Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-35409024-20190111170015

I'm pretty sure Itachi can win this fight. But before I say why I believe he could win, I'm going to point out a few things.

Ninja of War Wrote: Claiming "Itachi has one of the lowest reserves of chakra in the manga" is quite a bold statement, hope for your sake you can back it up.

Itachi definitely has one of the worst reserves in the series that I've seen. That's one of his weaknesses. Just three Mangekyo usages can be tiring for him as shown when he required rest and his Sharingan deactivated. He was also said to be below average in reserves. Even though those things are shown and said, his best showing against Sasuke shows what he is capable of. On the verge of death he was able to use multiple Chakra taxing techniques. Doesn't mean his reserves aren't low, it just means he can do all that while on the verge of death. But someone with average reserves with his skills and abilities would of been able to do more.

CombatIQMatters Wrote: Asuma could compete with Kisame (explicitly listed as an S rank) in close quarters and Kurenai's genjutsu was good enough to be complemented by Itachi even though he easily broke it.

Just because someone recieved a compliment and competed in a short physical fight and lived, doesn't mean they are S Class. I do agree that Asuma is S Class from his showing against Hidan and Kakuzu, but not from his showing against Kisame and Itachi. Kurenai is most definitely not S Class. Her physical capabilities haven't shown it. Her techniques haven't shown it. Nothing she has shown has proven to be valid enough to say she is S Class. She has one area of expertise and when it came to an S Class Genjutsu user like Itachi, he showed that her skills were like that of an infant compared to his. Even going as far as doing the whole "What you can do, I can do better" show boat.

CombatIQMatters Wrote: Itachi's THIRTY PERCENT usage of Ephemeral entrapping naruto is a feat because at 100 percent he makes his genjutsu more viable/potent.

I also disagree with this. What proof is there that his techniques were weaker just because his reserves were thirty percent? Just because his reserves were lower doesn't mean his techniques were thirty percent weaker, LoL.

Now that's out of the way. Here is why I think Itachi can win. Although Konan is a pretty intelligent Shinobi, I don't see her having the capability of harming Itachi in any way, so at best she would serve as a distraction. Kimimaro is a pretty tough Shinobi, but he's a close range fighter which is something that has disadvanage against Genjutsu users or even someone like the likes of Itachi (at any time he can form a clone without one noticing that can explode). Finally Orochimaru. So far Itachi is two for two in beating Orochimaru without effort. I don't think Orochimaru is weak in any regard. But for some reason, Itachi is his weakness. Itachi always makes Orochimaru seem like a Genin. Itachi just always outsmarts him. Orochimaru is not the type of person to give up easily, but after one single battle against Itachi, he gave up on his eyes. That says a lot. Don't get me wrong, these three are dope shinobi. But do they even compliment each other? Does their abilities work well together? Can't Orochimaru already do what Kimimaro does? What benefit does Konan provide? The only thing they have is partners to break em out of Genjutsu. Even then, Itachi might have planned that and created clones beforehand to prevent that from happening. What I do know is Edo's will need to be sealed by his Totsuka Blade which is the best thing they got going. I also know Itachi will not waste a single Mangekyo usage because he's limited on how many times he can use it. So I doubt he would use it recklessly.

I do think there's a chance they can win due to Itachi's limitations, but I also think there's a chance that Itachi can as well since he has shown the capability to formulate a strategy to trick even intelligent people such as Kabuto into doing what he wants.