Is Minato stronger than Itachi?

While both Minato and Itachi have a superhuman battle sense and strategic mindset, Itachi has a severe advantage in this field. It is mainly because of his Sharingan. His Kekkei Genkai amplifies his analytical thinking in battle.
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Who is strongest Itachi or Minato?

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However, since Minato has absorbed half of the power and chakra of Kurama (in order to keep Naruto safe), it stands to reason he has many of the natural defenses against illusions that are inherent to a Jinchuriki.
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Can Itachi defeat Minato?

But logically speaking, Prime Itachi wins this most of the time. He has the uchiha fortitude to use sharingan extensively, and his speed is already top tier so he could easily keep up with Minato. Itachi was able to keep his sharingan on all the time, even when he was diseased.
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Who can defeat Minato?

Sasuke, with two of the most powerful Dojutsus at his disposal, can defeat Minato.
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Is Minato stronger than Jiraiya?

SM Jiraiya can beat Hokage Minato in hard battle, but BM Minato is too strong.
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Minato Namikaze vs Itachi Uchiha



Can Minato beat Pain?

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Minato possessed enough power to battle the Nine-Tails and Obito Uchiha in succession and still emerge victories. What's more, during the war, he gained access to the Yin half of Kurama, making him far stronger than Pain could ever be.
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Can Minato beat Madara?

1 CAN'T BEAT MADARA: Minato Namikaze

Despite all that, Minato's skills are far inferior to Madara Uchiha's and this was proven multiple times during the war. Minato struggled to fight against 10-Tails Obito, therefore beating Madara Uchiha is certainly not possible for him.
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How strong is Minato?

At the Academy, Minato held the highest scores in history, which were later matched by Itachi Uchiha. Even when he had just graduated from the Academy, he was powerful enough to take on multiple adult shinobi at once, as seen when he rescued Kushina Uzumaki from Kumo ninjas.
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Is Minato faster than Naruto?

While Naruto is faster than Minato, he still cannot teleport, which makes him inferior to the Fourth in another aspect.
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Why was Minato feared?

Minato was greatly feared as a shinobi and later on, he was selected as the Fourth Hokage, one of the ways to rewarding him for being Konoha's war winner. One of the exact reasons Minato was greatly feared was due to his ability to use the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Body Flicker Technique.
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Does Minato have a weakness?

Minato does have weaknesses, but he has trained pretty hard to minimize them. His biggest strength is also his biggest weakness, since FTG requires superhuman spatial awareness to keep up with the various teleport spots. We've already seen that Bee was able to predict his movement.
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How smart is Minato?

Unlike his son, Naruto, Minato was considered a prodigy ninja who excelled in all aspects of being a ninja, including intelligence. Minato used his skills and smarts as a prodigy to create special Jutsu such as Naruto's favored Rasengan, which took inspiration from the Tailed Beasts.
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Can shisui beat Minato?

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Minato was capable of taking down entire armies on his own, and he was more than capable of beating Shisui.
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Can Itachi beat 5 Kage?

Itachi can win. 5 Kage displayed a knack of strategic combat in their spanking against Madara. Hokage takes the rearguard and backup role.
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Can Itachi beat Jiraiya?

2) Jiraiya

But Jiraiya not only fought Pain alone in his territory but almost defeated him as well. However, in front of Itachi's Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, his strength might not be enough. As a result, Jiraiya is a Naruto character who can never defeat Itachi.
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Can Minato beat Kakashi?

Minato has the Kurama form but still he can't beat Kakashi with the Susanoo and kamui. Minato wins because due to Kakashi average chakra reserves he can't hokd out PS for too long. So he'll run out too quickly.
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Can Minato defeat hashirama?

TLDR: Minato is exceptional shinobi with incredible speed, but this is no good against the God of Shinobi. Minato just does not have jutsu that is powerful enough to significantly damage Hashirama, especially considering his regenerative capabilities.
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Who is the fastest shinobi ever?

Konoha's Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, was the fastest shinobi in his lifetime. He possesses natural speed and dominant skills that foreshadow the capabilities of his powerful opponents. Minato mastered the Flying Thunder God technique to such an extent that he surpassed its creator, Tobirama.
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Who is the longest Hokage?

Hiruzen Sarutobi was the Third Hokage of Konoha and the longest serving Hokage. He was the husband of Biwako Sarutobi, father of Asuma Sarutobi and grandfather of Konohamaru Sarutobi and Mirai Sarutobi.
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Why is Minato so fast?

Minato is known as the fastest shinobi who ever lived. This is not only due to his own abilities, but also the flying thunder god technique. However, since we know from Naruto & Bee, that the NCM grants the user a great increase in speed(teleportation lvl) and TBM gives Minato level speed boost.
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Can Obito beat Minato?

Minato, while strong, was no match for Obito Uchiha in his Six Paths state. The latter fought against Minato and was able to rip his arm off without much trouble.
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Can Minato beat Orochimaru?

Minato, by most estimations, is around 2.5 times faster than Orochimaru even before factoring in his teleportation ability or Sage Mode. Combined with Minato's seal mastery, even Orochimaru starting with Senju Hashirama or Tobirama Edo Tensei'd in likely would't let him win.
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Who trained Minato?

Sometime later, Jiraiya becomes a mentor to Minato Namikaze, the future Fourth Hokage, who dies due to sealing the Nine-Tailed Fox inside his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki.
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Who is the most powerful shinobi?

By the end, Naruto is the most powerful shinobi on the planet. In his basic human form he can create countless shadow clones, summon giant toads, and wield the awesome Rasengan. Then there's his Toad Sage mode, where he summons nature chakra to make him more powerful than nearly any other shinobi.
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