User blog comment:Appelmonkey/Rematch: Wolverine vs. Naruto Uzamaki/@comment-3189283-20190131103225

Let’s see shall we This whole battles comes down to one question; Can Naruto bypass Wolverine’s accelerated healing process and do enough damage to kill him or knock him out? I don’t think there is much doubt that if Wolverine can get some damage in on Naruto then he can end this battle pretty quickly as his healing factor isn’t nearly as effective and his Adamantium Claws shred into him unless he’s in his 4th Jinchuriki form. Right off the bat I can tell you that a bunch of dinky projectiles aren’t going to do much against Wolverine’s healing ability, at best they’ll be a distraction. This means Naruto is going to be relying entirely on his Ninjutsu techniques in order to deal damage that Wolverine is going to actually feel.

Naruto’s ability to summon a large number of shadow clones is going to be a huge help in this fight as he can use them to distract Wolverine while he charges up his Rasengan and Rasenshuriken chakra attacks. He can also summon the toads to help him out if he gets desperate although I can’t see them lasting long against Wolverine. However even if these Chakra attacks hit Wolverine’s healing factor means he’s going to have to hit him multiple times to really have an effect on him and this will drain his Chakra considerably. Therefore, he’s got to be extra precise in trying to hit Wolverine, which is an even more difficult task with the mutants superhuman speed and agility.

However, for me the best way for Naruto to put down Wolverine is to tap into his Jinchuriki forms which bring his physical levels up to match Wolverine’s (and possibly surpass him depending on what form he is on) and more freely spam his powerful Chakra attacks. In his four tail form the battle becomes laughably easy for him, Wolverine’s Adamantium claws won’t be able to harm him and Tailed Beast Ball can do enough damage to Wolverine that he won’t be able to heal it quickly. However, this would be a very last resort for Naruto and he’s unlikely to get to this stage as Wolverine is likely to have killed him by the time it gets desperate enough for him to use this form.

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about Naruto and barely any mentioning Wolverine’s capabilities and that’s because he doesn’t have a whole lot to talk about. His physical capabilities are immense and in a close quarters battle he’s going to be physically superior to Naruto especially in strength, endurance and durability. Wolverine also has a big advantage in that his abilities aren’t linked to a limited energy pool like Naruto is and this allows him to push himself further whereas Naruto always has to keep an eye on his chakra. Wolverine’s main drawback is a lack of a ranged option, he’s a strictly close-range fighter and so won’t be able to do much about Naruto spamming chakra attacks from a distance.

And so, we come back to the question I posed at the start of this vote; Can Naruto bypass Wolverine’s accelerated healing process and do enough damage to kill him or knock him out? The answer to this question is yes but if he exerts himself to the fullest. The only way I can see him doing the amount of damage he needs to do, at the speed he needs to do it is by tapping into his Jinchuriki Forms and even then, all but the highest one of those still allows Wolverine to injure him badly enough to end the fight. Wolverine maybe be lacking in flashy super strong attacks, but he makes up for this by being a monster in melee combat, having claws that can shred through almost anything and an insanely quick regenerating ability. A lot of Naruto’s strategy is going to revolve around keeping him at bay with distractions while he charges up Chakra attacks and even then, if Wolverine gets in close, he can end the battle very quickly. In short Wolverine has to do a lot less work to take Naruto down than the other way around and so has a higher chance of victory.

Wolverine: 3,000

Naruto: 2,000