Could a Team Beat Sasuke?

In response to a post of Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/1oh7f9v/is_it_possible_to_defeat_sasuke_without_naruto/#lightbox

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Prerequisite:

There's a major point to acknowledge and that is: At a certain level of power, the Naruto series begins to mirror Dragon Ball. Sasuke is too strong to worry about an enemy's tactic for the most part because he can simply blow up the country you're standing on. For the most part, you would need to perform at his level in order for your jutsu to matter.

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Thought Process:

Considering 6 paths is roughly 10 tails level (I'd argue more but that's another topic), and Sasuke begins to even out with Kaguya (likely her destabilized version more than anything) in his fight with her, Sasuke's 6 Path Rinnegan variant is around 20 "tails" of power or 20 tailed beasts. Considering he has access to another 10 tailed beasts in the Valley, we can assign him with 30 tails. This is a bit of a crude form of power measurement, but it skips weird fallacious scaling methods that attempt to apply real-world numbers to a kid's show.
For reference, reincarnated Madara is roughly 10 tails level. He is convinced he can beat Obito, who is quite literally an empty vessel for a ten tailed beast. I'll take Madara at his word here. Madara then absorbs the ten tails himself. That's 20 tails total. He then absorbs the God Tree. That's 30 tails not accounting for potential Rinnegan buffs.
So, Sasuke in this fight is roughly the same power level as the strongest Madara we see in the war. Maybe a little less.

Despite the great fighters in the $7 tier and below, almost none of them have the durability to perform against the speed and strength of this Sasuke and I don't feel like dictating a head cannon, back-seat-fighting scenario where maybe they get a chance to land a jutsu a la Boruto.

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My Answer:

DMS Kakashi is a great start. Very formidable, 6 Paths enhanced, and has a perfect Susanoo. Very likely in the 30 tails realm (with Susanoo active) especially considering how well he does for his short air time against a stabilized Kaguya and how impressed 6 Path Naruto is by him. He alone may very likely be able to win this. Keep in mind DMS Kakshi's jutsu have the added benefit of deleting whatever they touch. Also his perception should be good enough that his long-range Kamui should be near-instant. I'll be realistic though and acknowledge this DMS buff was likely 5-10 seconds at best, which isn't enough time to beat Sasuke.

Next, Guy. I'll be assuming this Guy is fine with going 8 Gates. 8 Gate Guy physically performs at a level that is not seen in initial 6 Path Naruto or Sasuke and is capable of hitting 20 tails Madara for lethal, regardless of his implementation of team tactics. The Sasuke we're fighting isn't SoSP anyway, so Truth Seeking Orbs aren't a factor. Another point for realism: 8 Gates is also a short buff. Idk how short but Guy snaps his own bones with each hit, so let's assume he's signing up for 5-10 strikes, which would easily cap him at a few seconds maximum. 

This response is too long as it is, so I'll cut things short and do a cheapo, open-ended option. We need a distraction. Sage Kabuto comes with him some interesting abilities. He has seemingly infinite chakra reserves and prep time in his arsenal. He is capable of summoning Madara, Minato (assuming he has all the same resources as Orochimaru (which he seemingly does)), Nagato, Itachi, and now the newly deceased Obito [spoilers]. Obito is funny because he died with residual 6 Path chakra. The Gold/Silver brothers prove that collected chakra becomes one with the collector and survives death. Minato also somewhat proves this with his usage of KCM. Before his demise, Obito collected the ten tail's chakra and gives strong evidence that he retained it in the afterlife. All Kabuto needs to do is summon the "hackers" and Obito, who would easily break free from the reanimation jutsu and very likely help out (again, no backseat fighting here; just an observation of character). Keeping with the observation, Sasuke is in his dramatic era and will likely let summons come out. He let Naruto create a bunch of Kurama avatars to go off and plan something despite wanting to kill Naruto, so I don't see why he'd care about Kabuto doing the same. Maybe that's too generous. Maybe Sasuke is a bad boy idk.

So the plan is simple. We got some people to get batted around like Itachi and Nagato. You could argue that they could help more. Whatever. At the very least, this opens up a few seconds for Kakashi and Guy to figure something out. Both should be able to damage Sasuke for lethal and only one needs to land a hit to change the tide of battle. If 6 Path Obito comes out, there shouldn't be an issue at all. 

As a counter point, if Sasuke is actually a tryhard and I read him wrong, then he kills Kabuto before Kabuto knows it, and has maybe ten seconds of the roughest of rough-housing he's ever experienced with Guy and Kakashi. You could make the case that Guy dies before he gets his gates open. I'm inclined to believe Kakashi would scoop Guy into the Susanoo before that happens (considering their friendship), but Sasuke is pretty fast. If it's just Sasuke vs Kakashi, Sasuke probably outlasts him and can save Indra's Arrow for when Momoshiki shows up.

TLDR: Kakashi ($9) + Guy ($9) + Kabuto ($7) = a budget $25 team. And throw in Hidan for $3. Maybe Guy performing the Night Guy will unearth enough of Hidan and they can piece him back together. It's kinda messed up that he's just chillin down there.


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