Naruto can beat Sasuke

Sasuke Uchiha: Traits and Abilities: - Tactical and Combat genius - Master of taijustu (hand to hand combat) - Hawk summoning [1] - Immune to poison [2] - Master of genjustu (illusion techniques), can utilize many different techniques of which the canon is vague - Manipulation of the lightning nature chakra which is usually used to add effectiveness to his sword - Kirin, which is an attack that utilizes the power of lightning to strike a devastating blow to his enemies. [3] - Manipulation of Blaze Release, an advanced chakra nature - Mangekyo Sharingan [4][5] - Tsukuyomi [6] - Amaterasu [7] - Susanoo [8] - I reserve the right to mention traits and abilities not mentioned here, but mentioned in [9] ~~~~~ Conparison of Base Sasuke [9] to Base Naruto [10]: Periodically, the creators of Naruto will release a databook that describes how well the characters can do various activities and rank their skills on a scale of 1 to 5. 5 being the best, and 1 being the worst. According to the latest book, Sasuke equals or outranks Naruto in every aspect except for stamina. Sasuke's ninjutsu abilities are rated as a 5 compared to Naruto's 4, they are roughly equals when it comes to taijutsu, Sasuke's genjutsu abilities are rated as a 4 while Naruto's abilities are are only rated 2. One should also note that Sasuke is canonically one of the greatest users of genjutsu while I cannot recall a time when Naruto ever used a genjutsu technique. In terms of intelligence, Sasuke is rated 3.5 to Naruto's 3, which means that Sasuke will be able to think of better and more complex strategies than Naruto. Their strength level is roughly the same. Sasuke is one whole point higher than NAruto in speed at 4.5 to 3.5. The biggest discrepancy is the level of their hand seals. Naruto scores a 1.5 where Sasuke scores a 4. This number gauges how well and fast a character is able to utilize hand seals in battle, which are required if one wants to perform most ninjutsu abilities. So not only can Sasuke use more advanced Ninjutsu than Naruto, he is better at using them in battle. Overall, Sasuke scores a 31.5/40 to Naruto's 26/40. On paper, Naruto is significantly inferior to Sasuke, and it is unlikely that he would win in a fight. ~~~~~ Criticisms of my Opponent's Case: /// Naruto has his senjutsu mode. /// Naruto has never been been shown to enter Sage mode while in the middle of a fight with one of his enemies with the exception of when he was fighting the Nine-Tails Fox in his mind. He was only able to do that because his body was remaining still to gahter the necessary nature chakra while his inner self fought. Other than this exception he always enters Sage mode before entering a fight where he utilizes Sage mode. My opponent claims that in order to enter Sage mode during the fight Naruto could create a shadow clone to distract Sasuke while the original Naruto remains perfectly still to gather the requisite chakra. This is incorrect. The sharingan allows Sasuke to track the movements of his opponents. This means that even if Naruto created a clone of himself, he would have to do so in a way that would not allow Sasuke to know which one was the original. In addition to this, he would have to make it seem to Sasuke that he hadn't even created a clone in the first place in order to gain the requisite time and concentration level to enter the Sage mode. This is even more unlikely since the sharingan is able to detect chakra, meaning that even if Sasuke might possibly not be able to tell which Naruto is the real Naruto, he will know that he is fighting more than one opponent. ~ /// Naruto can also go into his nine-tails chakra form /// He could do this, but it would mean his downfall. Naruto's physical abilities may be increased in this mode similar to the increases granted by Sage mode, but he is not yet used to using this mode for fighting. The only semblance of control he has in using this mode is the utilization of the extra chakra arms to manipulate objects. He can not even make a rasengan, his most versatile and used attack in this form yet. To show the readers just how he in inexperienced in this mode, the only time he has used it in a fight he injured himself and the enemy escaped from him [11][12]. If Naruto attempted to use this ability in a fight with Sasuke he would most assuredly be defeated because while it increases his strength and speed, it greatly decreases the level of skill at which he can fight. ~~~~~ With that said I conclude the round. I will present more arguments in favor of Sasuke in the coming rounds and only cut this one short because I will not have time to expand it before the round deadline. ~~~~~ Sources: [1] . http://bit.ly... [2] . http://s1-c.animea-server.net... [3] . http://images.wikia.com... [4] . http://naruto.wikia.com... [5] . http://naruto.wikia.com... 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