Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-26302001-20150406172553

Itachi has body flicker too, he used it against Shisui.Also yes he knows everything about Minato and the other Hokage for sure. Minato and Itachi are both thinking types. Itachi knows about guiding thunder and his toad summons, in fact everyone in Konoha present or past knows about Minato and his techs, even his summons which is why against Tsunade, Obito or Kakashi and maybe even Jiraiya I would give this to Minato, but against Itachi the very best he would get is a tie, or he would just lose against Itachi. Itachi knows too much, he studied too much and he is a intellectual genius with a prodigious intuity and thinking ability. Minato to all of our knowledge and what was shown has never fought anybody, let alone an Uchiha like Itachi. Minato could beat 85-90% of everybody, but there are certain people he couldn't win against and Itachi fits that category. You must remember that in his fight with Sasuke, Black Zetsu pretty much said he was weaker and slower and his reaction speed was terrible compared to normal, yet he tied Sasuke's lightning flash creation blade shurikens and his speed was able to outclass Sasuke's as shown in his abilities page with the reference page and chapter number. DB3's stat guide makes him 5th tier in that fight. DB3's stat guide was discontinued but it still showed how good he was at base being deathly ill, yet tying with base Jiraiya both of them at 35.5 out of 40 total.