Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-45206595-20200316210102/@comment-1210805-20200317024254

Wassimassaf wrote:

It took 2 susano and itachi sacrificing a eye to defeat him.

It took that to defeat him without killing him. Itachi and Sasuke needed him alive to undo the Reanimation jutsu. We don't know how the fight would have gone if they were trying to kill him, and him them.