Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-25405426-20151214212311

I am going on experience and intelligence gathering. No one in the series IMO had more intel on the ninja world than Jiraiya other than maybe Kabuto. "and Knowing is half the battle"

The only person he lost to barely had a way for anyone to get intel on Pain. Yet he destroyed 3. Even though Itachi beat Nagato he was a single point of focus. The 6path technique multiplies the complexity of fighting. That is why the shadow clone technique is so effective. Even against much stronger opponents sure numbers of capable ninjas will beat anyone. For example with the 2nd hokage, Obito, the 3rd Raikage.

I think Jiraiya could have wreck a prime nagato too, but 6 paths at the same time? Even Naruto almost got bagged and tagged by the Deva Path and would have lost and in my opinion Itachi would have lost too. Itachi had plenty of time to understand Pain's abilities being in the same group and all. But still Itachi killed one target and not 6 and a half.