1. Hiruzen has soul sealing jutsu. That could break through Susano'o and Seal Madara away.
2. OLD Hiruzen could fight Tobirama, Hashirama and Orochimaru at the same time, and still was able to seal Orochimaru and make him run away.
3. He pwned Tobirama and Hashirama during his fight with Orochimaru, HE WAS OLD!
4. Prime Sarutobi can kill Hashirama and almost every ninja except SO6P
5. List goes on...
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Hiruzen was said to be the strongest Hokage ever. I hate fanboys in this website! Uchiha fanboys = Kids.
PROOF. Argue with this, fanboys!
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1. He doesn't have anything like that.
2. Edo Hashirama and Edo Tobirama paled completely if compared to the originals. Orochimaru was just watching for most of time, and he didn't kill Hiruzen at the start when it would have been really easy, because he wanted to enjoy his mental breakdown.
3. Read above.
4. Yeah, but not in this manga.
This is only Iruka, a fodder ninja, making his praise to his beloved Hokage.