Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3965545-20170621043245/@comment-7292165-20170621174641

Thekillman wrote: But perhaps fitting to the character, there's a lot of uncertainty about his actual capacities. He seems to be around Sannin level (which is impressive in itself) yet i've never seen him do anything that suggests he transcends that level, not in any noticeable way. So i don't like it when the hype train starts and we get massive overstatements, like the time people claimed Yata could stop meteors. I have to disagree. Clearly Itachi is Sannin-level or above. There is no "seems to be". His genjutsu skills are unsurpassed and was even able to stop the masterful Orochimaru. And it wasn't even a MS genjutsu at that. His speed and taijutsu are above Sasuke's who had impressive skills in those areas, better than the Sannin. He's very intelligent. Has the Sharingan, which allows him to predict an opponent's action. He is well versed in ninjutsu, good for mid and long range. He has Amaterasu which none of the Sannin would be able to avoid. He has Tsukuyomi, which none of the Sannin would be able to break. He has Susanoo, which extremely durable and is a titan that will easily pressure the Sannin. Not to mention he has the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror. I mean literally Itachi is force to be wreck'n with. This is not off of hype, but facts. So people may overrate him, but I am not one of those.