Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26537507-20160118182432/@comment-3965545-20160119131823

Itachi has wind release. Explosion release is made of Earth and Lighting release. Wind Release is strong against Lightning Release. Itachi can simply use even a genin level wind release tech to stop the explosion release. Same way Sasuke used lightning release to stop the earth release part of explosion release. Besides Deidara is not immune to Genjutsu or did you forget how Sasuke repeatedly tricked him with Genjutsu the entire fight?? Itachi is faster, has better taijutsu, genjutsu is league above Sasukes, he has Sword of Totsuka, Izanami, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo. Deidara can't beat him, his only shot is the explosion release micro bombs.. Itachi knows all about explosion release and its make-up so he would know instantly to use wind release to disable the techs.