Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33953813-20171216150101/@comment-33953813-20171217034133

Lorenzo.r.2nd wrote: shikadai said that (in novel again) that he had a counter for everything he knew that boruto could do against him, and a counter for things he didn't even know he could do.

The way you are putting this seems like Shikadai can predict the future and is almost invincible since he has a counter for everything.