Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160126181655/@comment-26773508-20160319173739

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Also that rasenshuriken not affecting raikage during battle is a moot point since the technique doesn't cause huge physical damage (not comparable to what it does to internal chakra network)instead it destroys the chakra network(that's why tsunade was talking about it being more like a poison than some physical attack). so comparing his defence by stating this feat is obsolete since if he had been alive he would have definitely died because of a damaged chakra network even if his body survived the physical damage. Err....you might want to check out what Naruto's Sage Mode Enhanced Rasenshuriken did to Pain's Human Path.

SPOILERS: Only the upper part of his face was left when the Rasenshuriken was done with its job. The rest of the body was totally obliterated. I'm pretty sure THAT feat his highly relevant to this discussion, since the jutsu that obliterated 90% of Pain's Human Path only gave a few minor scratches to the Raikage's body.

There's no way in hell Itachi's normal katon and shuriken jutsus would get past the Lightning Armour. His only hopes are Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Totsuka Blade. If Itachi resorts to using Susanoo, and he will, it's only a matter of time before he runs out of chakra and collapses to the floor out of sheer pain and exhaustion.

Like I've said before, the Raikage has no need to break or damage the Susanoo. All he needs to do is to pressurize Itachi into maintaining his Susanoo by relentlessly attacking from different angles. It's highly unlikely the Totsuka Blade will be able to make physical contact, thanks to the Raikage's speed. So we have an impasse that will eventually (and quickly) be broken by an exhausted Itachi collapsing to the ground.