intellect and I can guarantee he will find a way to score a direct hit on any opponent. The only problem is that hit may not be enough to finish off some of the top rank shinobies. And that makes minato a weak match against them. Sure minato can defeat kakashi and the jonins of leaf village and even jiraiya(because he died cause of the chakra rod stab wound from pain minato can stab him too even in sage mode) with his speed. But against some characters with high defenses, hes just useless. Its a shame he had to die so early cause I am sure he would of perfected his rasengan and chakra affinity if he lived but the fact remains, Minato does not have a high power ninja move.
I disagree, on the simple fact that Minato never loses!xd

It doesn't take a TBB or any other OP tech to be considered strong.
 

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If Minato marks you it's over, he could kill so many people that way, like Killer B for example, don't forget that if he marks you it's over (well on most of the Shinobis)! Unless you can materialize like Tobi or such but even then you aren't completely safe because Minato outsmarted Tobi

~Not a Minato fanboy btw.
 

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I think that he is a good match-up for Mu though, but I guess Mu might be able to take out more people than Minato could.
He will be a match for mu. What im saying is that we have seen more powerful ninja's than him in the manga and imo he isnt a top10 ninja going by what we have seen.

Now nobody bother quote me telling me what is right/wrong in my top10 because your opinion is irrelevant. We all have our top10. Anyway mine is final, atleast until we see more of others;
1. Edo madara (Kabuto)
2. Tobi
3. Nagato
4. Hashirama
5. Bm naruto
6. Hiruzen hype/itachi
7. Mu
8. Ems sasuke
9. 2n mizukage
10. 3rd raikage
 
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If Minato marks you it's over, he could kill so many people that way, like Killer B for example, don't forget that if he marks you it's over (well on most of the Shinobis)! Unless you can materialize like Tobi or such but even then you aren't completely safe because Minato outsmarted Tobi

~Not a Minato fanboy btw.
But even after marking, how would he kill someone like sage Kabuto who can heal in an instant.
 
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