Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-34194151-20180916011209

@LoneNinja,

Itachi has already countered/seen that bone jutsu, so he isn't getting tagged by it without a good diversion. when the bones start erupting out of the ground he can simply jump in the air, use susano'o to block any attacks while he is in the air, then land on the bones. That technique also has a huge area of effect, and kimimaro has allies here. Don't see it being effective.

Amaterasu can definitely pin down edos. It won't kill but the edo tensei won't be fighting anymore unless they can dispel the flames like nagato did. they would get tagged by totuska blade afterward.

Itachi is smarter and faster than each of them. What speed feats does konan have? she couldn't even evade jiraiya's oil bomb. She has decent tactics but that was against obito who has a limited arsenal. Itachi does it better. her attacks are countered by katon and susano'o.

also, Itachi doesn't fight the way you described. He is facing edo tensei here so he is smart enough to pull out his big guns, he did so against Nagato. He also overlays his attacks. He doesn't do one attack at a time, he is always guiding his opponent and looking for any gaps in their experience to exploit. He has shown to use the same mindset shikamaru does: the first attack is the diversion, the second is the real one. Orochimaru also can't react to the totsuka blade as per canon. Itachi didn't even use a diversion when he launched it at him during the fight with sasuke and it hit with ease. Orochimaru knows what to expect this time around, which simply means itachi will use a diversion to land it.

Orochimaru plays around too much when he fights. He is experienced and competent and powerful, but his intelligence isn't at all as a strategist, his intelligence is in the biology lab. His best tactic in battle is catching people off guard with oral rebirth.

Itachi ends the fight before it begins in every battle when he isn't jobbing. His fighting style means that once he takes initiative, he doesn't let you gain back control easily. It's just a matter of when he finally tags you, unless you can outsmart him. He doesn't always makes the first move, but when he does a make move he is skilled at breaking down the opponent's defenses such that his attack lands.

Kurenai, reversed her genjutsu, then didn't stand there looking pretty, he immediately pressured her and outdid her in taijutsu. even followed her on to the water so she couldn't initiate another counter-attack.

-kakashi, shuriken feint, water-style feint, exploding shadow clone+ subsitution feint, then finally tsukyomi. kakashi had no time to actually launch an offense manuever ( his one attempt was countered easily), he was on the defensive the whole time. - deidara, this deidara was highly inexperienced, so genjutsu gg.

-orochimaru, round one. genjutsu gg plus kunai slash to armgg. -orochimaru, round 2, totsuka blade gg. -nagato- amaterasu gg. After that, he devised strategy to counter chibaku tensei. one shots with totsuka blade. The battle literally ends before it begins once he starts fighting. Itachi is calculated and fast in his approach to battle. This is what defines the guy.

Orochimaru can beat itachi just not with these edo tensei imo.