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i agree...the 4th hokage is the most strongest hokage ever...he saved the people of konoha...

Kozoi

I'd say Tsunade is the strongest in Taijutsu, since she has exceptional Taijutsu skills and Medical Ninjutsu skills. I'd also say the third Hokage had great Ninjutsu skills, but we haven't seen much of the other Hokage to judge them yet. :/

Ravenseye

Excluding the Fourth for lack of appearances/info, I think the following:

Sandaime - Called "Strongest", knew many varied jutsu rather than specializing in one general area (wood, water, strength), stood up to the two hokage shades resurrected by Edo Tensai.

Shodai - Fought Madara with the Kyuubi, was able to control tailed beasts, and his wood techniques gave him good range. In the manga version, he also had the darkness genjutsu he used on the Third.

Nidaime - The lesser of the two hokage brothers, he still took his water jutsu to extremes, being able to generate large volumes of water where there was none, and utilizing his jutsu with great speed due to his ability to perform them with minimal hand-sign usage. His ranged attack ability gives him the edge over the next on the list.

Godaime - Last because, while she is the physically strongest of the Hokage, she is limited to close-range attacks, while the other all have options to whittle away at her from a distance. Her abilities are on the same general level as the others, but are concentrated in the healing arts, and as such while she is the equal of any of the others, her realm of dominance is not in battle but in medicine, so in this contest she comes in last.

As I said, I don't rank Yondaime, since we don't see much of his techniques like we do the others, but based on implied power, and plot relevance (as Naruto's father, and thus a representative of Naruto's potential), along with his Thunder God Jutsu and general "flee on sight" orders the enemy had in regards to him, I personally would put him at the very top.

beast

The third is the most powerful. he fought out of love for his village and he was able to defeat orochimaru (well mostly) as well as two other hokage. He did the only real way a hokage can go. It was just ashame he had to through two of his former comrades.

itano123

well im saying it is the fourth. he is actilly still alive after using the technque that u die after using it.

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