Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-26127155-20150411102415

@SuperSaiyaMan

Itachi is definitely a more proficient user in genjutsu than Madara. Madara only ever used genjutsu against Kurama and never against anyone themselves. I gave Hashirama the benefit of the doubt, assuming that he would at least fight Uchiha who use the sharingan genjutsu in combat during his lifetime.

30M is sufficient distance in order to defeat Hashirama since the totsuka blade bypasses the opponent's healing, along with Itachi's feats of better speed and reflexes.

As I have previously shown, there are plenty of scenarios where each character can win. Hashirama easily has much more stamina and destructive capability (if he forces the fight to rely on these factors than he would win). While Itachi has a certain skill set (Genjutsu, Totsuka blade, Yata Mirror, Susanoo, etc) which along with his superior intelligence, allows him to be a very difficult opponent for just about anyone.

GerizzyYMcrew wrote: if sage mode is restricted then MS is restricted...its only fair

Neither need to be restricted. Sage mode wouldn't change that much anyway, Hashirama already has a major destructibility and stamina advantage but the fight does not necessarily have to rely on those factors since the fight could be over long before (sage mode would be of any relevance in the fight).