Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160126181655/@comment-27660682-20160316033245

Itachi didnt get damaged maybe cause he is smart enough to stay away from the area of effect of his own technique? Maybe he used susanoo? You do realize that once the huge volume of water went up we dont see what is happening on itachi's side of the water? And yes they were stand ing on top of the water and the explosion created a large waterfall due to physics and still harmed kakashi. And like I said, the raikage is still getting disoriented because he ran into a bomb and debris will be in his face.

Yea except nagato is an edo tensi and amaterasu was irrelevant, the eyes would just grow back just like the rest of his torso did... in fact itachi using amaterasu in that situation was plot armor for nagato,  itachi could have just sealed him with totsuka blade as he knows edo tensi are immortal. In a real fight with no edo tensi and no plot induced stupidity itachi is smart enough to aim amaterasu at his opponent's face.

The third raikage did not get right back up as the alliance joyed with Victory, then sent the sealing papers, and then he pushed it off and got back up. And that could have been due to edo tensi.

Like I said itachi has a wide variety of genjustu to choose from. He used what was necessary for the situation and in most of his battle he wasn't even going all out, so I don't see how that's evidence of anything. None of itachi's genjustu are average as otherwise Ao wouldn't say that itachi was the only one capable of keeping people in regular genjustu outside the range of sensors. And no one has canonical ly broken any of his genjustu without help except for sasuke.

Except sasuke could not form limbs in his susanoo during his battle with raikage. That came when he unlocked the next stage of susanoo. And no madara was able to grab raikage with his susanoo arm in close range while the raikage got distracted. And sasuke didnt need to find him because that was obvious once raikage was in close range, and sasuke was able to delay his attack. It didn't Amount to much, but if we replace sasuke with itachi in that situation then he would have just used tsyukyomi when they briefly made eye contact, which would be gg. The third raikage is stronger but there is no evidence of how well he would fair against advanced stages of susanoo. The 4th raikage broke a rib and he didn't breach susanoo, he most likely cracked it and when sasuke falls down there is no indication it was completely broken. Yea except Guy sensi had to save rock lee's life. Rock lee 's speed is more dangerous than the raikage because he actually has sharp taijutsu proficiency and can change direction easily. The third raikage travels in a straight line overextending his spear. Naruto simply side stepped and there was nothing the raikage could do and he was punished for overextending.And even Mr. Rubber effectively countered the third raikage's blitz and distracted him for a while. If he can do that so can itachi, and itachi actually has the fire power to take down the raikage to back it up. Gaara couldn't tag lee but he used his sand and his sand armor to help tank the hits even though the sand wasn't keeping up. It became a battle of endurance and lee lost, and gaara won. My point with that example is that rock lee's superior speed was moot in the end.

I know itachi has way less stamina, but if Raikage is just playing the game of solely dodging attacks itachi can just stop attacking and let the raikage take initative. Once raikage gets in close range he isn't dodging attacks as effectively and has to deal with susanoo and itachi's other diversions. And since itachi verfiably has two one shot kill techniques in amaterasu and tsyukyomi,  he only needs to land one to win, so it won't be a battle of stamina. secondly, raikage can only dodge attacks he sees coming, and he can only dodge attacks that don't have a high area of effect, I.e if there is no where to run you could have all the speed in the world but it won't matter, and he can only dodge attacks if he is physically capable of doing so. That's how naruto landed rasenshuriken on him in the first place,using misdirection and forcing raikage to get stuck in mid air. This idea that the raikage is untouchable has got to stop. And I like how you guys are assuming the raikage will open with blistering speed. His son, the only decent reference point we have for the third since we have barely seen the third in action, didn't even initially blitz sasuke at top speed. He charged with regular speed, sasuke dodged his elbow causing raikage to tank chidori, and go for liger bomb. So the idea that he is gonna be " too fast" to get caught in genjustu or get hit with other attacks at all times is also a myth.