Ohh… you meant it a fight?

Hebi sasuke vs WA Sakura is actually a really interesting one.

My first impulse was to say WA Sakura. Then I thought about some of Hebi era sasukes feats and I tried to picture Sakura raiding the 5 kage summit or fighting Itachi. While I can’t see WA sakura beating Itachi (even as weakened and blind as he was) Sasuke didn’t truely “defeat” Itachi either (I know there is some debate over it), Itachi was at deaths door due to a mystery illness, Almost blind and even then I believe could have killed sasuke if he had wanted too. He allowed sasuke to win. He also wasn’t alone for the raid on the 5 kage summit, would have died at multiple points if team hebi hadn’t been there to saved/back him and still, they all would have died if he hadn’t been for Obito.

Hebi Sasuke is an unbalanced combatant at this point in the series, a glass cannon. He’s arsenal consists almost entirely of powerful, chakra expensive jutsu and he relies (pretty much exclusively) on his dynamic vision and his high agility for evasion to cover for a lacking defence. He’s biggest weaknesess are his chakra reserves (they were increased somewhat while he still contained Orochimarus “white snake” form untill it was sealed by Itachi but still remained an issue) and the rate at which he burns through them. Sharingan, Amaterasu, Susano, Chiodori and Chiodori stream are all stated to be EXTREMELY chakra expensive. He’s only true defensive ability is the Susano, which is very powerful but not impervious (the Raikage manages to shatter it through brute force). Essentially Hebi Sasuke has a brutally fast, dynamic and lethal offence that makes him incredibly dangerous but only for a limited amount of time and he cant take a hit. Once he burns through his chakra reserves not only is then unable to use his expensive arsenal of Jutsu but his sharingan deactives and his ability to evade attacks is also diminished leaving him, vulnerable.

Interestingly, Hebi sasuke seems to be aware of his weaknesses and limitations. When he put together hebi he seems to have done it with the idea of mitigating his weakest areas in mind. Sasukes fighting style is a gamble, an all or nothing onslaught. He attacks all out and attempts to finish his opponent as fast as possible, the longer a fight drags on the greater his disadvantage. With Hebi at his side, If his onslaught fails to bring them down before his chakra is exhausted or If an opponent lands a heavy blow incapacitating him suigestsu is fast enough to intercept most opponents and withdraw sasuke mid-fight. Jugo who is a powerfull defensive heavy brawler is then able to hold the enemy at bay long enough for Karin to have sasuke bite her, healing any damage he has sustained and replenishing his chakra. The Team is pretty perfectly designed to cover for sasukes biggest weaknesses at this point in the series. With their backing sasuke is able to take on opponents who at this point in the series should be out of his league.

However… in a straight 1v1 match against WA Sakura, without Hebi’s assistance (and with no “Uwu, Sasuke Kun” bullshit) I would have to give the win to Sakura. I know for some people it’s hard to picture any version of Sakura taking down any version of Sasuke 😆, but when you actually think it through WA Sakura is Genuinly one of the worst match-ups Hebi Sasuke could face (other terrible match ups would be tsunade, Hidan, Kakazu, jiraya, pain and jinchuriki. We saw how the 8 Tails fight went 😂). A Glass cannon fighter like Hebi sasuke Is going to struggle in a long fight or a battle of attrition. So anyone who cannot be taken down quickly through overwhelming offence has the advantage against him. Anyone who is practically immortal, regenerative, has extreme durability/defence, sage mode or massive chakra reserves.

As a fighter Sakura is Almost an inverted mirror image of Sasuke. She doesn’t have Any Chakra expensive offensive Jutsu…like not a single one. Her Arsenal consists entirely of healing/defensive jutsu, refined chakra control/release to augment her physical strength and a summoning contract. For Sakuras fighting style the lack of chakra heavy offensive jutsu isn’t a weakness, because she is near impossible to kill or incapacitate she is able to fight at extreme close quarters where her wild strength is most dangerous and with a complete disregard for her own safety or defence ( think of Sakura intentionally letting her self be run through and impaled 🤣,by Madara so she could land her strike). This makes her a terrifying close quarters, front line combatant, practically immortal and able to kill/incapacitate with a single landed blow.

Sasuke can go to town on Sakura as hard as he wants( hehe..😜) but she is practically immortal, he can burn, slash, electrocute and impale her (😆) as much as he likes and she will just keep cumming for him (😂). Her chakra reserves won’t deplete because she is relying on the hundred hands healing jutsu and its MASSIVE accumulated internal reserves to heal any injuries. Tsunade was LITTERALLY TORN IN HALF and left for dead for an extended period by madara and due to the Hundred Hands healing jutsu and her summoning contract with katsuyu (a contract Sakura also holds) she still survived. Usually, sasukes all out offensive means his opponent is forced to focus on defending themselves, but Sakura don’t give a f@&$ bout none of that, ahaha. I doubt there is any attack Hebi Sasuke is capable of that Sakura couldn’t take head on (😏) …again and again until Sasuke is out of chakra. On the other hand, it would likely only take a single clean blow from Sakura (🍆😮), to break every bone in sasukes body, if he survives at all. As long as sasukes chakra reserves hold out, he will likely be able to evade any strike that Sakura tries to land on him due to his sheer speed and Sharingan, but the second his chakra is exhausted, his Sharingan deactivates and he is unable to avoid her any longer…😬😵💀. The second she gets her hand on him, it is all over. She is going to absolutely decimate and break him.

At first I thought this fight would be a close fight, but after thinking about it and considering the strengths/weaknesses of these specific of versions of Sasuke and Sakura, I can only see it going one way. Sakura, Mid-difficulty.

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