Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36351381-20180802192015/@comment-34194151-20180806232747

@Mr.Grave The issue is that stamina is literally itachi's only particular weakness as a shinobi. He compensates for this with speed, tactics, and efficency. Also, as I said before, his sick variant outlasted hebi sasuke basically. And he burned a tsukuyomi and a couple of amaterasu too. For Amaterasu I'm gonna go with its feats at its best, as it was established as being capable of quickly incinerating through the stomach of a fire-resistant toad in part one vs Jiriaiya. The paths aren't surviving that except for Deva and Preta. And itachi isn't a spammer in a serious fight, he will use his limited mangeyko techniques strategically. The totsuka blade is a guaranteed kill so he will default to using that for finishing blows if he lacks information.

Might Guy is no "dumbass" he specifically trained his taijutsu to fight the sharingan, and its not a skill you pick up overnight either, asuma and kurenai couldn't learn it on the spot, so guy said he would have to guide them. Nagato has no feats suggesting he can replicate Might Guy.

Two, he naturally knew the blindspots of the rinnegan, unlike Jiraiya, so shared vision isn't gonna save them. Itachi is a man who got a clone behind kakashi and sage mode kabuto. If the pains take their standard formation, he can easily get a clone behind the Naraka path who stands in the back. Then, what stops him from running the totsuka blade through that pain and the 2 other pains standing in front of the Naraka Path. Look at the Pein formations. Also, Itachi outclasses Pein in speed imo too.

Naruto outsmarted the Peins with intel, so imagine what Itachi, someone smarter than naruto could do. His natural fighting style is what naruto was doing against Pein-misdirections. Itachi is a kakashi-like fighter, and he can gain any neccesary intel as he fights. But unlike kakashi he has susano'o which takes a crap on 99 percent of Pein's techniques, the only uncertainty is chibaku tensei really, and its debatable if he could break it with multiple Matagama, which is supposedly his most destructive long range technique.. There is no proof that the yata mirror only blocks elements, it should be able to block shinra tensei as well.

People don't understand what Itachi can do because they think chakra reserves matter the most, when really tactics and a hax arsenal can trump that. I'm not saying he can beat ultra- god tiers, as there is not enough info on the limits of totsuka blade and the yata mirror, But Pein is definitely possible for Itachi to win against, albeit with high difficulty due to stamina issues.