Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-43403813-20190907005521/@comment-43403813-20191003001427

@Brain Dude, my point was that Nagato had little experience with the Rinnegan at that point, most of his life up until that point was just screaming loudly and then Shinra Tensei would unconsciously activate, or the time when he screamed in the canyon against Leaf Anbu and he accidentally summoned the Gedo Mazo, until Yahiko tackled him to calm down.

Yeah, Nagato deliberately used Shinra Tensei against the kunai thrown at him, but he many not have learned to maintain it for longer by that point, or he hadn't perfected his usage of it. If he did, he would have used a stronger Shinra Tensei to obliterate Hanzo's forces.

Him resorting to use the Gedo Mazo literally shows his inexperience in using it; he resorted to such a high risk technique for a feat that isn't too great considering the dangerous cost.

But regardless of that, your point is still wrong about him not being able to repel explosions, because of what has already been said.