Honestly, I just don't know enough about Ning to make an argument one way or another, but I can at least list Naruto's options in this battle to help people decide.
So to start things off, let's go over Naruto's stats:
- Fully charged Bijū bomb: Low 6-B+ (6+ teratons)
- Kurama Avatar/regular Bijū bombs: High 6-C (> 322 gigatons)
Kurama Mode Naruto: 6-C+ (>> 64.5 gigatons)
- KCM Naruto: High 7-A+ (2.65 gigatons)
- Sage Mode Naruto: High 7-A (>> 1.76 gigatons)
The reason I listed the weaker forms' respective AP is that Naruto may use these forms through clones. Additionally, if the battle drags on long enough, his Kurama Mode may revert to KCM, but that's difficult to achieve due to Naruto's massive stamina and chakra reserves.
It should also be noted that Naruto can combine Sage Mode with Kurama Mode for a massive stat boost, as well as additional abilities that I'll go over later.
I'll start by going over Naruto's basic abilities and skills, then I'll go over what he can do in each respective form.
- Base Naruto:
Naruto's most iconic technique is arguably the Shadow Clone Jutsu. This technique allows Naruto to create, identical, tangible clones that can use his abilities, skills, and strategies. The clones have lower durability than Naruto, but are often shown to be somewhat comparable in AP. To compensate for their low durability, the clones transfer all of their knowledge and experiences to Naruto once they disperse. This helps Naruto to scout the enemy's abilities in order to come up with better strategies to approach his enemies.
Due to Naruto's massive chakra reserves, he can create hundreds, if not thousands of clones if the situation calls for it.
Traditionally, Naruto uses his clones as distractions to either avoid taking damage, scout an enemy's abilities in order to devise better strategies, or to trick his opponents and catch them off guard with surprise attacks.
He can also just straight up overwhelm his opponents with the massive numerical advantage the clones create.
Another iconic Jutsu is the Rasengan. It comes in various shapes and sizes, but the basic idea is the same: it's an energy sphere that rams into his opponents for massive amounts of damage. The downside is that he needs the help of a clone in order to create one, but by this point he does that so seamlessly and efficiently, it might as well not be a weakness at all.
Once again, this Jutsu can
potentially get
massive, so keep that in mind. As you can see in the second scan, he can combine this with a ridiculous number of clones to overwhelm stronger opponents.
Now onto his next Jutsu, the Rasenshuriken. This is an improved version of the Rasengan that's achieved by combining the Rasengan with Wind element chakra, more or less. What makes this Jutsu special is that it contains countless, cellular sized wind blades that simultaneously cut the opponent apart, essentially ignoring durability to an extent. This Jutsu also happens to have massive AOE, up to at least hundreds of meters if not more, so escaping the blades could prove difficult.
In base form, Naruto is unlikely to use this Jutsu all that much as it actually causes him damage.
Naruto also has a unique ability to where he can actually fight people who enter his mind. Kurama can do the same. So it's a cool, unconventional counter to telepathy if you will.
Naruto is also capable of summoning a slew of toads to aid him, the most powerful of which are Gamabunta and Gamaken, who are 6-C+.
He's technically capable of summoning Ma and Pa, but like I said before, this is not in character for Naruto at all.
The last thing I'd like to touch on for base Naruto is his general craftiness, creativity, and unpredictability, which are arguably his greatest assets.
He will routinely trick and confuse his opponents through his use of the Transformation Jutsu. He'll transform into other people, sexy males/females, rocks, trees, Rasengans, and whatever else he may think would confuse his opponent and give him an opening. He can also create smokescreens, and hide underground if need be to create an opening. He is also capable of using the Substitution Jutsu in order to replace himself with a nearby object in order to avoid damage and/or create an opening. He usually uses this in conjunction with his clones.
Now, let's examine Naruto's various forms, shall we?
- Sage Mode:
Sage Mode functions by absorbing nature energy from the surroundings and into oneself. Doing so helps Naruto enhance all of his physical capabilities, as well as all his techniques, to a great degree. In short, it's a massive amp.
Like I said before though, Sage Mode isn't just an amp. It also gives Naruto a lot of useful abilities, such as:
- It greatly enhances Naruto's senses, and gives him the ability to sense others through their chakra/life force. These sensory capabilities have an extremely wide range, spanning tens to potentially thousands of kilometres.
- Sage Mode has a greater and faster danger sense than KCM. I'll go into more detail about this when we reach KCM's abilities.
- Sage Mode also provides Naruto with the ability to use Frog Kata, a martial art taught to him by the Sage Toads. Not only does it greatly improve his Martial arts skills, it also has extra perks. Firstly, he can use nature itself as an extension of himself to extend the range and power of his strikes. Nature energy is inherently invisible, which means his opponents can easily get caught off guard due to the additional range of his strikes and make it seem like he's connecting his strikes without touching them.
* The second advantage of Frog Kata is the Frog Strike, which allows Naruto to send internal ripples into his opponents and cause direct internal damage, essentially ignoring durability.
- Another advantage of Sage Mode is that Naruto can safely use the Rasenshuriken, and it actually became his main go-to attack in the form.
- This all sounds great, I'm sure, but it's time to talk about the weaknesses of Sage Mode. Accessing Sage Mode in the midst of battle is difficult, as you need to stay perfectly still in order to build up nature energy. Naruto can somewhat circumvent this by either having one of his clones sit back and build up the energy for him, or by having his clones/summons distract the opponent while he does it himself.
* Another weakness is that Sage Mode doesn't last very long, and will run out after Naruto uses two or three Rasenshurikens at most, causing him to revert to base.
- KCM:
KCM comes with a whole new set of abilities thanks to its heavy use of Kurama's chakra:
First off, Naruto is surrounded by a chakra cloak, which protects him from most forms of damage. It's especially resilient against fire and heat based attacks, as well as acids.
The chakra also helps Naruto greatly resist paralysis, possession and body puppetry. With Kurama's cooperation, Naruto can also be snapped out of sleep inducement, illusions and mind control.
The chakra cloak also allows Naruto to create chakra arms of various sizes as extensions of himself. These arms offer him extra maneuverability, dexterity, range (as they can be greatly extended/stretched), and allow him to create his Rasengan variants without the need for clones to help him.
Speaking of Rasengan variants, Naruto can spam all forms of Rasengan in this form, including the Rasenshuriken, without any adverse effects to his body or stamina.
Another advantage is that he can combine his chakra arms with his Rasengan variants to ensure that they connect with their targets. For instance, if he throws his Rasenshuriken and the opponent dodges, Naruto can use a chakra arm to redirect the Rasenshuriken to attempt to hit the opponent from another angle before they get a chance to collect themselves.
Naruto can also interact with souls, and resist his soul getting removed in this form.
The added stamina/chakra also allows Naruto to create more clones. And these KCM clones also happen to be stronger and more resilient than the regular ones, making them harder to take down, and allows Naruto to overwhelm comparable or superior opponents. His clones can also create clones of their own, which is just as fun as it sounds lol.
Naruto can also create mini Bijū bombs, that are identical to the regular ones, but just smaller and weaker.
Kurama's chakra can also be extremely corrosive, enough to potentially disintegrate others, and poisonous upon direct contact with flesh. It also allows Naruto to create powerful shockwaves.
The chakra also has regeneration that allows Naruto to regenerate entire lost organs and burns all over his body in moments. Stab wounds and such are practically inconsequential.
His Rasengans also allow Naruto to somewhat slow down (NOT negate) the regeneration of Edo Tensei, who have Low-Godly regeneration.
Naruto's shuunshin in this form also allows him to massively increase his speed.
Finally, I'd like to touch on Naruto's danger sense in this form. The basis for it is his ability to sense negative emotions and incoming threats. Naruto can sense any evil, negative emotions, or intent to harm in others, which allows him to detect and predict incoming danger and attacks, even if he
can't directly see it.
- Kurama Mode and Kurama Avatar:
This form carries over all the abilities from his base and KCM forms, but greatly enhanced.
The form's additional perks are:
- He can create a massive Avatar of Kurama made entirely of chakra/energy. The Avatar acts as a massive forcefield that protects Naruto, and it being made from chakra means that damaging it wouldn't achieve a whole lot as Naruto can simply reform it. Naruto can also create certain individual limbs from the Avatar, such as the Head, Tails, and arms. The Avatar also allows Naruto to create massive Bijū bombs, and even charge them for more power.
- Naruto can now create all of his Rasengan variants without the help of clones or chakra arms.
- Naruto can create clones from within the Avatar and send them out. Like I said before, the clones can be either Kurama Mode, KCM, SM, or base form clones.
- Another advantage of Kurama Mode is that it allows Naruto to more easily build up AND maintain nature energy. This means that Naruto can access Sage Mode MUCH more easily, and have it last far longer as well, essentially eliminating the weaknesses of the form entirely. In doing so, Naruto enters Kurama Sage Mode, and inherits all of the abilities we discussed previously, only they're greatly enhanced.
Aaaaaaaaand I believe that's it. That's pretty much everything Naruto has up his sleeve at this point in the story.