He has shown tremendous prowess in this field: when Naruto and Killer B tried escaping him, A stalled Naruto and B for a considerable amount of time, even turning B's use of the Eight-Tails' tentacles against him. A was also able to inflict substantial damage to Madara's left arm when the latter blocked his punch.Ī breaking Sasuke Susanoo's Amaterasu-clad bones.īefitting his appearance the Raikage seems to prefer taijutsu combat, forgoing any hand seals-based ninjutsu. While blocking his punch in his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto Uzumaki noted that the Raikage's attacks were extremely heavy and if he were ever to take a direct hit from him, the confrontation would be all over. In his youth, A was even able to cut through one of the four horns of Eight-Tails and knock it to the ground by the sheer strength of his blow. Later, he was also able to snap the Kubikiribōchō in two (although it had been previously damaged) and snap a couple of the ribs of Sasuke Uchiha's Susanoo, once with a backhanded chop and once with a powerbomb respectively.

He was also able to crush a cliff with a single punch.

When introduced, he was shown lifting a barbell which is usually used with two hands, with a single hand and in a casual manner.

Despite the loss of his arm, A was still chosen to be Supreme Leader of the Allied Shinobi Forces, further implying the levels of his might.Ī destroys his desk while holding a barbell in a single hand.Ī possesses a massive amount of physical strength, just below that of Tsunade's according to Madara Uchiha. It is for this very reason that losing his left arm did very little to impede his fighting abilities. A's signature fighting style is a combination of taijutsu and ninjutsu to form the powerful nintaijutsu, which circumvented time-consuming hand seals. His younger brother Killer B also mentioned in his fight with Sasuke that, before him, only A was able to deflect the Eight-Tails. As the Raikage, A is undoubtedly an extremely powerful shinobi.

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