Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-43403813-20200102180859/@comment-43776375-20200126091833

Itachi already creates clones for feints or to use the substitution jutsu with them, so it's not like he needs to create them just to cast the MS justu, it's that if he casted them and he need to use the MS he can let the clone do it so he won't take the physical damage