Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26127155-20150220000503

Itachi Uchiha :

Feats:

- able to figure out and counter chibaku Tensei within seconds. (while edo)

- While dying from a terminal illness, being out of chakra, and being legally

blind was able to summon his susanoo faster than enhanced lighting can strike him.

- Had a full on fight with Sasuke while being legally blind, terminal illness and not wanting to kill Sasuke.

- He instantly shut down Orochimaru every single time, Orochimaru tried to do anything. (it was so funny seeing Orochimaru constantly be in a genjutsu)

- had Kage level thinking at the age of seven.

- He also eliminated the entire Uchiha clan with Obito. (age 13!)

- Able to stop Kabuto, even though Kabuto had several counter measures and prior knowledge of Itachi's abilities (and avoided killing him).

- Easily took down Kakashi using genjutsu even though Kakashi has a sharingan of his own.

- Zetsu (a person who has existed since the time of Kaguya and Hagoromo) called Itachi INVINCIBLE when he had both the yata mirror and totsuka blade.

Hindrances:

- Had a terminal illness for god knows how long and was only surviving in the end due to his sheer willpower, to die by Sasuke's hands.

- He was a natural pacifist and avoided senseless destruction

- He never wanted to hurt anyone from the leaf village and he probably could have killed (Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi) easily several times through the series.

- He was legally blind by his final battle, and we don't know how bad his eye sight has been (probably a while considering how fast Sasuke's eyesight faded in the series).

Prime:

- The only thing holding Itachi back was his stamina, and it should be fair to assume that his terminal illness probably was a major factor in his lack of stamina throughout the series as Itachi has many high chakra consuming moves at his disposal (shadow clone, susanoo, ameterasu, tsukiyomi)

- His terminal illness also probably would have severly weakened his body as he was literally coughing blood and struggling to stand in the end.

- His eyes have been shown to be able to keep up with just about anything in the series (lighting), even when he was legally blind.  