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Rock Lee is easily underrated. The fact that we haven't seen much from in part II, people forget what he is capable of. Well, this thread is just to remind you how awesome Konoha's Green Wild Beast can be.
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Even if you're not a fan of Rock Lee, you must respect the sheer hard work he endured. Back in the academy days, Rock Lee proved to have no skill in ninjutsu and genjutsu, however, he didn't see this as a sign of weakness. Instead, he focused on what he could do, taijutsu, and perfected it. Mastering the art of taijutsu didn't come easy. It took blood, sweat, and tears to accomplish.


Without further ado, lets take a look at the databook.
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Because he has no skills in ninjutsu and genjutsu, of course his total amount isn't going to be great, but that's not important here. Rock Lee nearly perfected all the areas he has skills in, that being taijutsu, speed, and even strength (which is overlooked)

In part I, Rock Lee was no doubt one of the strongest genin, arguably thee strongest.​


He easily defeated Sasuke, who was ranked #1 in his class. In fact, Sasukes 2 tomoe sharingan couldn't even keep up with Lee's speed. Base Lee...WITH the weights.
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Now, we can not forget that epic moment when Lee dropped the weights.​
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This is based Lees speed at its peak (As we seen so far) Unfortunately we haven't seen Lee show his speed at this level yet in part II, so we can only assume he put the weights back on. There are only 4-5 shinobi that we have seen that is faster then Lee when he is at his peak. (Overlooked fact)

Rock Lee is so fast, that even Gaaras "Absolute Defense" couldn't keep up. (Absolute meaning Perfect) Gaara has never been injured prior to this fight. (Overlooked fact)
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At only the age of 13, Rock Lee, a genin level ninja, was able to open up to 5 of the 8 inner gates.

Rock Lee absolutely pulverized the field by moving while opening 4/5 of the inner gates
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During the 2 year time skip, Lee obviously has improved. Unfortunately, we haven't seen much of him, and his prowess.

Here, Rock Lee was able to separate Samahada from Kisame, but this is nothing comparable to the feats he has shown in part I.
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In Conclusion, Rock Lee is very underrated. He is imo the strongest of K11 (excluding Naruto), and easily a jonin level ninja. As he is one the fastest ninja shown in the manga, and is capable of one shotting his opponents.

Power ups I would like to see of Lee:
1. Unlocking all 8 gates
2. Morning Peacock
3. Hiradura
Ultimately surpassing gai, as all the students have already surpassed their sensai with the exception of Gai's team.​
 

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This guy Solo's him.
 

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Switched to Rock Lee threads from Minato, eh? Nice change. I agree to the extent.
 

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Lee is easily strong....never knew he had a 22 in the stat book....that just prophesy stats are useless considering the people he is stronger than that have higher stats XD

I don't underestimate anyone with the nickname that holds beast in it!
 

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Yeah, he is. But I wouldn't say he has surpassed Guy, nor any other team except for Naruto and Sasuke.
 

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this is a fanboy post if I've ever seen one...
sure he's probably slightly underrated, but has he done anything really significant in the entire series? Honestly he's merely a watered down version of Gai...
 

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This is one of the best threads yet. congrats dude + rep
 

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Thank you everybody!

Maybe, he couldnt stand up to kimminaru in part 1, and garra still beat him, with far weaker sand than now... Idk I think he needs more feats.


He cant beat neji, in part 2, his taijutsu is easily countered and his gates are countered by sixty four palms using speed feats from his battle with kidomaru

Kimimaro was a terrible match up for Lee, not to mention he was still recovering from surgery and wasn't even supposed to be there.

As far as Gaara goes, he would of fodderized any other genin there...while he barely beat Lee, with plot on his side.

I disagree with you on how neji defeats Lee, but I don't feel like turning this into a Lee Vs. Neji thread.
 
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