Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33308438-20180614101055/@comment-26636534-20180714113855

@Combat

Yes, genjutsu is a balancing act between chakra control and strength. But chakra control matters more. Why? Itachi himself doesn't have that great amounts of chakra, yet he is renown for his genjutsu. Also, using genjutsu against that Naruto is not a good indication. Everyone likes to point out, Naruto training with Jiriaya to counter genjutsu, but who said he mastered it?

It was never stated that, beginning part 2 Naruto mastered his chakra control either. So the Ephemeral feat is not as great, simply because it wasn't not used on someone adept with dealing with genjutsu. Nowhere is it stated that Ephemeral is a visual genjutsu either, so my point still stands.

Furthermore, Ephemeral didn't paralyze Naruto. Naruto ran forward and used a rasengan on an empty space. Again, from what we've seen, Minato is not gonna be dealt with by lower level genjutsu. A clone is not affected by genjutsu? So all Minato has to do is make a shadow clone to fight Itachi, double trouble, and since Itachi can't tell the difference he is not gonna be able to guard from two directions.

@Jason

The problem is, Itachi can't predict where Minato will pop up with FTG, simply because there is no micro movement to observe. So the idea that Itachi will predict Minato's attack and defend himself perfectly is flawed.