Itachi Namikaze
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Ok as most of the knowledgeable people on the base know, style match-ups are important in fights. Some people are strong against a certain type of fighter and weak against others.
Take Guy and Kisame, Guy beat Kisame because Kisame is all about absorbing chakra and ninjutsu. Kisame however can beat way more people than Guy can.
So this thread is about the matchups of all the lages we know about and who they are strong and weak against.
Hokages
Kazekages
Tsuchikages
Mizukages
Raikages
Ok I want to make a disclaimer: THESE ARE JUST MATCH UPS, I AM NOT SAYING THAT EACH PERSON I LISTED WOULD DEFINITELY BEAT THEIR GOOD MATCH UP OR THEY WOULD LOSE TO A BAD MATCH UP.
Like all things, it depends on skill, intelligence, and some amount of chance. I also would like to point out that I did not list everyone who these people can beat, only their bad match ups against the other Hokages.
Discuss.
EDIT: I completely forgot about the 2nd Mizukage - his bad match ups are people with area of effect attacks like Hashirama, Mu, and Onoki, and people who have physical sensing like what Gaara does with his sand.
Sorry about that guys.
Take Guy and Kisame, Guy beat Kisame because Kisame is all about absorbing chakra and ninjutsu. Kisame however can beat way more people than Guy can.
So this thread is about the matchups of all the lages we know about and who they are strong and weak against.
Hokages
Hashirama - I think Mu and Onoki are bad match-ups for Hashirama. Mu can stay invisible, Hashi is not a sensor of any type, and Hashirama has no defense or counter against Dust release. Mu and Onoki can also fly, negating a large part of the danger of mokuton.
Tobirama - Not much is known about his fighting style but he seems to be almost exactly like Minato with the addition of an incomplete Edo Tensei, and without the crazy speed. That being said I would say that Yagura is probably a bad match-up for him because like Minato he does not seem to have any devastating attacks. (they might but they have not shown them so far). Also the third raikage, (unless he uses IWR then he can't really hurt him).
Hiruzen - Honestly we don't know anything about Hiruzen when he was actually strong, but I feel like he would have the most bad-match ups just because he has no unique ability that would make him powerful against some and weak against others.
Mu & Onoki are bad match ups for him, as are Minato and the third raikage.
Minato - 3rd raikage, he can't hurt him, he might be able to seal his abilities somehow but this I see being a draw or going to the raikage.
2nd Mizukage because of the clam genjutsu, and we can't know if Minato's brand of sensing (where he puts his finger on the ground) can tell where the real one is like Gaara's sand did. The third kazekage is also a bad matchup for him because he can control metal, and thus move his FTG kunai to wherever he wanted them.
Tsunade - people who would outright kill her are; the first 4 Hokages, the Raikages, Yagura, the Tsuchikages, the 2nd Mizukage, Gaara and the third Kazekage.
She has chances against Mei and the 4th kazekage.
Tobirama - Not much is known about his fighting style but he seems to be almost exactly like Minato with the addition of an incomplete Edo Tensei, and without the crazy speed. That being said I would say that Yagura is probably a bad match-up for him because like Minato he does not seem to have any devastating attacks. (they might but they have not shown them so far). Also the third raikage, (unless he uses IWR then he can't really hurt him).
Hiruzen - Honestly we don't know anything about Hiruzen when he was actually strong, but I feel like he would have the most bad-match ups just because he has no unique ability that would make him powerful against some and weak against others.
Mu & Onoki are bad match ups for him, as are Minato and the third raikage.
Minato - 3rd raikage, he can't hurt him, he might be able to seal his abilities somehow but this I see being a draw or going to the raikage.
2nd Mizukage because of the clam genjutsu, and we can't know if Minato's brand of sensing (where he puts his finger on the ground) can tell where the real one is like Gaara's sand did. The third kazekage is also a bad matchup for him because he can control metal, and thus move his FTG kunai to wherever he wanted them.
Tsunade - people who would outright kill her are; the first 4 Hokages, the Raikages, Yagura, the Tsuchikages, the 2nd Mizukage, Gaara and the third Kazekage.
She has chances against Mei and the 4th kazekage.
Kazekages
3rd Kazekage - Hashirama, 2nd Mizukage, Mu and Onoki, the Raikages (due to speed)
4th Kazekages(Gaara's dad) - We haven't seen him much but he doesn't seem all that impressive. He can control gold dust which negates Gaara's sand, but that doesn't seem that useful in places other than a desert. I don't know enough to make a decision on this one.
Gaara -his bad match-ups are the Raikages obviously, the lightning has the penetrating power, and they have the speed to use it. Mu and Onoki are also bad matchups as it has been shown that they can change the weight of the sand. Also there is no way some sand is stopping dust release when an entire island would have been destroyed by it.
4th Kazekages(Gaara's dad) - We haven't seen him much but he doesn't seem all that impressive. He can control gold dust which negates Gaara's sand, but that doesn't seem that useful in places other than a desert. I don't know enough to make a decision on this one.
Gaara -his bad match-ups are the Raikages obviously, the lightning has the penetrating power, and they have the speed to use it. Mu and Onoki are also bad matchups as it has been shown that they can change the weight of the sand. Also there is no way some sand is stopping dust release when an entire island would have been destroyed by it.
Tsuchikages
Mu- Apparently the 2nd Mizukage is a bad matchup as he died against him. Minato and Tobirama are bad match ups as they have ST (to redirect Dust release) and are not the normal types of sensors, their sensing is based off of vibrations, so if they were to do that then they would know where he is.
Onoki- Minato and Tobirama for the reasons stated above. ST jutsus pretty much negate Dust release.
Onoki- Minato and Tobirama for the reasons stated above. ST jutsus pretty much negate Dust release.
Mizukages
Yagura - We know nothing about his fighting style but the fact that he was a jinchurikki makes him at least somewhat susceptible to sealing jutsus. In that case the bad match ups for him are Hashirama, Hiruzen, and Minato. Hashirama because mokuton is useful against large creatures in order to suppress their chakra, and Hiruzen and Minato for sealing abilities.
Mei- She has alot of bad match-ups, people with an area of effect attack; Hashirama, Mu, Onoki, and Gaara. People with sensing abilities to negate Hidden Mist; Tobirama and Minato (also Mu but I already said him)
Mei- She has alot of bad match-ups, people with an area of effect attack; Hashirama, Mu, Onoki, and Gaara. People with sensing abilities to negate Hidden Mist; Tobirama and Minato (also Mu but I already said him)
Raikages
3rd raikage - Bad match-ups for him are Hashirama, as he only needs to suppress his chakra, or he can possibly put him to sleep via that one jutsu that did nothin to anyone. Mei, as she can hide in her Hidden Mist and use boil release or lava. His raiton armor may be hard to beat but it can't stop stuff like boil release, which was even going through Susanoo. 2nd Mizukage is a bad match-up (genjutsu and what not), and Mu and Onoki are obviously bad match-ups as they can fly and use dust release. Also if they need to they can change his weight and make him super slow and heavy.
A - Minato, Mei, Onoki & Mu, 2nd Mizukage, reasons stated above, but with Minato since A's raiton armor is not impervious. Hashirama is not in this one as A is much faster than his father so it would be much more difficult to catch him in a mokuton trap.
A - Minato, Mei, Onoki & Mu, 2nd Mizukage, reasons stated above, but with Minato since A's raiton armor is not impervious. Hashirama is not in this one as A is much faster than his father so it would be much more difficult to catch him in a mokuton trap.
Ok I want to make a disclaimer: THESE ARE JUST MATCH UPS, I AM NOT SAYING THAT EACH PERSON I LISTED WOULD DEFINITELY BEAT THEIR GOOD MATCH UP OR THEY WOULD LOSE TO A BAD MATCH UP.
Like all things, it depends on skill, intelligence, and some amount of chance. I also would like to point out that I did not list everyone who these people can beat, only their bad match ups against the other Hokages.
Discuss.
EDIT: I completely forgot about the 2nd Mizukage - his bad match ups are people with area of effect attacks like Hashirama, Mu, and Onoki, and people who have physical sensing like what Gaara does with his sand.
Sorry about that guys.
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