Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-27722930-20160202194927/@comment-26537507-20160202212742

As much as I hate to say this, he'd be above EMS Madara. MS Itachi's main weaknesses were his sickness, his stamina/chakra reserves, and the fact that MS techniques hurt like a bitch. That meant that he couldn't reliably use the one technique that renders him extremely hard to beat - Susanoo (with Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror). If he had EMS, he could use it a lot more reliably, and even stabilise it into PS.