Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-37960523-20191227052712/@comment-9782468-20200102064834

Up north with the girlfriend, I'm not on the site everyday.

No, it doesn't make sense. Susanoo is chakra taxing, but so is every MS tech. Since Itachi was the first ever in the series to use Susanoo, we can't use Susanoo to gauge Itachi's reserves, but vice versa. Itachi's use of Susanoo tells us how much chakra SUsanoo approximately needs. It can't tell us what Itachi has in terms of reserves.

I don't recall Itachi ever using Tsukuyomi on Naruto. Or Deidara. Could be wrong. Could you tell me the chapter numbers? In any case, you're naming times he's used one MS technique. I obviously said 3, because it coincided with Kakashi, who not only has average reserves at best, but is not an Uchiha, and not a Sharingan master.

Itachi never spammed a single MS technique while he was alive. He simply couldn't, because his reserves were too low.

No it doesn't because you didn't address anything in the statement.

Jiraiya doesn't need armour. Amaterasu burns literally anything, so armour goes about as fast as clothes. And Jiraiya has the option of stripping or sealing. If Madara could do it casually I'm sure Jiraiya could do it in a pinch.

Totsuka Blade has only eer been used in a straight line against Orochimaru, who was again overconfident because he thought he could just tank the attack, and Nagato, who was controlled as an Edo and also was stripped of his shared vision.

@UltimatMario Itachi didn't drop Naruto immediately at the start when versing Team 7 plus Chiyo. He waited, then eventually used Ephemeral or whatever. Now, Naruto can use this time for smoke screens to eliminate Genjutsu or clones to do the exact same thing, since Kakashi's clone demonstrated that Genjutsu affecting a clone won't affect the main user. Jiraiya as a Sage is extremely quick and agile. Both Itachi and Sasuke at this stage have trouble hitting moving targets. Itachi had to strain and chase Sasuke with Amaterasu during their fight before catching him, and Sasuke nearly keels over when he uses Amaterasu. Jiraiya would be quick enough to dodge.