<p>First thing first, I personally don't want to include summons from <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Summoning:_Impure_World_Reincarnation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation Technique</a> in my list because hundreds of dead peoples were summoned by this technique. One more thing, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tailed_Beast" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tailed Beasts</a> are not included in my list because Summoned beasts are generally animals bonded with a ninja. As ninjas can summon beasts they are sealed with, the beasts can also summon ninjas. If we look at tailed beasts, they are not animals, they are a pure form of chakra, they are immensely powerful and hard to summon and bond with. This makes them not in the Top 5 list.</p>
<p><strong>Top 5 strongest summons in Naruto's universe</strong></p>
<p><strong>5</strong> - <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Fukasaku" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Fukasaku</strong></a> / <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Shima" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Shima</strong></a> aka <em>Two Great Sage Toads</em></p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QxOv2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QxOv2.png" width="200"></a><br />
<sub>(source: <a href="https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/86/Fukasaku2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20090924164116" rel="nofollow noreferrer">nocookie.net</a>)</sub></p>
<img src="https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/6/69/Shima.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150519183545" width="215">
<p>Summoner: <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Jiraiya" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Jiraiya</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Naruto Uzumaki</em></a><br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #41, Chapter #375</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Shippūden Episode #127</em><br />
What makes it Top 5: <em><strong>Extremely proficient in the use of elemental techniques that require the nature manipulation of wind, fire, and water.</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>4</strong> - <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Gamabunta" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Gamabunta</strong></a> / <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Aoda" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Aoda</strong></a> / <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Katsuyu" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Katsuyu</strong></a></p>
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<img src="https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/f/f6/Gamabunta2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150131220923" width="200">
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YIIqN.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YIIqN.png" width="200"></a><br />
<sub>(source: <a href="https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/b/bd/Aoda_HDShot.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150215214456" rel="nofollow noreferrer">nocookie.net</a>)</sub></p>
<img src="https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/5/59/Katsuyu_Summoned.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150131221131" width="200">
<p><strong>Gamabunta</strong>
Summoner: <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Jiraiya" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Jiraiya</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Minato_Namikaze" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage)</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Naruto Uzumaki</em></a><br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #1, Chapter #1</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Episode #1</em><br />
What makes it Top 4: <em><strong>He successfully hold the Nine-Tails down while Minato transported it outside of the village using his Flying Thunder God Technique.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Aoda</strong><br />
Summoner: [<em>Sasuke Uchiha</em>][17]<br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #66, Chapter #633</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Shippūden Episode #373</em><br />
What makes it Top 4: <em><strong>As a snake, Aoda is extremely fast and nimble, successfully moving through an entire army of the Ten-Tails' clones while evading all of their attacks.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Katsuyu</strong><br />
Summoner: <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tsunade" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Tsunade (Fifth Hokage)</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sakura_Haruno" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Sakura Haruno</em></a><br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #19, Chapter #169</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Episode #95</em><br />
What makes it Top 4: <em><strong>Katsuyu's clones can attach themselves to injured people, allowing its summoner to channel their chakra through it to heal the injured person.</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>3</strong> - <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Multi-Headed_Dog" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Nagato's Giant Multi-Headed Dog</strong></a></p>
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<img src="https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/5/5a/Multi_headed_dog2.PNG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150209111333" width="200">
<p>Summoner: <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Nagato" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Nagato</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/First_Animal_Path_(character)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Unnamed Fūma Clan Ninja (Male Animal Path)</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ajisai" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Ajisai (Female Animal Path)</em></a><br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #41, Chapter #375</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Shippūden Episode #131</em><br />
What makes it Top 3: <em><strong>Physically strong and resilient, it gained additional heads every time it splits or been struck, and each duplicated head carried the black receiver and the Rinnegan like the original.</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>2</strong> - <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Monkey_King:_Enma" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Monkey King: Enma</strong></a></p>
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<img src="https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/a/aa/Enma.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20120210222450" width="200">
<p>Summoner: <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Hiruzen_Sarutobi" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Hiruzen Sarutobi (Third Hokage)</em></a><br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #14, Chapter #120</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Episode #71</em><br />
What makes it Top 2: <em><strong>He was easily able to incapacitate a reincarnated Hashirama and Tobirama Senju in brief hand-to-hand combat when they tried to keep him from transforming under the command of Orochimaru.</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>1</strong> - <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Demonic_Statue_of_the_Outer_Path" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Demonic Statue of the Outer Path</strong></a></p>
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<img src="https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/f/fe/Gedo_Mazo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20120315231832" width="200">
<p>Summoner: <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Hagoromo_%C5%8Ctsutsuki" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (Sage of the Six Paths)</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Madara Uchiha</em></a>, <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Obito_Uchiha" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Obito Uchiha</em></a><br />
Manga Debut: <em>Volume #29, Chapter #254</em><br />
Anime Debut: <em>Naruto Shippūden Episode #10</em><br />
What makes it Top 1: <em><strong>Possesses great strength. The Demonic Statue can emit phantom dragons formed out of absorption chakra, which is capable of extracting the chakra of anyone they come in contact with. Most important, the Demonic Statue is also capable of emitting chakra chains from its mouth, which binds the power of tailed beasts, and can be used to both extract them from their jinchūriki and quickly seal them inside the statue.</strong></em></p>
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<p>*Most information was taken from <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Narutopedia" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Narutopedia</em></a>.</p>

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I am not satisfied with your analysis, even if you state it like that Hanzō single handedly  won over  Jiraiya,  Tsunade and  Orochimaru with salamander.
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@AnkitSharma Yes, Hanzō's signature summon, Ibuse is indeed strong.  Ibuse has great amount of strength, and is able to release poison mist from its mouth, making victim's body entirely numb, eventually fatal. But the fatal weakness of Ibuse is it's slow, and obtuse.  Each summons of Sannin is agile and fast, except Katsuyu. Though she is slow, but she can still regenerate by consuming Tsunade's chakra even though she inhaled the poison gas.
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2015-11-21T06:51:40.390Z
I guess the demonic statue of the outer path aka ten tails husk should also be a chakra (as you mentioned that tailed beasts are chakra themselves). So, it should not be an animal itself.
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<p>As tailed beasts can be summoned too, I believe the most powerful summoning animal will be the ten tails.</p>

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@Jeethu I have a doubt with the shiki fuujin tho. I also posted a question regarding it: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/27424/is-shiki-fuujin-a-summoning-jutsu
berserk
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berserk
<p>I have been a great fan of Naruto for a long time, And I have seen lot of animals being summoned. But its been very hard for me to think which one of the summoning is the most powerful?</p>

<p>Please provide manga episode number or anime. I would like to check it again.</p>

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How do you define 'most powerful'? this looks like it could be opinion-based
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Which is the most powerful summoning (effective and efficient)?
# Which is the most powerful summoning (effective and efficient)?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-11-19
I have been a great fan of Naruto for a long time, And I have seen lot of animals being summoned. But its been very hard for me to think which one of the summoning is the most powerful?

Please provide manga episode number or anime. I would like to check it again.
**Tags:** naruto
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How do you define 'most powerful'? this looks like it could be opinion-based  
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## 2 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-19. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
First thing first, I personally don't want to include summons from [Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation Technique](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Summoning:_Impure_World_Reincarnation) in my list because hundreds of dead peoples were summoned by this technique. One more thing, [Tailed Beasts](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tailed_Beast) are not included in my list because Summoned beasts are generally animals bonded with a ninja. As ninjas can summon beasts they are sealed with, the beasts can also summon ninjas. If we look at tailed beasts, they are not animals, they are a pure form of chakra, they are immensely powerful and hard to summon and bond with. This makes them not in the Top 5 list.

**Top 5 strongest summons in Naruto's universe**

**5** - [**Fukasaku**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Fukasaku) / [**Shima**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Shima) aka *Two Great Sage Toads*

> [![](https://i.sstatic.net/QxOv2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/QxOv2.png)  
> (source: [nocookie.net](https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/86/Fukasaku2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20090924164116))
>
> ![](https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/6/69/Shima.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150519183545)
>
> Summoner: [*Jiraiya*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Jiraiya), [*Naruto Uzumaki*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki)  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #41, Chapter #375*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Shippūden Episode #127*  
> What makes it Top 5: ***Extremely proficient in the use of elemental techniques that require the nature manipulation of wind, fire, and water.***

**4** - [**Gamabunta**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Gamabunta) / [**Aoda**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Aoda) / [**Katsuyu**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Katsuyu)

> ![](https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/f/f6/Gamabunta2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150131220923)
>
> [![](https://i.sstatic.net/YIIqN.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/YIIqN.png)  
> (source: [nocookie.net](https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/b/bd/Aoda_HDShot.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150215214456))
>
> ![](https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/5/59/Katsuyu_Summoned.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150131221131)
>
> **Gamabunta**
> Summoner: [*Jiraiya*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Jiraiya), [*Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage)*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Minato_Namikaze), [*Naruto Uzumaki*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki)  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #1, Chapter #1*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Episode #1*  
> What makes it Top 4: ***He successfully hold the Nine-Tails down while Minato transported it outside of the village using his Flying Thunder God Technique.***
>
> **Aoda**  
> Summoner: [*Sasuke Uchiha*][17]  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #66, Chapter #633*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Shippūden Episode #373*  
> What makes it Top 4: ***As a snake, Aoda is extremely fast and nimble, successfully moving through an entire army of the Ten-Tails' clones while evading all of their attacks.***
>
> **Katsuyu**  
> Summoner: [*Tsunade (Fifth Hokage)*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tsunade), [*Sakura Haruno*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sakura_Haruno)  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #19, Chapter #169*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Episode #95*  
> What makes it Top 4: ***Katsuyu's clones can attach themselves to injured people, allowing its summoner to channel their chakra through it to heal the injured person.***

**3** - [**Nagato's Giant Multi-Headed Dog**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Multi-Headed_Dog)

> ![](https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/5/5a/Multi_headed_dog2.PNG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150209111333)
>
> Summoner: [*Nagato*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Nagato), [*Unnamed Fūma Clan Ninja (Male Animal Path)*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/First_Animal_Path_(character)), [*Ajisai (Female Animal Path)*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ajisai)  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #41, Chapter #375*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Shippūden Episode #131*  
> What makes it Top 3: ***Physically strong and resilient, it gained additional heads every time it splits or been struck, and each duplicated head carried the black receiver and the Rinnegan like the original.***

**2** - [**Monkey King: Enma**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Monkey_King:_Enma)

> ![](https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/a/aa/Enma.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20120210222450)
>
> Summoner: [*Hiruzen Sarutobi (Third Hokage)*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Hiruzen_Sarutobi)  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #14, Chapter #120*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Episode #71*  
> What makes it Top 2: ***He was easily able to incapacitate a reincarnated Hashirama and Tobirama Senju in brief hand-to-hand combat when they tried to keep him from transforming under the command of Orochimaru.***

**1** - [**Demonic Statue of the Outer Path**](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Demonic_Statue_of_the_Outer_Path)

> ![](https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/f/fe/Gedo_Mazo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20120315231832)
>
> Summoner: [*Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (Sage of the Six Paths)*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Hagoromo_%C5%8Ctsutsuki), [*Madara Uchiha*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha), [*Obito Uchiha*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Obito_Uchiha)  
> Manga Debut: *Volume #29, Chapter #254*  
> Anime Debut: *Naruto Shippūden Episode #10*  
> What makes it Top 1: ***Possesses great strength. The Demonic Statue can emit phantom dragons formed out of absorption chakra, which is capable of extracting the chakra of anyone they come in contact with. Most important, the Demonic Statue is also capable of emitting chakra chains from its mouth, which binds the power of tailed beasts, and can be used to both extract them from their jinchūriki and quickly seal them inside the statue.***

\*Most information was taken from [*Narutopedia*](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Narutopedia).
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2015-11-19): I am not satisfied with your analysis, even if you state it like that Hanzō single handedly  won over  Jiraiya,  Tsunade and  Orochimaru with salamander.  
> **username_2** (2015-11-19): @AnkitSharma Yes, Hanzō's signature summon, Ibuse is indeed strong.  Ibuse has great amount of strength, and is able to release poison mist from its mouth, making victim's body entirely numb, eventually fatal. But the fatal weakness of Ibuse is it's slow, and obtuse.  Each summons of Sannin is agile and fast, except Katsuyu. Though she is slow, but she can still regenerate by consuming Tsunade's chakra even though she inhaled the poison gas.  
> **username_4** (2015-11-21): I guess the demonic statue of the outer path aka ten tails husk should also be a chakra (as you mentioned that tailed beasts are chakra themselves). So, it should not be an animal itself.  
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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-11-19. Score: 1
As tailed beasts can be summoned too, I believe the most powerful summoning animal will be the ten tails.
> **Comments:**
> **username_4** (2015-11-19): @Jeethu I have a doubt with the shiki fuujin tho. I also posted a question regarding it: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/27424/is-shiki-fuujin-a-summoning-jutsu  
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