Kakashi - matching up against the current 5 Kage

[ItachiStyle]

Kakashi seems to have gotten very underrated. There was a time, long ago, when he was not that powerful. Since then he's gotten to be a Kage level shinobi.

Kamui particularly is his ace in the hole. He can warp someone, or better yet half a someone, so he sends half of someone into another dimension, and leaves the rest here. One shot kill. Kakashi's control of Kamui has gotten to pretty crazy levels. Even without Naruto, we've seen he can use it so precisely, he can teleport a single nail, moving at extreme speed, inches from his face before it hits him. He can catch two super fast Susanoo arrows aimed at him, out of midair. He can port a rocket, with a non-linear flight path, which is a large distance from him, all seemingly without line of sight of the rocket. Amazing stuff. The size of the area is now quite large too. Even without Kurama's chakra, the guy was able to teleport an area the size of the Gedo's head (or that explosion of Deidara's).

Nor is he held back by the "3 time limit" anymore. Even without the 9 Tails chakra, he was able to use it 5 times in quick succession against Obito, along with other draining techs like his lightning cutter and kage bushin.

This is without factoring all the other things that made Kakashi a great shinobi.

I think I'd take him pretty clearly over at least 3 of the current Kage. Tsunade he can just teleport her head to another dimension, then sell her body on the blackmarket. Mei will be dead the moment he looks at her. And while A has speed, let's remember that:
a) Kamui is frickin fast, and
b) using the sharingan to predict movements, Sasuke was able to dodge A's attack. Kakashi doesn't even need to do that. All he needs to do is use the sharingan to predict A's movement enough, that he can counter with Kamui (ending the fight). A also requires a moment to power up, and that moment is all the opening Kakashi needs to end the fight.

Maybe Gaara could get screens up, swap out with a clone, and counter before Kakashi could do anything, but Kakashi is pretty fast, so maybe not. Meanwhile Onoki might actually get one shot before he can react (and even with distance, Kamui has great range, so unlike most fights, distance won't protect Onoki. Overall, I think Onoki and Gaara probably have the claim to being the stronger characters, but one on one Kakashi can probably kill them both.

People need to really start re-evaluating Kakashi as a character, as he's gotten to the point where he's stronger than quite a few Kage.

[DrProof]

Kamui to the face..

[pateuvasiliu]

Not even Edo Kakashi could beat the 5 kages.

He lacks Raikage's Speed, Tsunade's Strength, Onoki's destructive force, Gaara's Defence and Mei's boobs.

[ItachiStyle]

Not all at once.

[pateuvasiliu]

Honestly, of all the 5, I can only see Kakashi beating Mei and Tsunade.

[ItachiStyle]

I just explained how Kakashi beats A...

[pateuvasiliu]

lolkamuigg is not a valid explanation.

A's speed is so great that he blitzed Minato with only FTG saving his face. Kakashi has weaker reflexes than Minato.

[ItachiStyle]

Kakashi has the sharingan... it can allow you to dodge via predicting movement... the same way Sasuke (who is similarly fast to Kakashi) dodged A's attack (in fact he successfully counter attacked him while dodging). Kakashi doesn't need to counterattack and dodge like Sasuke did, all he needs is to react enough to counter (which requires no hands seals, just a glance, followed by a Kamui, which will be near instant). What is wrong with that plan?

[GiantShuriken]

Kamui. Kakashi wins vs all, the only person who has any chance whatsoever is Onoki.

[KidGamer65]

With Kamui he can beat them all except A.

Without Kamui he can beat Mei and Tsunade.

[BigBlade Master]

I disagree

[Kages]

They all are stronger than him.

[DemonicAvenger]

Kakashi can beat any of the current Kage

A is the only one that has something Kakashi doesn't have an awnser for, and thats V2

[Slug Princess Tsunade]

He can't beat them when they are together.

[ItachiStyle]

They all are stronger than him.

No doubt if he becomes Hokage you will change your tune quickly enough...