Originally Posted by
Nik Hasta
This is honestly really difficult to suss out to be honest.
Naruto, for example, strictly speaking his base tactic from day one of "summon a bunch of clones," is only possible due to him pulling on Kurama's chakra reserves. Are we limiting him to only whatever his natural chakra would be? Because... well, for one thing that would be almost impossible to speculate on and for another it undermines almost every technique or combat encounter we've seen him take part in.
Sasuke without the Sharingan means he's got what... chidori...? Basic ninja moves? He can summon Madara and other snakes. That's about it. No teleports, no Amaterasu or Susanoo, no Tsukiyomi. He's got a sword and he's physically very capable. His Katon jutsu are quite strong because that's an Uchiha specialty. Kirin should still be possible for him I guess but it requires so much set up I don't think it's really combat viable.
I mean, it feels like Sakura cleans house easy? Sasuke beats Naruto because he's marginally less neutered by the terms of the encounter.