Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31477926-20170702121758/@comment-734582-20170818121006

Rachin123 wrote: @Thekillman

Minor feats like that do not help it's case. I'm sorry if i was too vague, but that was exactly my point. The one time Itachi used it was when he had nothing left to lose, not even his life. Against Kabuto and Nagato he had a realistic chance to lose yet didn't bother. Against Nagato, he only used Totsuka when the hit was guaranteed. As an Edo, he didn't even have Yata up all the time.

Adding that it's main feat is blocking explosions and a sword, and it's clear that it's neither as powerful as the Databooks suggest, nor as easily accessible as some people make it out to be.