Really? People say right away "Pain wins"...
Well, six paths of Pain don't have enough speed. Shinra tensei, Banshou Tenin, Chibaku Tensei can all be escaped easily by Minato...
I actually can see Minato wining and i will tell you how. Let's first start with countering above techs.
Banshou Tenin, before it would pull him close enough Minato teleports away to some kunai that are still scattered around the place after he threw a lot of them and they were countered by Shinra This once using a technique by Pain shows Minato who's a great tactician that Pain needs 5 sec interval between using his tech. (Minato figured out Obito's Kamui within a matter of seconds, that makes me think he'd figure out Pains flaws fast as well). Jiraiya who praised Minato's intelligence was able to figure out their shared vision so i say after fighting for few sec. Minato figures it out as well (he's freaking smart after all). I belive with Minato's speed and kunais all over the place + Minato's seals, which i believe seeing how powerful his opponent is, he would put all over the place wherever he could and whatever he touches (which he's shown to do in other fights), I believe Pain wouldn't have enough speed to catch up with Minato.
Also, Minato always has his kunais in different places like his house for example so he can always escape if he's in disadvantage. That i believe could be a deciding factor of the fight. Pain goes Chibaku Tensei, Minato goes home (or wherever else) while Pain pointlessly wastes chakra on his technique.
Now that Minato knows abt 5 sec. interval it shouldn't be very difficult for him as the fastest character shown in manga (debatable with Naruto) to use that knowledge. Preta path can absorb Rasengan but can't absorb kunai to the neck.
Just like Naruto, Minato would have to get rid of the Pain's body that revives other ones in the first place, that i believe would be the most difficult since this body can just take away your souls so Minato would have to be very careful. Though with his speed it shouldn't be particularly difficult. Speed is one of the most important things in battle. Knowing how Hiraishin is instant and how fast Minato is i think that 5 seconds is all he needs to get rid Pain's body one by one.
Minato would have problems with Pain's summons as we could only see him summon Gamabunta but at the same time Pain's summons, though extremely annoying wouldn't pose a threat to Minato, he could easily avoid them with his speed and aim to kill the summoner. Even hidden in the "chameleon", Pain wouldn't escape since Minato is a sensor type. This way or another, Gamabunta would still support him in battle ( Pain could get rid of him fast though).
In fact the shared vision six paths of Pain have would be the biggest problem for Minato. That could f**k up his FTG a bit since blind spots would be covered. That would be very interesting fight to see. I'm not saying Minato takes this but he has chances. Like always I just refuse to believe Minato has no other techniques than what we've seen... (I'm sure he must be able to do the replacement jutsu, Kagebunshin, knows how to use exploding tags shurikens and some other techs. All jounins are shown to have some Nature affinity, well nearly all and Minato was Hokage, it's impossible he's got nothing else on him... Nevertheless we haven't seen it)
Anyway, i just figured out sth, Do you guys think Minato could combine Hiraishin lvl. 2 and explosive tags? I think since he can send a TBB it should be easy for him to send an exploding kunai near to his opponents right?
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