Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34938099-20180807075632/@comment-5407586-20180807091204

Arturia Pendragon00000 wrote: So, I've been wondering about this since quite a while. When Jiraiya was fighting Nagato ( Animal Path ), Jiraiya states that Nagato was only using Summoning Jutsu against him. Even though Nagato showed that he could use his normal Jutsu, via the 'Paths', like 'Rain Tiger At Will' or 'Shadow Clone Technique' ( In the Anime ). Wouldn't it have been MUCH easier if Animal Path ( aka. Nagato ), had used his powerful Taijutsu skills and Ninjutsu that Jiraiya taught him against Jiraiya?

What do you all think? The Paths were strong enough even without normal techniques, not to mention that there might have been limitations to what jutsu Nagato could channel through each Path. Moreover, Nagato was trying to keep his powers hidden as much as he could. He reunited the Six Paths only when he realized that Jiraiya had overwhelmed three of them.