Shippuden pre War Arc and War Arc Kakashi: how strong he is

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Already a prodigious talent since his early childhood, Kakashi rose quicker than anyone in the ninja ranks: graduating on academy at 5 yrs old, becoming a full fledged chunin at 6 yrs old and jonin at something between 10-12 yrs old, then he entered the Anbu, as still a young boy, becoming 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, 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, after receiving the Sharingan, totally 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 ( ). As an adult in part 1 ( ), until after the moment of the chunin exams, 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.

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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, respected by Zabuza ( )( ), hyped as much as the 3rd Hokage ( )), feared by the Sound Four in spite of their cocky being ( )( ). In part 1, 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 ran 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 ( ). 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. 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. 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" ( ).

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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. 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).

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 ( ).

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Shippuden and especially War Arc Kakashi would steamroll part 1 Kakashi in everything, feats, obviously, and hype and portrayal too. Kakashi has been, clearly, one of the biggest players in the Fourth Ninja War. Kakashi is the rival of Gai Maito, the man who in base holds his own against War Arc MS + Rinnegan Obito ( )( ), who in 7th Gate stomped away Madara's 3rd stage Susanoo ( ) and outperformed Minato in speed and reflexes (comparing their feats with 7th Gate Gai vs Juudara ( )( ) and SM Minato vs Juudara ( )) and that is said to be far more than equal to anyone in the Akatsuki ( ) without using his extreme power (the 8th Gate) and using his extreme power, excited Juubimadara ( ) (when Madara only think of people as Hashirama as worthy opponents, shitting on the assembled team of the Gokage ( )) and even nearly killed him, for Madara's own admission, and is hyped to be far, far, far above the combined Gokage (tens of times according to Viz scan ( )). Kakashi is also the nemesis of Obito and he outsmarted/outreacted him a lot of times, and in their final fight he won, and Obito admitted inferiority to him. I think it's really wrong to say that Obito threw out the fight because he only wanted to make Kakashi break his seal: Obito tried to kill Kakashi multiple times and he also even tried to persuade him to bertray the Alliance and take his side. If Obito did something like Itachi with Hebi Sasuke, it would have been made clear, he wouldn't have admitted inferiority to Kakashi as he did ( ), he'd rather would have mocked him for unintentionally having helped his plan, it's logical. I simply think that Obito decided to fight Kakashi one on one to settle everything with him; once he saw that he wouldn't have won and that he wouldn't have persuaded him to join his side, he decided to take advantage of what would have been his loss anyway, putting his life completely on the line. I think that War Arc 1MS Kakashi is portrayed as slightly stronger and better than War Arc MS + Rinnegan Obito (not counting the Bijuu to Obito): while Obito has more raw power, Kakashi has more skill and he is the better ninja. And Obito is one of the strongest people in the manga.

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Kakashi is known throughout the world by his name who is renowned for unfathomable strength and skill as a shinobi. Without being an Uchiha, he learned to completely control the Sharingan and to use and then perfect the Mangekyo Sharingan, gaining the moniker of "Sharingan of Kakashi" and being praised multiple times for his skill and complete mastery of the 3T Sharingan and the Mangekyo Sharingan by the strongest Uchiha, even by Madara himself ( )( )( ) (at the end of the story, he will be the strongest Sharingan wielder of all times ( ), thanks to gaining all Kamui powers ( ) enhanced with Rikudo chakra ( ): long range Kamui, phasing Kamui, self teleporting Kamui with maximized speed thanks to using the self warp with both eyes together, Rikudo chakra enhanced Perfect Susanoo that he can combo with Kamui powers, like in the Kamui Shuriken, for example, and he can also combo Kamui powers to his other ninjutsu, like he did with Kamui Raikiri ( ), that even Kaguya Ootsutsuki, the strongest character in the manga, couldn't avoid, let alone counter). He was nearly named the 6th Hokage of the Leaf, after being said to be really skilled and powerful ( )( ), he is the protagonist teacher and father figure to Indra and Ashura's reincarnations, with the final power up he received he was able to fend off ( )( ), threat and harm even Kaguya ( ), (he alone handling Kaguya far better than Rikudo powered up Naruto and Sasuke did together) directly leading to her defeat ( ); after losing the Sharingan, he was appointed 6th Hokage nonetheless. Madara himself hyped Kakashi as the user of the dojutsu that damaged (and could kill, with a just a little bit of luck and a couple of seconds more) the Gedo Mazo, with KCM Minato asking him to personally take care and not even being able to tell what happened when Kakashi used his Mangekyo Sharingan. Just think about it: Kakashi has gone toe-toe with the strongest Uchiha of all times, wielding the same power of them (if not better, we all know how hax and deadly is his Kamui) ... with the giant handicap of not being an Uchiha in first place. Black Zetsu's words also put Kakashi in the same boat of Minato as an equal ( ). Without using his trump card, the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kakashi was able to fend off Kakuzu and Hidan together while protecting Shikamaru and the others, fight, trick and corner Pain's strongest bodies, hold off Sharingan and Rinnegan enhanced V2 and together with Gai even Bijuu ( ).

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While in part 1 Kakashi was already powerful enough that Itachi had to willingly use Mangekyo, hence damaging his eye sight, to defeat him, in Shippuden we saw as Nagato through Pain respected and hyped Kakashi's skill and strength, before the War ( )( ): greeting Kakashi saying that he was honored to face him in battle, he admitted he saw Kakashi as a major threat after witnessing his performance, feeling that he needed to be eradicated to allow his plans to progress; he didn't even want to risk to come near his body even when Kakashi appeared to be KO ( ). It's interesting how on the other hand Nagato made Pain shit on Tsunade and sent Animal, Preta and Human to fight SM Jiraiya, not Deva himself, but when Kakashi appeared to fight Deva, the far stronger body, he sent the Asura body as more backup. Still Kakashi managed to understand Deva's powers and to trick twice both the bodies, without even using his Kamui, that would probably have earned him the win. Deidara, an S-ranked ninja and Akatsuki member, hyped by Pain himself as a valuable asset for the organization, willing to take on Itachi, Orochimaru and Hebi Sasuke, was trying to avoid as best as he can to fight Kakashi at the beginning of Shippuden, even trying to make him go against Sasori to help Sakura and Chiyo, saying that Sasori was even stronger than he was, so Kakashi should have let Naruto fight alone to go help Sakura and Chiyo instead. Deidara was at Kakashi's mercy even when Kakashi was at his beginning with Mangekyo ( )( ), even saying that Kakashi's dojutsu (far for being at his best at that time, since he will gain full mastery of Kamui only in later Shippuden arcs) was on Itachi's level. Kakashi said that he would have killed Kakuzu by using Kamui, if Naruto and the others wouldn't have appeared, and by feats that definitely makes sense. Beginning/mid Shippuden Kakashi was easily portrayed as > any Akatsuki member not being Nagato, Itachi or Obito and as the strongest ninja in Konoha by the times of volume 43 ( ), already above Jiraiya ( ), with Gai, a Konoha ninja and Kakashi's eternal friend and rival, said to be >= than anyone in the Akatsuki ( ). War Arc Kakashi, who was also one of the Generals in the Shinobi Alliance army, is easily above that level, as one of the best non-demigod/god level shinobi in the series.

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A master of all the ninja arts, ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu, Kakashi's ninjutsu arsenal is clearly one of the best in the series. As a Mangekyo Sharingan wielder, with the Kamui jutsu, one of the most haxxed and powerful jutsu ever seen, that Kakashi perfected up to the best. But now let's focus on the rest. He is renowed as being able to use more than 1000 jutsus ( )( ), thanks to his Sharingan ability to copy, he is master of three elemental affinities, and an absolute expert, if not the best one, in the Raiton/Lightning Style ninjutsu. He can use Raikiri, an S-rank powerful and focused Raiton, who he used to cut even the lightning himself, for fast piercing attacks that can cut or thrust nearly everything, he can even wield that in CQC in his hands or in his weapons to make his attacks unblockable and deadly in combo with his speed and Sharingan precognition, he can even shot him with projectiles that pierce giant rocks one after another like a hot knife in the butter ( ), he can extend it in a Raiton wolf ( ), he can chain it with another, with the help of a Kage Bunshin, creating the thing that is probably one of the more powerful cutting jutsu/attacks in the series, the Raiden, who focuses the power of the Raiton chakra of two Raikiri ( ). He can also use Raiton Kage Bunshin, that are Kage Bunshin full made of Raiton chakra that when destroyed by the opponent shock and paralyze him, and he is an absolute master with top notch skill in the bushinjutsu, with also the use of Kage Bunshin, Tajuu Kage Bunshin and Mizu Bunshin: he managed to completely fool other powerful shinobi and dojutsu wielders like Itachi ( )( ) and Pain ( ) with his refined style ( ), he can use these perfect feints to set up attacks with Raikiri, Raiden, Raikiri infused kunai, Raijuu Tsuiga, Rasengan, Kamui and so on. Kakashi can use also the Rasengan ( ), without any need of help to create it in his hand; he is able to do casually that since he is a child. Kakashi can use powerful Suiton ninjutsu, even without any pre existent water source ( ), as Daibafuku (that in part 1 let him one-shot Zabuza basically ( )), Suikodan, Suiryodan ( ) and Suijinheki. He is also skilled in Doton ninjutsu, with Doryuheki ( ) and the Moguragakure no jutsu, that can be a low level jutsu, but is made as an exceptional support technique thanks to Kakashi's pure skill as a ninja fighter: Kakashi used it with great proficiency to dodge attacks and pressure and nearly surprise-kill powerful opponents ( ). Kakashi's hand seals are some of the most skilled and fastest in the series, in part 1 he could manage to hold off his own with his personal ninjutsu against Itachi's exceptionally fast ninjutsu speed ( )( )( ). Thanks to the Sharingan and his hand seal speed, he can preempt the enemy's ninjutsu and copy it, executing it before the opponent can manage to. Kakashi with his great elemental ninjutsu mastery and the use of Kage Bunshin, or just with his fast hand seal speed, can use some strong elemental ninjutsu combo, as Suiton followed from Raiton, for example, a Suiryodan quickly followed by a Raijuu Tsuiga, or a Suijinheki defense followed by Raikiri flow all around, to greatly shock and fry the enemy. Kakashi is also able to summon a pack of ninken of various breeds who we know he can perform jutsu combo (strong enough to stop someone of Zabuza's caliber) with ( ). Much like his combat skills, Kakashi's use of these summons is highly versatile, ranging from attacking and restraining his opponents. He can combine his Summoning Technique and his Doton skills to have his hounds burrow and erupt from the ground in order to help subdue his enemies.

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Kakashi's Sharingan allows him Sharingan/MS precognition to have enhanced reflexes and see chakra, the ability to use Raikiri effectively against high level enemies, Sharingan/MS genjutsu offense and defense, the ability to copy and preempt ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu, the ability to warp himself to teleport from the real world in Kamui dimension and the opposite, the ability to one-shot nearly every enemy he could ever face with Kamui, something that made him actually able to contend with nearly every character in the manga, no matter how strong and powerful. As already said, Kakashi has the feats to being able to fight on equal grounds, if not having the upper hand, with the strongest member of the Uchiha clan, wielding the same power, the Sharingan/Mangekyo Sharingan, but with the big handicap of not being an Uchiha in the first place. And as already said some really strong foes appreciated his dojustu prowess, not to mention that it earned Kakashi's moniker as "Sharingan's Kakashi" and "Copy Ninja" even before that he gained and perfected an incredibly haxxed asset like a Kamui-equipped Mangekyo Sharingan.

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With a non perfected Kamui, as he couldn't control the size and the position of the space-time barrier for his own admission, Kakashi could have an Akatsuki like Deidara at his complete mercy, warp giant masses in a couple of instants and then was sure he could have defeated another one like Kakuzu. Some time after, Kakashi was even willing to fight Tobi, believed as the legendary Madara Uchiha, with Kamui. Some mastered Kamui execution feats (as the 4th databook confirms that Kakashi mastered Kamui by the time of the 4th World War; hence he gained even the ability to teleport himself ( )):

- Kakashi can canonically warp a human body part (an head sized object) in the same time Obito needs to make it intangible and of a movement of 5 cm from KCM Naruto rushing to attack Obito ( )( )
- Kakashi warps away two Susanoo arrows when both are already at half their way and his Sharingan was still the 3T one ( )( )
- Kakashi warps away Minato's Rasengan countered by Juudara really in no time ( ), Minato's arm kicked from Madara was hella fast if we think that Minato's body (obviously heavier and so less fast of the arm) went on Gaara so fast that his auto-defense couldn't activate in time ( ); it also was a completely surprise attack that suddenly come out from Gaara's sand wall that blocked Kakashi's LoS ( ).
- Kakashi warps away a giant arm of the Gedo Mazo while Madara is already summoning it away with instant space-time summoning jutsu ( ) (Minato couldn't do anything in that situation than ask Kakashi taking care of it, Minato of all people couldn't even perceived what happened when Kakashi used Kamui on the Gedo Mazo, and had to ask him if he managed to kill it in time). Madara praised the feat and Kakashi's worthy as a doujutsu user.
- Kakashi feints to warp Naruto's Rasengan and then insta-warps away his body before Obito's Kamui propelled stakes could hit him even with a point blank shot (before Kamui shooted stake that was hitting BM Naruto could move for more than a couple of cm), managing to make Obito think that Kakashi missed and he succesfully hit the clone ( )( )( ) when actually Kakashi changed his warp from Naruto's Rasengan to his entire body, warping it with such speed and timing that Obito (with full knowledge ( ) and top tier reactions boosted by Mangekyo and Rinnegan eyes) couldn't notice or perceive it. That was when Kakashi was moving fast ( )( ) and wasn't that close to the objective ( ).
- Kakashi with a Kurama chakra supply (that was said to have increased 3x the power of his jutsu) could warp the Hachibi in the Kamui dimension and then re-warp it in the real world, and then finished all the chakra ( )( )( ). Taking on account that Kakashi used also some chakra right before to travel between the Kamui world and the real world, I'd say it is pretty much clear that without any chakra supply he can warp a mass that is slightly bigger than 1/3 of the Hachibi (so also Kamui GG his head or any Bijuu's head with relative ease, with the fast execution shown against the Gedo Mazo... or things like a V4 Susanoo from Itachi).

So Kakashi can Kamui away human head sized objects in a more or less instant time and even with fast moving objects/people and unpredictable situations. And he can Kamui away human body sized objects in also nearly istant times, and even giant objects. Thanks to the Kurama's chakra supply from Naruto, Kakashi's Kamui was depicted as a dangerous threat for even the Juubi. Just read what is said from databook about Kakashi's Kamui (and that was when it wasn't perfected yet... it was also stated in the 3rd databook that Shippuden Kakashi was still growing in power and has to completely master his Mangekyo Sharingan ( ) which is what he reached in the time of War Arc as stated by Obito and by the 4th databook) ( )( ) and what Kakashi says after having faced the Rinnegan (knowing all its powers as he created counters to them together with Gai ( )) and being against one believed to be Uchiha Madara and not only that but also wielding the Rinnegan ( ). Kakashi's Kamui warped away even Juubi's jinchuriki Madara's Onmyoton Release who nullifies all not senjutsu and not Rikudo enhanced ninjutsu ( )( ). Not even going with DMS Rikudo Kakashi that can use Kamui so fast that it outspeeds Kaguya's S/T that blitzed Rinnegan Rikudo Sasuke and nearly blitzed Rikudo Senjutsu Naruto, but even if that's a wonderful feat it's not that version of Kakashi in the thread. Kamui allows Kakashi to defend from almost all attacks (thanks to his fast reflexes and mastery of the space-time barrier, and also increased chakra capabilities) and especially to have an uncounterable offensive: Kamui GG > your favourite character, by feats, and even by hype and portrayal, anyway.

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Out of the long range Kamui usage, Kakashi also showed that he can warp off from the Kamui dimension the things that he warps in, shooting them out as Obito does, so he can for example warp away a Bijuu Dama or a Jinton, and then re-warp quickly it and surprise the opponent with his own attack. Kakashi can also warp himself with the ability of teleport anywhere he wants, gaining a really useful ability for surprise attacks and for support purposes; for example, he can go to the other dimension, focus his chakra, and then use a giant-size Kamui with ease. Or simply have rest and then perform surprise attacks on his opponent.

Kakashi's no genjutsu prowess is really high even without the Sharingan. 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. Kakashi's Sharingan genjutsu is really strong, it's on par with Obito's as their fight shows (Obito trying to mindrape Kakashi with him casually resisting ( )( ) and then both fight a long genjutsu battle on an equal ground ( )( )( )), and Obito has some of the greatest genjutsu feats all over the series, as controlling Yaguya + Sanbi, controlling Kurama, keeping Fu and Torune under genjutsu for a long time, reading Konan's mind and maybe even killing her with mental trauma. 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).

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It's worthy to appreciate also his stamina growth, with the chakra pool slowly becoming not much of a problem. In early part 1, when out of shape, he could use the Sharingan for a few time, like some genjutsu and Suiton ninjutsu or Doton ninjutsu and Raikiri, then when he started to regain his shape he could go up on use 4 Raikiri + Sharingan. At the beginning of Shippuden he could use the Sharingan for an entire night while testing Naruto and Sakura. After that, he used 3 times the Kamui (one against a giant explosion) against Deidara. Then against Kakuzu/Hidan and against Pain he showed an even increased stamina. In the War Arc Kakashi could use 5 Kamui (one of the giant head of the Gedo Mazo) one after another and with perfect prowess, while at the same time he was using the Sharingan and some strong ninjutsu, as Raikiri and Raiden, for hours, before exhausting his reserves. Then, after coming back from the Kamui dimension in chapter 655, he used the Kamui for 7 times with exceptional prowess as well and in fast succession (Kamui teleporting in 655, Kamui on Gedo Mazo in 659, Kamui on Obito in 665, Kamui on Minato's Rasengan in 665, Kamui on Naruto, Sakura and Gaara's sand cloud in 666, Kamui on Obito in 666, Kamui on Madara's Gudodama Onmyoton shield in 669) and also the Sharingan and other jutsu, even jutsu like Raikiri, when he was holding off Zetsu possessed Obito together with Minato.

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Portrayed as a speedster since his childhood, even by Minato himself who acknowledged him as such, child Kakashi before Sharingan could go toe on toe with experienced jonin in taijutsu, with two tomoe Sharingan he could blitz and rip them in half with Chidori. 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 ( )( )( ).

Beginning of Shippuden Kakashi can casually outspeed and intercept Naruto in his Kyuubi powered first stages ( ) and he easily handles a Shoten Itachi (30% of Itachi's chakra but perfectly equal skills in taijutsu, speed, everything) in a CQC battle, even using a Kage Bunshin ( )( ). Shippuden Kakashi could dodge a forest-destroying attack (Kakuzu's Fuuton: Atsugai) at point blank and with his attention divided by the taijutsu fight against Hidan (where, even with an injured arm, he was taking care of him with ease using just a mere kunai against his scythe), keeping up with Kakuzu's masks and taking an eye on team 10 ( )( )( ) ... and right after that quickly jump to intercept Kakuzu's fast Raiton ninjutsu with Raikiri, saving team 10's asses ( ). With a little distraction, Kakashi could blitz Kakuzu who didn't even perceive his fast attack ( ), even if we know that Kakuzu has so fine reflexes and perception skills that he can perceive Shikamaru's Kagemane (who obviously doesn't make any noise) approaching his back ( ). It's worth note that Kakashi attacked so fast that even Hidan and the team 10 members, who were facing Kakuzu and so had free sight of what was happening behind him, were completely surprised. Top notch raw speed is one of Kakashi's main qualities as a shinobi, as Obito unhappily has to underline and hype ( ). Kakashi could nearly blitz Asura Path with his raw speed, dodging his giant AoE attacks and appearing at his back ( )( ), with the Pain body able to dodge Raikiri only thanks to the Rinnegan shared field of vision. Kakashi completely blitzed Zabuza, cutting off his arm with the sword and piercing his heart with a single dash ( )( )( ). Kakashi is so fast that he was able to keep up with Gated Gai's speed more than once ( ) and together with Gai managed to counterblitz the V2 who were ganbanging KCM Naruto and Bee landing Raikiri on them ( ). Kakashi, right after regaining his mindset, outreacted and outspeeded Obito ( )( )( ) who had the same physical speed of no Shunshin KCM Naruto ( ), who is casually as fast as Itachi ( ) and V1 Ei ( ), who then Kakashi logically outspeeds. Kakashi also proved to be faster and better in CQC than Obito more than once ( )( ), even stopping his surprise attack with a powerful chakra rod ( )( ). Kakashi could also canonically move and react at least on par with Minato in physical speed, evidenced with both reacting and moving at the same time against a sudden threat ( ).

Kakashi's physical toughness is such that he tanked like nothing a surprise Domu-enhanced kick from Kakuzu that send him flying for metres away and breaking some giant trees ( )( ) (remember how Kakuzu casually destroyed a steel giant door, enhanced with a special defensive seal, with a Domu-enhanced punch, and kick strength > the strength of a punch), and didn't even feel a couple of Shinra Tensei, and didn't lose consciousness even from the 3rd, as Choza (one who could jump in between Asuma's Katon ash ninjutsu tanking it like a boss) did that after just a single impact of the jutsu. Kakashi also fought a lot of times with wounds and injuries without his performance being hindered. Kakashi can also wield the Kubikirihocho with just one hand with great skill and for hours, even outperforming the original Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, and his physical strength is so high to make Obito, who is exceptionally durable, internally bleed with just a couple of punches. 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, and if needed could open at least the 1st Gate ( ), powering up his speed and strength, already on really good levels.

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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. Shippuden Kakashi showed astonishing reactions in Shippuden during the Kakuzu/Hidan fight, against Pain, against Sasuke's Susanoo and then in the War Arc. Kakashi tracked KCM and BM Naruto's speed and insta-Kamui'd his attacks in the same time that Obito used his intangibilty (chap. 596), or manage to fool him in mere instants (re-read 598), these are some crazy feats. He can canonically react at least on par with Minato as showed ( ) but seemed even better than Yondaime, if we account how Kakashi is unable to react to surprise attacks from Juubi jinchuriki while Minato is not; here ( ) Minato is hit two times (in between his sliced arm is also kicked away) without being able to react and Hiraishin away, but Kakashi, even if he could absolutely not be prepared for what happened and was clearly surprised, could activate and execute Kamui in a millisecond, warping away Minato's Rasengan countered by Madara ( ), and that Kakashi, even in an exhausted state, could perceive and mentally react to Juudara's speed (while Minato couldn't, if he could have he would have activated Hiraishin to teleport away) ( ). Even without being enhanced by the Sharingan, Kakashi's reactions are incredibily quick: when Kaguya appeared and suddenly instantly teleported everyone in free fall in a volcano, when everyone was falling at high speed in the lava, when they were just some metres above the lava Kakashi in basically a second was able to save himself, Sakura and Obito by: taking out a scroll, two kunai, wrapping the scroll around a kunai and throwing a kunai to a rock above, picking Sakura with his other arm, throwing the kunai hitting perfectly Obito's hand to the point he was stopped to a rock; all this shows incredible fast reactions and hand speed ( )( )( )( ). Sharingan Kakashi was also able to casually move while dodging the Juubi's Mokuton Sashiki no jutsu that was decimating the Shinobi Alliance's troops, the attacks were too fast and too many for Neji to even rotate with his Hakkesho Kaiten but Kakashi was fast and agile enough to run unscated between them, even having time to go and save the defenseless Sakura ( )[/B].

Kakashi is said to be smarter than Shikamaru ( ) and (by someone who directly knows Shikaku) the best in analyzing skills ( ). He completely outsmarted people like Zabuza, Itachi (for his own admission ( )), Pain (not once but twice) and Obito, who had to recognise his smartness ( ) and quick thinking and acting ( ). He is one of the smartest ninja in the series, arguably the smartest one: his smartness together with his Kamui hax ( ), his quick reactions, his ninjutsu versatility, his great CQC and speed amped with Raiton and Sharingan, is really deadly.

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I've tried my best to regroup Kakashi's best feats and the best statements in regard of his general value as a ninja. Hope my work helps people to understand how strong and how skilled he is.

Shippuden Kakashi is hella strong, He can one-shot nearly anyone with his Mangekyo Sharingan prowess, Kamui is just too hax even with "only" the left eye mastery; his base skills are some of the best in the series, he is a great speedster and a master of CQC who can freely wield Raiton and add Sharingan precognition and genjutsu and his top notch tricks and feints, not to mention his unrivalled battle smartness and his general ninjutsu versatilty and skill; his general portrayal is clearly the one of the key-players in the War Arc. Far better than any of the Gokage and any Akatsuki member bar Nagato/Pain, Obito and Itachi, able to defeat Itachi and even Pain with his War Arc feats, able to fight equally against Obito, even outperforming him. War Arc Kakashi with 1 Sharingan/MS is one of the strongest character in the series, no contest, on par if not even better than people like Minato, Tobirama, Nagato and so on, as clearly showed by feats and supported by portrayal.

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That's how I'd rank him in a Naruto Tier List Power Ranking.

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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Looks like its Kakashi day for you huh

Kakashi solos
 

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@kesonfire: Always it is! I have also other essays on DMS Kakashi and Hokage Kakashi. Please read and enjoy this and the rest :)
 

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Great Thread. Kakashi is the most developed ninja as well. The way he figured out Kamui and battled against it was amazing and he was beneficial in the War arc and deserved the 6th Hokage seat for it. His plans against Kaguya were also great.
 

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Great Thread. Kakashi is the most developed ninja as well. The way he figured out Kamui and battled against it was amazing and he was beneficial in the War arc and deserved the 6th Hokage seat for it. His plans against Kaguya were also great.

Thank you very much, and I agree with you. Kakashi has been a great shinobi and a wonderful character.
 

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If you find that funny.
 
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