Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26126664-20160103234134/@comment-3965545-20160105111922

Nagato is also a genjutsu master.. he placed Genjutsu blocks on all of Amegakure that Konoha could only get far enough into to see the little girl's body be brought to pain's tower. So I'm not sure how well Genjutsu would work in Itachi's favor.. this battle is a hard one to think on. Itachi wins with intellect and tactical prowess. Nagato wins with overwhelming power/technique and tactical prowess. He defeated SM Jiraiya and SM Naruto using such... Itachi defeated Orochimaru twice, even Oro admitted Itachi was stronger than he. Itachi also was able to instantly figure out how to stop Chibaku Tensei and instantly he knew he had to blind the Rinnegan Summons and so he did so with his kunai/shuriken skills so if Nagato was to use the Summons or the Six Paths then Itachi would do the same to those making them useless. Therefor it is more fair for this to be prime Nagato with full health vs prime Itachi with full health. No dead body puppets. Nagato is an extraordinary master Sensor so there will be no hiding from him on Itachi's end. Sword of Totsuka is the only surefire way Itachi could beat him. On the other hand Nagato has Soul Rip, among other hax Six Paths techs. Itachi has no other choice than to rely on his Intellect and Tactical Genius in this battle. As prime Nagato is very much godlike on his own and overpowering him just isn't happening. I honestly can't say who wins in the end here...