Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-26107879-20180907122705

The thing is, will Itachi expect a bones coming from the ground beneath him? Dance of the Seedling Fern could be a nice strategy to end the fight. So even with Susano'o the ground beneath him remains unprotected shown with Madara and Gaara. So a forest of blades coming up might just do Itachi in when he least expects it. If Itachi can seal Kimimaro away before that becomes an issue, then there goes that.

Also, about the Genjutsu feat. Most of that feat for Itachi came from the anime therefore not canon. The only thing we seen of their fight was the end of it. Itachi places Orochimaru in Genjutsu, Orochimaru basically says "f your Genjutsu" and get's ready to perform Ninjutsu, and Itachi is basically like "Nope" and cuts his arm off. He literally just stunned him basically. With his knowledge of Itachi now (since they retain knowledge of each other according to the DP), I doubt Orochimaru will let that happen again. As for Konan, I feel her maneuverability will be a hassle for Itachi. She can turn into paper and split her body apart at will and mix herself among clones. Then put explosive tags in there. Etc. She's pretty versatile. Her hit and run with Kimimaro at support would probably force Itachi to use Susano'o. I can see Orochimaru just chilling back smiling. Itachi can win for sure, but Orochimaru has ways.