Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160126181655/@comment-27660682-20160317010516

My point with sasuke is that had he been replaced by a more competent shinobi who would have did did his homework on the raikage, and had the same abilities as sasuke, like shikamaru,  he would have known that amaterasu is a flimsy defense. In fact, it's hardly a defense because raikage was too filled with adrenaline to notice the pain. Sasuke just assumed raikage wouldn't touch the flames, it was hardly a counter attack. People like itach and shikamaru would have used a smoke bomb in that situation to obscure their sight? How do you know what the third raikage's personaility was like, he was barely shown. And no one ever complimented his intelligence, so it's safe to assume he has has an average mind. When a character is intelligent, we get both hype and feats, and all the third raikage was known for was his brawns. The smoke screen does matter, as neither the raikage or itachi can see each other, and that scenario is worse for the raikage because once the smoke clears, accidentally making eye contact is GG. Or what, is the raikage just gonna keep aimlessly running through the smoke? And now are we saying that the raikage is gonna Lolwhat just happened blitz itachi before he can make a single hand sign? Because that's what ive seen in most raikage threads, they just blitz off their opponents head before they can blink. If the raikage isn't carless as claimed, he wont open with a top speed blitz, because not even his son did that at first against sasuke. And blitzing speed in a straight line spells disaster, Mr. Rubber proved that during the war, and he didn't need to dodge, in fact his legs didn't move an inch. He simply tricked the raikage, and that's all that's needed to counter a careless blitz. Itachi is known for having insanely fast jutsu speed according to sharingan users, and he got in a shadow clone against kurenai without anyone else noticing on chapter 141 page 15. If this is a legit fight, the raikage starts a normal distance away from itachi, and activates his raiton armor and itachi his sharingan. Itachi knows the possibility of a blitz, and does a hand sign that the sharingan cant track while the lightning fast raikage is already mid way to blitzing itachi's head off as you guys say, so he isn't changing direction as runs right into a freshly spawned shadow clone that formed in between him and the real itachi at lightning speed, right into an explosion. He is disoriented and blinded by the debris and smoke, but of course he doesn't have any physical damage thanks to his OPraiton armor. The smoke begins to clear at a moderate pace while the real itachi assumes a more tactical position. The raikage isn't a sensor type so he has no clue where itachi is as the smoke finally is almost gone. So now what? Is he gonna turn around with his eyes closed ? Is he gonna keep them open, look around, risk getting hit with a match ending tsyukyomi when he doesn't know itachi's exact position yet? Is he now contemplating what a poor decision it was to open with a top speed blitz? All these questions are for you guys to answer. Or are you gonna say that this was an unsatisfactory match start, and itachi is just gonna stand still and do nothing after the raikage activates his armor and starts his undodgeable blitz?