

Chou Shinra Tensei is the only move that can really kill him, but you restricted that. At that point, it's an underwater battle, and Kisame rapes with the mobility advantage and constant chakra-draining.In scenerio 2, Kisame might actually still win with extreme difficulty. He should be able to fend the bodies off in base form for a little bit, then after a while decide to use Suirou Same Odori no Jutsu and fuse with Samehada as Pain begins to gain the upperhand. Kisame takes the first scenerio with moderate difficulty. However, the critical judgement of his final ranking is dependent on whether or not Kakuzu benefits from retroactive powerscaling (given that his brief exposure in the 4th Great Shinobi War was of little significant note, and his disposal was off-paneled). White ZetsuKN4's position has been much reduced as a result of immense power creep, eventual detail of previous character blindspots (Konan, Black Zetsu), logical deduction of character strengths in their prime at series' end (Orochimaru) and brief introductions into the fold (Taka-era Sasuke). Deidara/Konan./Sasuke (Taka Era).Yonbi Naruto (Power Ceiling)8.

I was much more considerate of there existing a linear scale of power (ala DB, YYH, Bleach, etc.) and an emphasis of physical stats at this stage, as opposed to mainly determining matchups and outcomes on unique techniques or attributes such as elemental advantages or such (to a large extent, I still hold that mindset). HidanDeidara was reasonably confident in his own abilities to eliminate Orochimaru alone, and even became interested in facing off against the entirety of Team Hebi after Pein informs Akatsuki that Sasuke was the man responsible for defeating him ( Volume 39, Chapter 353 Pages 16 & 19). Bijuu bombs make for wonderful anti-air.Konan with prep takes it handily, without prep she gets murked.Sasori, Zetsu and Hidan have no real way of hurting KN4 so they go down.Which leaves Orochimaru, who didn't have the most stellar of showings in canon, but with his arms restored might be able to whip something up. So I'd put that Kakuzu down as a maybe.Kisame and Pein/Nagato take it trivially, as does Obito at any point after his acquiring the Rinnegan.Pre-Rinnegan Obito and Itachi take it by way of Sharingan genjutsu.Deidara could probably finagle up a bomb that's big enough, but I question his ability to stay alive long enough to manage it. The Susano'o gives Itachi the durability and offensive capability to take on Naruto on equal footing (though his stamina would ensure that he'd have to make it a short fight), while Obito's Kamui would at the very least keep him from dying horribly.Ĭlick to expand.Eh, his lightning jutsu could probably do it, it matched Kakashi's Raikiri fairly evenly and that went through bijuu-cloaks like butter. The Sharingan might be able to give them a win over the Kyuubi: Obito's mind controlled it before, and Sasuke managed to pull it off when he and Itachi were about equal in matters of the eyes.If not, they're almost certainly not going to lose, at least. Zetsu couldn't do it either.Itachi and Obito are interesting ones. Would be really iffy, but he might be able to pull it off with a little luck.Hidan and Sasori are probably screwed: Sasori because his poison would be useless thanks to the cloak, which would flat out melt it, and his Iron Sand just not being enough to overpower something like a bijuudama, and Hidan because he's Hidan. Kisame could take it easily, along with Pain. Orochimaru could probably do it while healthy, with his knowledge of seals and a little brute force. So it begins.Deidara and Konan could certainly do it, thanks to the mobility advantage. The rest lack the firepower to hurt it and have nowhere near the durability to survive tangling with it.EDIT:Obito would just control him with Sharingan I suppose, although he too lacks any way to hurt KN4. For one thing, how does he win? His sealing sword won't help much because it has to pierce Naruto and if Oro's sword and the incredible amount of force he put behind it couldn't get through the cloak, why should Itachi's sword succeed?Honestly, the only ones I give a clear victory to are Pain and Kisame. Orochimaru only survived as long as he did due to regen (a trait most of the others don't possess), the Kusanagi failed to penetrate the cloak and then to top it all off, a Tailed Beast Ball would kill any of them.A more interesting note that I hadn't considered back then is that Itachi 'auto-winning' isn't nearly as certain as I thought. Which members of the Akatsuki could solo KN4?So I remember I did this before but I really don't think people gave KN4 enough credit.
