Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-27233105-20160130092635/@comment-5936871-20160213062653

Kurama is the main reason why I'm saying it'd be an overkill, not because of just Minato himself. Those Akatsuki members never took on a full-fledged perfect Jinchuriki and their beasts. Every Jinchuriki they fought wasn't perfect and had unspecified amounts of control (if any at all) over their beasts but we know it wasn't perfect. It's also been established that those beasts are all much weaker, and Kurama is actually slightly larger than the rest at half of his power. A full Kurama was towering over all of Konoha, he shrunk considerably after losing half of his chakra.

If anything that just goes to show how powerful that statue was, it doesn't put down Kurama at all. So this is an in-character thing? If so, you're right he wouldn't transform immediately. He'd likely disperse a bunch of FTG kunai all over the area and create distance between himself and Itachi so that he can start using his maneuvers. Minato doesn't need to see the flames coming either, A didn't see Sasuke's flames coming and he still dodged them at point-blank range. Minato is even faster and he has the ability to send incoming projectiles away. Amaterasu flames burn slowly and even if he is hit and cannot send them away once he activates his cloak the flames are blocked and then dispersed.

Itachi's susanoo has no feats that are comparable to what Tailed Beast Mode can do at all. Once Minato goes TBM, and assuming he has the intent to kill and go all-out, the fight is over.