Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30830650-20170202214429/@comment-34194151-20180106022726

Itachi for sure. Have you guys not seen itachi up against people more experienced than him? There are two ways to beat someone more experienced than you, have an intellect that trumps their experience, or do something that violates their experience. A great example is when we see itachi up against that Anbu, who definitely has way more experience than him. He quickly discerned the nature of her technique and secretly altered her technique without her noticing. She wasn't expecting this from a young child, so it doesn't matter if in fact she had seen this technique before in prior experiences. She was till caught off guard by it and got rekt. Kakashi is not the same calibre of genius itachi was, itachi steamrolled the academy and had the wisdom of a hokage at age 7. Itachi always was observant and the ability to control a fight while also being aggressive on his opponent. Kakashi is not the same tier of genius that itachi is, even kakashi acknowledged that multiple times. Itachi has battle experience beating people who are more experienced than him and he is really efficient in misdirection.