Prime Hiruzen is still the strongest hokage according to Kishi. Oro is just dum in battle thats all.
He very well may be but not to the extent of him beating both of the previous. He may be more rounded but that also doesn't mean he would beat them as individualsSo he me be better than hashi but it doesn't mean he would beat hashirama maybe just an all around better shinobi. But no one accepts this at all.XD
I'm sure he couldn't beat Hashi and Tobirama combined. In his prime however, I do think he could beat either at high difficulty. His fight against Oro showed he has what it takes to counter mokoton and bringer of darkness. I'm positive Kishi wanted Hiruzen to be the strongest hokage. It was stressed over and over again about his old age hendering him during his fight.
Didn't read. Hiruzen prime still > Hashirama, the statement which said this was not affected by anything which happened in his battle with Oro. All the people who think otherwise are just plain stupid.
If you think i'm wrong, you think the manga is wrong.