Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31099706-20170327120301/@comment-3965545-20170524224711

Itachi did what not even Shisui was willing to do. Itachi also had to protect Sasuke's ass vs Kabuto multiple times as an Edo(again weaker than real life by a good amount) when white rage tech was used only Itachi could react in it and use his Susanoo.. when Kabuto went after Sasuke who stopped him each time?? Itachi. All the while Itachi made it clear he could but didn't want to kill Kabuto, he was trying to save him with Izanami, and ALSO stop the Edo Tensei.. and he succeeded in doing both just as he thought he would. Itachi doesn't NEED destructive Jutsu or massive chakra reserves to win, he never did and never would have needed to either. Itachi is a genjutsu master and his taijutsu and speed are top class. He is faster than Sasuke, Obito, and Kakashi. Sasuke was able to keep up with a Sage Mode and Kurama chakra boosted Madara and stab him in the arm. Hashirama and Madara are about the same speed. So therefor by logic Itachi is faster than Madara. Itachi may have died earlier in the series and has not shown all of his jutsu but he doesn't need to he's not some dbz character, a berserker or an idiot who charges out randomly. Everything he does has a purpose and a reason and just like he told the others everything has a weakness and he is a master at quickly finding and exploiting them. Madara hasn't fought somebody like Itachi before so experience won't be a deciding factor at all. I see Itachi winning and then dying, or tying and then dying. He won't simply lose.