Hebi Sasuke and Temari>Kakuzu (Full proof inside)

[Icelerate]

Starting Range: 20 m
Location: Team Kakashi VS Kakuzu
Knowledge: None

For the remaining battle conditions, assume that things are how they were when Kakashi's team fought against Kakuzu and Hidan.

Elemental Advantages​

Okay bare in mind that Sasuke and Temari mutually possess lightning, fire and wind. These three elements counter, lightning, earth and wind. For this reason, Kakuzu's doton domu defence is made useless. As for Kakuzu's elemental offence, well he has lightning, fire and wind. This means that Temari's wind>Kakuzu's lightning and Sasuke's katon>Kakuzu's wind. The biggest problem is Kakuzu's massive fire attack but if Sasuke and Temari combine their fire and wind attacks respectively and maximize their attack strength, they will most likely overwhelm Kakuzu. Also bare in mind that once an attack has been consumed, the power and intensity of that initial attack is added on to the attack that just countered it. This means that Kakuzu and his masks would get hit by not just by Sasuke's katon and Temari's wind but also his own fire and wind masks.

Earth Grudge Fear​

Those tentacle like things are pretty annoying but if Sasuke gets hit, he can use chidori nagashi on himself which will not only release him but also paralyse kakuzu or the heart that used those black threads. If Temari gets hit, Sasuke can use chidori sharp spear to free her. Also Temari can simply cut away at those threads by blasting them with kamaitachi variants.

Taijutsu​

Even though Kakuzu has an overwhelming advantage in CQC especially against Temari, both of them can protect themselves and each other. Remember Sasuke can harden his wing in CS2. Also bare in mind that Sasuke possesses Orochimaru's healing abilities so a lethal hit to most shinobi won't push him to the edge. Temari can block regular punches with her giant metal fan. Also what good is taijutsu against a sharingan user who uses lightning and is also skilled with swords?

Summonings​

I haven't even talked about Manda or kiri kiri mae but those two can be some game changers. Firstly, Manda is a giant and durable snake that can potentially be used as a shield or it can also be used to eat all those hearts. Also Temari can summon her weasel to use kiri kiri mae. Even though Kakuzu can protect himself with iron skin, all those hearts would get KOed.

All in all team Sasuke wins with moderate difficulty.

 

[Icelerate]

Go ahead guys, what are your opinions? Does Sasuke solo?

 

[BlackDude]

Go ahead guys, what are your opinions? Does Sasuke solo?

Sasuke team med diff

 

[fourth kazekage]

sasuke's team mid diff,the only thing stopping temari from cutting him to shreds is his fire mask which sasuke can lure away and destroy,then she uses her cast net to cut him and his domu to shreds.

 

[Negative Knight]

This thread underrates Kakuzu's prospects in this fight far too much.

First of all i agree with your point of Sasuke's Fire + Temari's Wind > Kakuzu's Combined Fire and wind. But this scenario disregards the lightning and Earth hearts acting independently to prevent the two from making a successful combined attack. Temari or Sasuke would have to turn their attention to the other hearts meaning Kakuzu's Combined Fire and Wind Infusion easily takes the advantage and reverses their entire strategy.

Earth Grudge Fear is not understood enough by most people. Kakuzu's brings 1000s of Threads out of his body and infuses his hearts into his body while activating the Doton Defence. Temari's wind would become useless in the face of the defence and Sasuke would have to land a successful lightning hit but he isn't as proficient with Kakashi when it comes to sneak attacks.

In a battle of Taijutsu while Kakuzu is in Earth Grudge Fear he could fight Sasuke hand to hand whilst simultaneously manipulating his threads as extra limbs with the added benefit of extreme flexiblity and the nature of him having such a magnitude of threads. This means that in Taijutsu along with his superior skills and black threads he bests sasuke without a doubt. Kakuzu's Hearts can also act independently while securely on his body meaning he could have a long range offensive which is immediate the moment sasuke flees the Taijutsu battle while also countering Temar's long range wind assaults.

Personally though i'm not underestimating Temari's capacity, she being a long range ninja who specializes in wind and is not capable of flight means that Kakuzu could dispatch her fairly with a Taijutsu battle and uses his fire/wind mask infusion to get close to her by sending back all her wind assaults with even more highly powered fire blasts.

Kakuzu, high diff

 

[Zexion~]

This thread underrates Kakuzu's prospects in this fight far too much.

First of all i agree with your point of Sasuke's Fire + Temari's Wind > Kakuzu's Combined Fire and wind. But this scenario disregards the lightning and Earth hearts acting independently to prevent the two from making a successful combined attack. Temari or Sasuke would have to turn their attention to the other hearts meaning Kakuzu's Combined Fire and Wind Infusion easily takes the advantage and reverses their entire strategy.

Earth Grudge Fear is not understood enough by most people. Kakuzu's brings 1000s of Threads out of his body and infuses his hearts into his body while activating the Doton Defence. Temari's wind would become useless in the face of the defence and Sasuke would have to land a successful lightning hit but he isn't as proficient with Kakashi when it comes to sneak attacks.

In a battle of Taijutsu while Kakuzu is in Earth Grudge Fear he could fight Sasuke hand to hand whilst simultaneously manipulating his threads as extra limbs with the added benefit of extreme flexiblity and the nature of him having such a magnitude of threads. This means that in Taijutsu along with his superior skills and black threads he bests sasuke without a doubt. Kakuzu's Hearts can also act independently while securely on his body meaning he could have a long range offensive which is immediate the moment sasuke flees the Taijutsu battle while also countering Temar's long range wind assaults.

Personally though i'm not underestimating Temari's capacity, she being a long range ninja who specializes in wind and is not capable of flight means that Kakuzu could dispatch her fairly with a Taijutsu battle and uses his fire/wind mask infusion to get close to her by sending back all her wind assaults with even more highly powered fire blasts.

Kakuzu, high diff

^ exactly and to add to your point temaris wind scythe is useless against his earth spear seeing as its a slashing type attack which his iron skin prevents and sasuke would be a problem with his chidor but even without earthspear he is increadibly skilled with taijutsu and sasukes lightning style is inferior to kakuzus wind style so im not saying this will be the winning move but he can use to moves at once searing migrane (i watch english dubbed) and the wind one to sasuke a bunch of those they cant keep up for long and amertarasu cant burn out wind

 

[Microsword57]

Team Sasuke,

 

[genii96]

Not sure abt this,but cast net cut the raikage to pieces,domu isnt protecting him from anything.

 

[Icelerate]

This thread underrates Kakuzu's prospects in this fight far too much.

Sorry for underrating your man.

First of all i agree with your point of Sasuke's Fire + Temari's Wind > Kakuzu's Combined Fire and wind. But this scenario disregards the lightning and Earth hearts acting independently to prevent the two from making a successful combined attack. Temari or Sasuke would have to turn their attention to the other hearts meaning Kakuzu's Combined Fire and Wind Infusion easily takes the advantage and reverses their entire strategy.

I forgot about that lightning heart acting independently to distract them. Well Sasuke summons Manda to eat it up or Temari uses kiri kiri mae to destroy it. Although doing this while the fire and wind attack are going on will mean that Sasuke and Temari will have to take heavy damage which could prove to be fatal. I think Sasuke is better of summoning Manda to use as a sheild while Temari preps kiri kiri mae. Once she is done, she can take out multiple hearts out. In the mean time, Sasuke can engage Kakuzu himself.

Earth Grudge Fear is not understood enough by most people. Kakuzu's brings 1000s of Threads out of his body and infuses his hearts into his body while activating the Doton Defence. Temari's wind would become useless in the face of the defence and Sasuke would have to land a successful lightning hit but he isn't as proficient with Kakashi when it comes to sneak attacks.

I wouldn't say it would become completely useless as her attack did penetrate metal but since his is made of diamond, I guess you are correct. Although the other hearts wouldn't have a defence other than their individual elemental attack. Also while Sasuke isn't good at sneak attacks, his skill in genjutsu and manipulation of lightning is better. Chidori sharp spear is a very dangerous tech for kakuzu as it is a mid ranged technique.

In a battle of Taijutsu while Kakuzu is in Earth Grudge Fear he could fight Sasuke hand to hand whilst simultaneously manipulating his threads as extra limbs with the added benefit of extreme flexiblity and the nature of him having such a magnitude of threads. This means that in Taijutsu along with his superior skills and black threads he bests sasuke without a doubt. Kakuzu's Hearts can also act independently while securely on his body meaning he could have a long range offensive which is immediate the moment sasuke flees the Taijutsu battle while also countering Temar's long range wind assaults.

Why would Sasuke be dumb enough to engage Kakuzu in a taijutsu skirmish when he can easily use chidori or its many variants. Sasuke can dodge, most of Kakuzu's long range offences, the same can't be said for Temari though although she can counter the lightning and wind masks. Bare in mind that Sasuke's CS2 provides him with an extra defence, great healing capability with Oro's powers and his basic snake defence that grow whereever he wants to counter an attack. For this reason, I believe Sasuke can tank Kakuzu's attacks giving him a shot at soloing.

Personally though i'm not underestimating Temari's capacity, she being a long range ninja who specializes in wind and is not capable of flight means that Kakuzu could dispatch her fairly with a Taijutsu battle and uses his fire/wind mask infusion to get close to her by sending back all her wind assaults with even more highly powered fire blasts.
So to beat Kakuzu, you need flight? What would Sasuke be doing while Kakuzu is busy using his fire and wind masks against Temari.
Kakuzu, high diff

After reading your explanation, I change my mind to team Sasuke high difficulty instead of mid difficulty.

Not sure abt this,but cast net cut the raikage to pieces,domu isnt protecting him from anything.

Doton Domu is supposed to be a defence that protects from any non lightning elemental attacks. I'm sure he can tank it although doton domu would take some damage just like the 3rd Raikage did but it won't be enough to destroy his heart.

 

[genii96]

Doton Domu is supposed to be a defence that protects from any non lightning elemental attacks. I'm sure he can tank it although doton domu would take some damage just like the 3rd Raikage did but it won't be enough to destroy his heart.

actually,domu is a body solidifying tech that is weak to lightening jutsus,there are few techs that can break it,not just raiton,and i am sure cast net is one of them,domu isnt nearly as strong as the raikage's body,who was an edo and still got sliced to pieces instantly,and it attacks the entire body,so if his hearts arent out while it hits,he is finished,not to mention her quick beheading dance which takes like 3-5 secs to do,and will definately take out multiple hearts

Also,steel is actually stronger than diamond,but diamonds are harder,so saying his skin is like diamonds isnt really going to help,as a hammer can easily shatter a diamond but not steel,and temari's basic jutsus cut through samurai's steel armour like it was butter,and then there is chidori,chidori senbon,chidori stream to use as well.

 

[VisionOfDisorder]

nice thread, i kind of do think people are underrating kakuzu slightly but either team wold win extreme difficulty