Part 1 Kakashi: how strong he is

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: power level, portrayal and best feats

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First of all: remember that until after the moment of the chunin exams, part 1 Kakashi was a lot out of shape for his own admission ( )( ). So what he did to that moment, he could do it much better logically.

Already a prodigious talent since his early childhood, Kakashi's genius talent allowed him to rise quicker than anyone in the ninja ranks: he graduated on academy at 5 yrs old, became a full fledged chunin at 6 yrs old, and became a jonin at something between 10-12 yrs old and then he entered the Anbu, as still a young boy, and became an Anbu captain younger than all before him. In his years as Anbu he became famous and feared all over the world as "Kakashi of the Sharingan" and after he leaved the Anbu, even after many years, he still holds high status and strong connections in the organisation despite leaving, with past subordinates like Yamato or Yugao who deeply respect their past captain. Son of White Fang Sakumo Hatake (hyped to be > the Sannin combined ( )( )( ) and trained by the 4th Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who renowned his strength and his prodigious talent and hyped his skill more than once, as a kid Kakashi was already a speedster with great skills in ninjutsu and taijutsu even before receiving the Sharingan, able to perform high level jutsu as Chidori and Rasengan and to fight and defeat experienced jonin from other villages. Growing from a kid, a the time of the Gaiden, to a young man, when he was in the Anbu, his skills enpowered to the point that his name became known, respected and feared through all over the ninja world even as only a youngster ( ).

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Hiruzen trusted Kakashi's skill and strength enough to rely on him for take on the last member of Uchiha clan and the last member of the Uzumaki clan, lost son of the 4th Hokage and the Kyuubi's jinchuriki. At the start of part 1, Kakashi was already famous all over the world for his fame and strength reputation. We see that Zabuza respects him a lot ( )( ) and hypes him (part 1 Kakashi is also put in the same bag of exceptional shinobi where the 3rd Hokage is ( )). The Sound Four pissed on themselves inspite of their arrogant being ( )( ). In Shippuden, we see that Ei and Darui personally know Kakashi ( ); since in Shippuden before that time Kakashi never went on Kumo or fought Kumo ninjas; so they probably met him sometimes in part 1 or before. The fact that in Shippuuden Kakuzu, when blindside blitzed with a quick silent Raikiri, thinking to the fact that one could make his back and piercing his Doton defense with a powerful Raiton, immediately said "Kakashi!" also says something: that was Shippuden, but I don't really think that has nothing to go with part 1 reputation of just some years before when he was already famous all over the world.

The fact that some people say "part 1 Kakashi is part 1 Kabuto's equal, also because in Shippuden Kakashi acquired MS and Kabuto Orochimaru's powers, than Kakashi perfected MS and Kabuto obtained SM" is bullshit. Who said it? Jiraiya, one who has been far from the village from a long, long time; so he couldn't know anything about Kakashi's strength level in that moment, and even less about Kabuto's level. Also probably Jiraiya was just trying to save Naruto's ass making him freeze hyping Kabuto's strength. Also who said it? Orochimaru, one who has been far from the village from a long, long time; so he couldn't know anything about Kakashi's strength level in that moment too. Also, if you compare part 1 Kakashi's feats and part 1 Kabuto's feats, Kakashi rapes him. He is faster, has better reflexes, is physically stronger, has better taijutsu, better genjutsu, better ninjutsu. Not to mention that in two times, one time Kabuto prepared the hell out just to escape from Kakashi, who didn't even uncover his Sharingan; another Kakashi showed great confidence and willingness to fight him, while Kabuto... pretty much run away. Part 1 Kabuto doesn't feel he can take on part 1 Kakashi, getting stomped in spite of favorable conditions ( ) by Kakashi who isn't even using the Sharingan ( ), he has to run away, and runs away again from him even if Kakashi taunts him ( ) while Kabuto was strong enough to fend off Tsunade dodging her hits for a long period of time, to the point that that waste of energy tired her, and with a soldier pill power up could humiliate her ( )( )( )( ) without having killing intent ( ) and without fighting seriously ( ) to the point she admitted inferiority even in her best days ( ).

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Also the fact that some people say "Orochimaru made part 1 Kakashi piss his pants" means nothing. Or, better: sure at that part of the story, Orochimaru was stronger than Kakashi, on a general level. But Kakashi feared because Orochimaru's evil and bad aura, not his strength; just think that if it was because of this strength, he should have liquified on the floor thinking about Itachi and Kisame, nonethless he jumped in the fight like a boss, stopping Kisame and ambushing Itachi, showing confidence; it's not like because he didn't show fear that part 1 Kakashi > Itachi and Kisame, as it's not like because he showed feat that part 1 Kakashi <<<<< Orochimaru. Remember also that when Tsunade healed Kakashi from the Tsukuyomi effects, she said "beaten by only two enemies... and I thought you were a genius" hyping him. Even if she knew that he fought against Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, two S-ranked missing shinobi, not two little shits as "two enemies" ( ).

It's really important to say that part 1 Kakashi was equally matched with Gai. Part 1 Gai could open at least 5 Gates (if Rock Lee could and Gai teached him) and he still was Kakashi's equal on a general level. Part 1 Kakashi could stomp and blitz Zabuza everytime he got serious or wasn't in a difficult situation like fighting in the Hidden Mist: after being defeated initially, Kakashi intercepted him easily, stopped the Kubikirihocho in CQC with a mere kunai, fought his Suiton: Suiryodan with his own Suiton: Suiryodan ( ), mindraped him with Sharingan genjutsu, stomped him with Suiton: Daibafuku ( ) and handed his ass to him ( ). In the second fight, Kakashi trolled him even if Zabuza thought to have trolled him ( ) and then negged him before with the ninken and the Raikiri and after dodging and blitzing him multiple times, not to mention destroying him in CQC (if one wants to argue that Zabuza was someway feeling down because of Haku's death, one has to prove how much, and it's worth note that Kakashi on his part was nearly exhausted). In Shippuden in the War Arc, Kakashi even simply blitzes through Zabuza's attack and "kills" him with Raikiri ( ), but obviously that's Shippuden War Arc Kakashi, not part 1 Kakashi so yeah (not an enormous gap in speed, but Shippuden Kakashi was definitely a lot faster, regaining his shape and what not compared to part 1 Kakashi).

Part 1 Kakashi was strong enough to react and counter all Itachi's moves (ninjutsu and clone feints) ( )( ) to the point that Itachi had to use the Mangekyo to not dragging the fight with him, that when he perfectly knew that using the Mangekyo would have ruined his eye sight and lowered his chakra level by much. Part 1 Kakashi was said to be a very difficult match for Kisame ( ) (and it's not like Kishimoto didn't think about Kisame's strength because Itachi said to him do not ever use his "big flashy jutsu", clearly referring to things like Dai Bakusoi Shoha, Senshokuko and Daikodan he showed in Shippuden) and Kisame referred to him as a worthy opponent ( ) compared to Asuma that he was fighting previously. Part 1 Kakashi was said to be Konoha's number one ninja by the 1st databook (yeah, better than old 3rd Hokage, deal with it... i can only give you and italian scan ( ) but if you search on Internet you can find the english one too) and Konoha's better ninjutsu master ( ) (yeah, better than old 3rd Hokage, deal with it).

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Kakashi's no Sharingan genjutsu prowess is really good. Kabuto's genjutsu, and A rank jutsu, could put to sleep an entire stadium, and when some jonin level ninja breaked it, Kabuto praised it as the Konoha èlites showing their skill ( ). Sakura, really skilled in genjutsu defense, could break it too (as Shikamaru... who later broke up Tayuya's Juin Ni genjutsu; as Shino... teached by Kurenai, a great genjutsu expert... so not badmouth it). Remember the genjutsu that Kakashi used some time before on Sakura? It completely raped her ( ) ... so it's a genjutsu a lot stronger than Kabuto's one, and one could argue that Kakashi did hold it back, logically (you could say "well there was a couple of arcs in between"... well I didn't see Sakura training in genjutsu, you did?). Itachi implied that Kakashi with his Sharingan could stand on his Sharingan genjutsu, as Kakashi was confident to do too ( ); bar MS's Tsukuyomi, of course; and the fact that Itachi used Tsukuyomi from the beginning, pretty much envalues that notion, Itachi wouldn't have ruined his sight if he could have won with base Sharingan genjutsu. Also with Sharingan genjutsu Kakashi raped a strong shinobi like Zabuza ( ); Kakashi's Sharingan genjutsu was so powerful that a shinobi of Gai's caliber (who, even if a taijutsu master that basically uses only taijutsu, has proven himself to be able to fight and break powerful genjutsu) had to create a fighting style just to avoid eye contact with Kakashi's Sharingan and therefore his genjutsu because he wouldn't have been able to break it if caught (only opening some Gates to amp his chakra flow, probably).

Part 1 Kakashi, albeit having a hard time, was reacting and countering Itachi's base jutsu in spite of their speed ( )( ) to the point that Itachi had to use the Mangekyo to not dragging the fight with him, he couldn't follow Itachi's fast jutsu execution, but he could react to it showing great execution speed too, and he could perfectly understand and counter his combo, something that Hebi Sasuke couldn't do: sick Itachi could make a KB while exchanging shuriken with Sasuke and Sasuke didn't see it, and later was surprised ( ); a more healthy Itachi tried to feint and surprise Kakashi with bushinjutsu, but Kakashi reacted and countered with his own bushinjutsu (Kisame also noted that Kakashi was fighting pretty well) and then even understood who was the true Itachi and who was the clone ( ), wasting his opportunity to attack to save Kurenai from Bunshin Daibakuha. I mean, this shows how Part 1 Kakashi's reflexes and jutsu skills were above the ones of Hebi Sasuke in Shippuden.

Part 1 Kakashi's speed and taijutsu was enough to (without even uncovering the Sharingan) completely outperform Kabuto, who was able to dodge Tsunade's hits and outperform her with ease, and enough to blitz Zabuza multiple times ( )( )( )( ) and destroy him in CQC ( )( )( ) (if one wants to argue that Zabuza was someway feeling down because of Haku's death, one has to prove how much, and it's worth note that Kakashi on his part was nearly exhausted). Part 1 Kakashi can also casually intercept and stop a Rasengan vs Chidori clash between Naruto and Sasuke, appearing from nothing between both ( )( ); his speed is enough to casually neg chunin level enemies ( )( )( ). With a mere kunai in his hand, Kakashi could stop the swing of Zabuza's giant Kubikirihocho sword ( ). Kakashi also spars with Gai, the best taijutsu master in the series.

The Sharingan allows Kakashi to preempt movements and jutsu, to copy and utilize on the fly the enemy's ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu, to defend and attack with visual genjutsu. Part 1 Kakashi, already famous all over the world for his usage of the Sharingan, had mastered his 3T Sharingan to the point that Itachi was impressed and acknowledged Kakashi's skill as better than even pure blood Uchiha clan members ( ). Kakashi could do Kage Bunshin no jutsu, and showed he could execute powerful Suiton ninjutsu as Suiryodan and even Daibafuku. Imagine if Kakashi makes a KB and then a combo, one does Daibafuku and the other streams Raikiri in the water current: pretty good combo I'd say, Kakashi then can follow with Raikiri, or Rasengan. Kakashi could open at least the 1st Gate ( ), powering up his speed and strength, already on really good levels. With a really high level of speed and Sharingan precognition, even if part 1 Kakashi had low stamina (he could still use the Sharingan plus four time the Raikiri), Shunshin + Raikiri was already a strong S-rank asset, in combo with high level taijutsu, Sharingan genjutsu, Rasengan, Kage Bunshin skilled and quick feints, powerful Suiton like Daikodan and Suiryodan, Doryuheki and Suijinheki defense, Doton underground fast hiding and moving (something that in Shippuden Kakashi managed to use even against Pain and Itachi), a versatile arsenal of more than 1000 jutsu. Kakashi is maybe the smartest fighter in the manga, his tactical and analytical skill is incredible. His weaknesses were not having over-the-roof raw power, not having special hax, and having really low chakra levels for a high level shinobi.

So based on feats and hype, part 1 Kakashi was already a hella strong ninja, really skilled, on low spectrum of S-rank/kage level. He had some great qualities but sure he had the drawbacks of having a really low stamina, but in that time he had the skill to kill strong people. Of course he had a long way to reassure his real level and upgrade it to what he showed in Shippuden and even more in the War Arc.

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That's how I'd rank him in a Naruto Tier List Power Ranking. His level goes further above in fights where the starting distance is small and the opponent is powerful all around but not that much in CQC (as Kakashi can quickly attack him with speed, Sharingan precognition and genjutsu, Raikiri, skilled clone feints) and can go further down in fights where the opponent has powerful large AoE attacks because of part 1 Kakashi has very low stamina to use his 1000 jutsu pool at best.

GOD TIER

1. KAGUYA OTSUTSUKI
2. THE SAGE OF SIX PATHS
3. KAKASHI HATAKE (Double Mangekyo Sharingan + Rikudo chakra)
4. MADARA UCHIHA (Juubi jinchuriki + 2 Rinnegan + 3rd eye)
5. NARUTO UZUMAKI (Rikudo Senjutsu)
6. SASUKE UCHIHA (Rikudo Rinnegan)
7. GAI MAITO (8th Gate unleashed)
8. MADARA UCHIHA (Juubi jinchuriki + 1 Rinnegan)
9. OBITO UCHIHA (Juubi jinchuriki)


DEMI GOD TIER

10. MADARA UCHIHA (Sennin Mode + 1 Rinnegan)
11. ASURA OTSUTSUKI
12. INDRA OTSUTSUKI


LEGENDARY TIER

13. HASHIRAMA SENJU
14. MADARA UCHIHA (Edo Tensei)
15. NARUTO UZUMAKI (War Arc: Bijuu Sennin Mode)
16. MINATO NAMIKAZE (Edo Tensei + 50% Kyuubi)
17. MADARA UCHIHA (EMS)


TOP TIER

18. NARUTO UZUMAKI (War Arc: Bijuu Mode)
19. OBITO UCHIHA (War Arc: MS + Rinnegan)
20. KAKASHI HATAKE (War Arc 1 MS)
21. GAI MAITO (Shippuden: without 8th Gate)
22. MINATO NAMIKAZE
23. OBITO UCHIHA (Shippuden: MS)
24. SASUKE UCHIHA (War Arc: EMS)
25. NAGATO (Edo Tensei)
26. NARUTO UZUMAKI (War Arc: KCM)
27. KABUTO YAKUSHI (Orochimaru powers, Sennin Mode, Sound 5 powers)
28. TOBIRAMA SENJU
29. SIX PATHS OF PAIN


HIGH TIER +

30. ITACHI UCHIHA
31. KAKASHI HATAKE (Shippuden before the War Arc)
32. SHISUI UCHIHA
33. ZETSU
34. IZUNA UCHIHA


HIGH TIER

35. MU
36. KILLER B
37. NARUTO UZUMAKI (SM)
38. SASUKE UCHIHA (MS)
39. SAKUMO HATAKE
40. DANZO SHIMURA
41. KISAME HOSHIGAKI
42. 3rd RAIKAGE
43. ONOKI
44. EI
45. GENGETSU HOZUKI
46. OROCHIMARU
47. JIRAIYA


MID/HIGH TIER

48. SASUKE UCHIHA (Hebi)
49. KAKUZU
50. DEIDARA
51. GAARA (War Arc)
52. SASORI
53. 3rd KAZEKAGE
54. YAGURA
55. YUGITO NI
56. KAKASHI HATAKE (part 1)
57. GAI MAITO (part 1)
58. NARUTO UZUMAKI (Shippuden: FRS training)


MID TIER

59. GAARA (Shippuden start)
60. 4th KAZEKAGE
61. KONAN
62. MIFUNE
63. OROCHIMARU
64. HANZO
65. HIASHI HYUGA
66. HIRUZEN SARUTOBI (old)
67. HIDAN
68. ROSHI
69. HAN
70. UTAKATA
71. FU
72. SASUKE UCHIHA (Shippuden start)
73. DARUI
74. MANGETSU HOZUKI
75. ROCK LEE (Shippuden)
76. TSUNADE
77. MEI TERUMI
78. KINKAKU
79. GINKAKU
80. KITSUCHI


MID TIER -

81. NEJI HYUGA (Shippuden)
82. NARUTO UZUMAKI (Shippuden start)
83. KIMIMARO KAGUYA
84. KABUTO YAKUSHI
85. SUIGETSU HOZUKI
86. JUUGO
87. OBITO UCHIHA (Rin death)
88. CHOJI AKIMICHI (War Arc)
89. FUGAKU UCHIHA
90. DAN KATO
91. YAMATO
92. ASUMA SARUTOBI
93. ZABUZA MOMOCHI
94. SAKURA HARUNO (War Arc)
95. CHIYO
96. HIZASHI HYUUGA


LOW/MID TIER

97. DODAI
98. KANKURO (War Arc)
99. SHIKAMARU NARA (Shippuden)
100. HAKU YUKI
101. SAI
102. TEMARI (War Arc)
103. SHIKAKU NARA
104. CHOZA AKIMICHI
105. SHIBI ABURAME
106. INOICHI YAMANAKA
107. TORUNE ABURAME
108. FU YAMANAKA
109. CHOJURO
110. AO
111. FUGUKI SUIKAZAN
112. RINGO AMEYURI
113. JINPACHI MUNASHI
114. KUSHIMARU KURIARARE
115. JININ AKEBINO
116. PAKURA
117. GARI
118. CHIRIKU
119. SHINO ABURAME (Shippuden)


LOW TIER +

120. GENYUMARU
121. KAKASHI HATAKE (kid post Sharingan)
122. TOROI
123. ANBU CAPTAIN (CAT MASK)
124. ANBU CAPTAIN (BIRD MASK)
125. ANBU CAPTAIN (BEAR MASK)
126. AOBA YAMASHIRO
127. GENMA SHIRANUI
128. RAIDO NAMIASHI
129. BAKI
130. KUROTSUCHI
131. SHEE
132. AKATSUCHI


LOW TIER

133. GAARA (part 1)
134. SASUKE UCHIHA (end of part 1)
135. NARUTO UZUMAKI (end of part 1)
136. KIBA INUZUKA (Shippuden)
137. KAKKO
138. MAHIRU
139. KAKASHI HATAKE (kid pre Sharingan)
140. TAISEKI
141. KANKURO (Shippuden)
142. TEMARI (Shippuden)
143. IZUMO KAMIZUKI
144. KOTETSU HAGANE


LOW TIER -

145. OMOI
146. ROCK LEE (part 1)
147. NEJI HYUGA (part 1)
148. HINATA HYUGA (War Arc)
148. SASUKE UCHIHA (part 1 post Chidori)
149, NARUTO UZUMAKI part 1 post Rasengan)
150. KARIN
151. SAKURA HARUNO (Shippuden)
152. ANKO MITARASHI
153. YURA
154. KURENAI YUHI
155. TOKUMA HYUGA
156. HAYATE GEKKO
157. SHIN
158. SHIBITO AZUMA
159. MOTOI
160. ATSUI
161. KO HYUGA
162. ITTAN
163. IBIKI MORINO


SHINOBI + TIER

164. CHUKICHI
165. CHOJI AKIMICHI (Shippuden)
166. OBITO UCHIHA (kid post Sharingan)
167. SAKON/UKON
168. KIDOMARU
169. KONOHAMARU SARUTOBI (Shippuden)
170. KANKURO (part 1)
171. TEMARI (part 1)
172. SHIKAMARU NARA (end of part 1)
173. SHINO ABURAME (part 1)
174. TAYUYA
175. JIROBO


SHINOBI TIER

176. EBISU
177. MUTA ABURAME
178. TSUME INUZUKA
179. ZAJI
180. YUGAO
181. YASHAMARU
182. SHIZUNE
183. SANTA YAMANAKA
184. ENSUI NARA
185. HINATA HYUGA (Shippuden)
186. IRUKA UMINO
187. OBITO UCHIHA (kid pre Sharingan)


WEAK SHINOBI TIER

188. SASUKE UCHIHA (part 1 chunin exam)
189. KIBA INUZUKA (end of part 1)
190. INO YAMANAKA (Shippuden)
191. IWASHI TATAMI
192. TONBO TOBITAKE
193. TENTEN (Shippuden)
194. NARUTO UZUMAKI (part 1 chunin exam)
195. DOSU KINUTA


WEAK SHINOBI TIER

196. SASUKE UCHIHA (start of part 1)
197. MAKI
198. SAMUI
199. KARUI
200. HANA INUZUKA
201. GOZU
202. MEIZU
203. SHIKAMARU NARA (start of part 1)
204. KIBA INUZUKA (start of part 1)
205. CHOJI AKIMICHI (start of part 1)


FODDER TIER

206. ZAKU ABUMI
207. YOROI AKADO
208. MISUMI TSURUGI
209. NARUTO UZUMAKI (start of part 1)
210. SHIGURE
211. OBORO
212. MIZUKI


TRASH TIER

213. TENTEN (part 1)
214. HINATA HYUGA (part 1)
215. INO YAMANAKA (part 1)
216. KIN TSUCHI
217. RYUSUI
218. YUDACHI
219. SAKURA HARUNO (part 1)
220. WARAJI
221. ZORI

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He's elite jonnin level.

On the same tier Zabuza, Darui, Part 2 Neji... No higher than that. You just put him too high, Deidara and Kakuzu are 2 tiers above part 1 kakashi
 

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He's elite jonnin level.

On the same tier Zabuza, Darui, Part 2 Neji... No higher than that. You just put him too high, Deidara and Kakuzu are 2 tiers above part 1 kakashi
He was said to be better than the 3rd Hokage more than once. He kept up with Itachi very well and Itachi had to use MS to defeat him. He was said to be a very difficult match for Kisame. He was already famous in all over the ninja world. After some difficulties, he stomped Zabuza completely not once but twice. His skills are far above Darui and part 2 Neji. Read my essay, I summed all his feats and his portrayal hype, read it well please :)
 

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Who cares about how strong he is? What happened to you? You seem to be obsessed with Kakashi today.
I just wrote these essays some time ago and I want to share them with the Base, since they sum very well all of different version of Kakashi's skills and feats. It can be useful for versus and threads, because people won't need to go searching for feats.
 

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I just wrote these essays some time ago and I want to share them with the Base, since they sum very well all of different version of Kakashi's skills and feats. It can be useful for versus and threads, because people won't need to go searching for feats.
Oh how very nice. Thanks for sharing. I'll make sure to take a look. Didn't really understand that at first.
 

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He was said to be better than the 3rd Hokage more than once. He kept up with Itachi very well and Itachi had to use MS to defeat him. He was said to be a very difficult match for Kisame. He was already famous in all over the ninja world. After some difficulties, he stomped Zabuza completely not once but twice. His skills are far above Darui and part 2 Neji. Read my essay, I summed all his feats and his portrayal hype, read it well please :)
The bold is ridiculouss. Kakashi had to be saved by naruto and sasuke against him. He was bestes inside the mist, and won extreme diff.

The other things you claimed are not enough to put him on that same akatsuki tier, when he clearly wasn't a match for itachi.

edit: Zabuza started to get negged when Haku died and he was getting distracted by that. Even kakashi stated it. Part 1 Kakashi is not on a near level to say he stomped Zabuza or even close to that.
 

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The bold is ridiculouss. Kakashi had to be saved by naruto and sasuke against him. He was bestes inside the mist, and won extreme diff.

The other things you claimed are not enough to put him on that same akatsuki tier, when he clearly wasn't a match for itachi.

edit: Zabuza started to get negged when Haku died and he was getting distracted by that. Even kakashi stated it. Part 1 Kakashi is not on a near level to say he stomped Zabuza or even close to that.
After being defeated initially, Kakashi intercepted Zabuza easily (with Zabuza showing he was afraid):
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Stopped Zabuza's giant sword Kubikirihocho in CQC with a mere kunai:
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Fought his Suiton: Suiryodan with his own Suiton: Suiryodan:
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Mindraped him with Sharingan genjutsu:
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Stomped him with Suiton: Daibafuku:
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and handed his ass to him
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In the second fight, Kakashi trolled him even if Zabuza thought to have trolled him:
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Then Kakashi negged him before with the ninken and the Raikiri and after that by dodging and blitzing him multiple times, not to mention destroying him in CQC (if one wants to argue that Zabuza was someway feeling down because of Haku's death, one has to prove how much, and it's worth note that Kakashi on his part was nearly exhausted):

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In Shippuden in the War Arc, Kakashi even simply blitzes through Zabuza's attack and "kills" him with Raikiri:
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But obviously that's Shippuden War Arc Kakashi, not part 1 Kakashi so yeah (not an enormous gap in speed, but Shippuden Kakashi was definitely a lot faster than his part 1 self, regaining his shape and what not compared to part 1 Kakashi).
 

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Part 1 Kakashi should still be the strongest jounin in Konoha (aside from Gai they were pretty even). He is still above Neji who we saw struggling from Zetsu clones, still above Sakura.

Don't know if I'm forgetting someone.
 
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The bold is ridiculouss. Kakashi had to be saved by naruto and sasuke against him. He was bestes inside the mist, and won extreme diff.

The other things you claimed are not enough to put him on that same akatsuki tier, when he clearly wasn't a match for itachi.

edit: Zabuza started to get negged when Haku died and he was getting distracted by that. Even kakashi stated it. Part 1 Kakashi is not on a near level to say he stomped Zabuza or even close to that.
First of all, kakashi never stated that zabuza was unfocused because of Haku’s death nor was it ever proven. Zabuza wasn’t even thinking about haku until naruto started insulting him.

even if Zabuza got negged when haku died it’s completely irrelevant as kakashi would have killed zabuza had it not been for haku jumping in the way.
 
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He was said to be better than the 3rd Hokage more than once. He kept up with Itachi very well and Itachi had to use MS to defeat him. He was said to be a very difficult match for Kisame. He was already famous in all over the ninja world. After some difficulties, he stomped Zabuza completely not once but twice. His skills are far above Darui and part 2 Neji. Read my essay, I summed all his feats and his portrayal hype, read it well please :)
Without Team 7 Zabuza would have killed him though....
 
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Without Team 7 Zabuza would have killed him though....
without team 7 being present in the first place, Kakashi never would have been caught in the water prison as kakashi was hindered because he had to protect his students.
also even if team 7 hadn’t have helped kakashi, zabuza still couldn’t kill him as kakashi was protected by the water prison, if zabuza wanted to kill kakashi then he would have to release the water prison and fight him again, the purpose of the water prison was merely to trap kakashi so that zabuza could kill the bridge builder without any interference

Also u seem to be forgetting the second fight between kakashi and zabuza where zabuza had prep and nullified kakashi’s sharingan, kakashi was also at a disadvantage due to having to protect Sakura and tazuna, and yet zabuza lost and got humiliated again.

Zabuza lost twice to kakashi and his second loss was even more embarrassing as kakashi couldn’t even use his sharingan abilities, kakashi is famous for a reason
 

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wakashi always in a hospital in part 1... he got solo by water prison jutsu, own by itachi n oro scare teh $hit out of him...even without sharingan wakashi cant read itachi hand signs and he lose in simple taijutsu.......
 

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Part 1 Kakashi is apparently on Kabuto's level. Kabuto, who beat Tsunade, who got demolished by Naruto.

Just don't pay too much attention to power in this series. It really isn't all that consistent.
 
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