Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-9782468-20150305031956/@comment-26143131-20150307092808

This would be an interesting fight, so let's see stats. Ninjutsu: Probably a draw. Both are credited as ninjutsu prodigies and probably have like lots more techniques than shown due to their sharingan. Also because Madara won't have his rinnegan in the fight we don't know what nature transformations he'll have. He might even have storm release while he still had his mangekyo sharingan. Genjutsu: Itachi wins this, because it's his main combat style and has shown more aptitude with sharingan based genjutsu than Madara. Apart from infinite tsukuyomi Madara has shown little to no skill in genjutsu. Taijutsu/bukijutsu: I'm giving this one to Madara, although ItachWasAHero was probably right about Itachi being faster Madara has greater stamina, raised to fight in close combat and Itachi doesn't rely primarily on taijutsu due to his pacifist nature. Intelligence: I think it would be draw again, Madara has shown himself to be very cunning and manipulative with his eye of the moon plan and manipulating Obito. He's also had decades more experience than Itachi. But Itachi is also very intelligent and has a lot of skill on the battlefield. He became an Anbu captain at 13 and is much calmer and insightful than Madara who often gets carried away with powerful opponents (Hashirama). Dojutsu: This would be a very close win for Itachi. He has tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, Madara could break through tsukuyomi like Sasuke but it would still incapacitate him temporarily and Amaterasu would keep him on his toes. Finally susanoo's, Madara couldn't spam susanoo like he could with his EMS but still has more chakra to maintain susanoo than Itachi. But in the end Itachi has the better susanoo, with the yata shield and sword of totsula he could deflect all of Madaras attacks and finish him with one good stab.

So all in all I think it would be a very close win for Itachi.