Pain has to deactivate the other 5 paths in order to use CST which takes a few seconds so yes Minato definitely has time to put a clone in front of himself which gives him prior warning to CST when he sees the clone thrown back. It's not supposed to provide any defense. You're right about the bold, it's just Minato can teleport before the force even hits him
intel is none
Knowledge: Pain does not know about Minato's Sage Mode and sealing jutsus. Minato has none intel, except that he knows Six Paths of Pain shares visions, that's all.
all he'll see is that the paths are deactivated and at most he'll think that something big is coming.
he wont know when it will, and the clone provides zero resistance against such force. nor is minatos timing going to be so precise that he can teleport the second the force comes.
not when the force cant be seen, anticipated or prevented from.
the more i think about it, CST isnt needed, boss sized ST is enough
Yes he knows, why? That's because CST is not instant, while the other paths cannot fight while giving chakra to Deva...
the activattion of CST is instant.
only thing required is to disable the paths, and given that there is no intel, hee wont know what and when its coming
If Tsunade was able to see what was going to happen, then there is no way for Konoha to get destroyed when Minato was there.
wrong. tsunade didnt see shit.
she was thinking that something big is coming, nothing more nothing less.
Minato is a sensory type and adding Sage mode make his attack and speed faster, even though he does not need it anyway, because FTG is instant and he can teleport Deva Path away somwewhere safe from Konoha.
his reactions arent instant, and when an invisible instant force hits him, then he clearly doesnt react.
SM naruto, KCM naruto, edo itachi and kakashi were unable to anticipate ST. So minato is no exception
FTG being instant doesnt mean that minato can just lol evade it, just beecause lol instant.
+ Deva cannot use any jutsus when loading CST, and that's when Minato can strike back.
He can use CST. adn that one shots.
Now, give me an answer how Deva avoids FTG while preparing his CST?
>he hides inside chameleon.
>nagato collects chakra.
>once chakra is colleceted and the paths are disabled.
>deva catches minatos back and activates CST.
>minato then gets pasted.