Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-32685487-20181107003334

First thing is first, SoT being used sporadically is a plot device. If Itachi was dead set on killing or sealing somebody in a vs battle where there is no plot device or plot protection he WILL land it eventually. The key is if the opponent can last long enought that Itachi can run out of chakra and stamina before he lands it which Itachi knows his own weaknesses more than anybody and the moment he realizes that his opponent it relying on him having low chakra/stamina, or that he himself risks running low he will adjust his tactics. The reason Orochimaru said Itachi was stronger than him, and the reason Kabuto said Itachi was on a different level than all the other Edo's was because Itachi's intelligence and tactical genius are otherworldly. If not for Itachi Naruto and B would have been dead. Orochimaru def has more stamina/chakra and a larger arsenal of techs but against the Sharingan with Itachi wielding it thats not much of a help, as shown in the past in their last scuffle.