Asuma vs. Kankuro

[RINNEMAN1]

All settings default. Asuma isn't ETZ.

Who wins?

[[Shikamaru]]

Kankuro's best feature- Slashing Sasori's bandit cloth?

While Asuma dodged point blank assaults from Hidan, and wiped out a platoon of Jonin during the sand assault arc.

I'm confident he can blitz and kill Kankuro. If not, I don't see an issue with him cutting the chakra lines or simply slashing through the puppets in general. Also, his fire monk style may prove useful in blocking ranged attacks.

[321zigzag3]

The default distance is 50 meters, I doubt Asuma is going to blitz Kankuro at that range.

Although key point does Kankuro have anything out?
Mind you we all know Asuma overwhelms at close range.

[chidoriroar]

kankuro fights from a distance and default is 50M kankuro gases and overwhelms asuma with sasori puppet+black ant and crow. once hes poisoned crow an BA use iron maiden.

[[Shikamaru]]

kankuro fights from a distance and default is 50M kankuro gases and overwhelms asuma with sasori puppet+black ant and crow. once hes poisoned crow an BA use iron maiden.
Kankuro has to summon, connect the chakra lines, and prepare his weapons.

All while Asuma has already reached close range.

Kankuro has not faced anyone around the strength or speed of Asuma.

His direct puppet assaults were brushed off by Sasori with ease, whom was blitzed by Sakura.

Unless you think Asuma has slower feats than Sakura... there's simply no way Kankuro catches Asuma.

Kankuro has never shown the ability to control puppets outside the estimated range of 30 meters.

[Shikamaru Nara]

Kankuro poisons him.

Asuma's gotta get in very close.

That's not going to happen without getting poisoned.

[RINNEMAN1]

;5140423']Kankuro has to summon, connect the chakra lines, and prepare his weapons.

All while Asuma has already reached close range.

Kankuro has not faced anyone around the strength or speed of Asuma.

His direct puppet assaults were brushed off by Sasori with ease, whom was blitzed by Sakura.

Unless you think Asuma has slower feats than Sakura... there's simply no way Kankuro catches Asuma.

Kankuro has never shown the ability to control puppets outside the estimated range of 30 meters.

Just pointingout two facts

1. His set up takes about 5-20 seconds.

2. Sasori had knowledge, Asuma doesn't.

[Shikamaru Nara]

Just pointingout two facts

1. His set up takes about 5-20 seconds.

2. Sasori had knowledge, Asuma doesn't.

1. Asuma's not that fast.

[Frost ninja]

Asuma dust shot is pretty fast.
I usually go for kank and all, but asuma is pretty quick.

However set up doesn't take that long, being it took maybe half a second to summon sasori from the scroll in 518-4. And since the default rules give them prep to be effective, doesn't that include time to bring his puppets since he has nothing else othewise?

[[Shikamaru]]

1. Asuma's not that fast.
2. Yes he is.

3. It doesn't matter. Kankuro's best puppet feat is missing Sasori completely.

[Rasengan SageX5]

The only reason Sasori handled Kankuro so easily was because he is known as one of the greatest puppet masters in the whole world plus having built the puppets that Kankuro was using, so he knew them inside and out. If Kankuro starts with all of his puppets out, then Asuma would be overwelmed by poisoned weapons and caught in Secret Black Move: Iron Maiden.

[Frost ninja]

So kank wins via battleground rules saying he gets prep to bring out his puppets since thats the only thing he has that makes him effective?

[Rasengan SageX5]

I guess that is what they are saying.

[Shikamaru Nara]

So kank wins via battleground rules saying he gets prep to bring out his puppets since thats the only thing he has that makes him effective?

Pretty much, unless OP says that there's no prep.