Er no he doesn't need to die. All Hiruzen needs to do is to neutralise any of Hashiramas wood techniques. Hashirama cannot do jack without it.
Hiruzen is awesome, he knows all the leaf jutsu. However guy did not kill Madara through the use of the 8th gate.
What a bullshit thread hashirama would beat him easily. If you noticed ashura and indra can only beat each other they won't lose to anyone wake . Hashirama ashura isn't losing to hirizen ahaha
Why didn't Edo Hiruzen 8 Gate the Wood statue that was stopping them?
So all you can do is backing up your arguments with hype?
Then again, I don't blame you. Hiruzen has no feats![]()
Edit: He has feats getting fodderized like a pro tho.
How did Naruto get stabbed in RSM mode? Simple. Nerf. Same thing goes with Hiruzen.

Didn't use it against Orochimaru to save the Leaf now did he.
No worries, I wasn't expecting anything else.desperate excuse
Didn't use it against Orochimaru to save the Leaf now did he.
No worries, I wasn't expecting much anything else.