Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36528625-20180810001142/@comment-734582-20180810164942

CombatIQmatters wrote: And even then, he went on to say that itachi was his most finest reanimation, so take kabuto's statements with a grain of salt. "Finest" isn't the same as strongest.

BlazeRelease wrote: Since just Eight Tails Chakra was all it took for Nagato to start moving again, and then easily take down two jinchurikis then yes, Nagato is the second strongest Edo there was, considering he can abosrb other people and get even stronger, if Itachi wasn't there, then Nagato would probably have caught Narut and Killer B in both rounds. Itachi also conveniently had two jinchuriki present to tank all the stuff for him, force Nagato to show his abilities etc. He was able to hang back, observe Nagato's abilities and act accordingly. Given that he had no prior experience, if Itachi had attacked like Naruto did, he would've been caught and unable to do anything.