Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-43403813-20200102180859/@comment-43403813-20200112141448

Dojutsu are under the branch of Kekkei Genkai, and I'm fairly certain that we've seen some instances of clones utilising a Kekkei Genkai of some sort, excluding Madara's clones uses of Wood Release or the Susanoo.

When Nagato was using Pain, their entire function was through the Rinnegan's abilities, and they're essentially permanent Shadow Clones. Pain received chakra directly from Nagato, and Shadow Clones use up the chakra directly from Nagato too, so I don't see why one would be able to use such abilities whilst the other wouldn't. The only reason Nagato didn't use Shadow Clones there instead was because they would have appeared as crippled as he did, which would have made them useless in combat.

The only thing I'd say that a clone of a Rinnegan user can't do is summon the Gedo Mazo, since it has been stipulated that only "authentic" Rinnegan can summon it.

Nothing has been shown to disprove the idea that Shadow Clones can't use Kekkei Genkai, and the name of the technique even supports this. It wouldn't truly be a "clone" if many of their abilities were limited.