Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38812954-20190919173043/@comment-43776375-20191012190413

@Halcyonite

Agree

For the last point that was just one example, but my opinion depends on the capability of the deva path, if he can deflect dust relase like amaterasu then Pain wins, if not Onoki just "kills" all the paths exception for the preta and then he just need to fly over him end put him in a hole, or eventually taking him with surprise/high speed attacks, they basically stalemate but the preta is in the defensive here and Onoki can just create his plan

for other choices I could argue that Jiraya > Orocimaru and Itachi I mean Orocimaru sais that Itachi is stronger than him and Itachi flew from Jiraya when he was with kisame saing that he could have defeated them both, this last statement could be exagerated but at least I's say Jiraya beats Orocimaru

Then there is Bee, Mei, most of the akatsuki memebers, I'd just stop the list to Pain/Onoki and put above anyone who can beat them lol