Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-12098592-20151024205254

@Minato87 It all depends on how the genjutsu would affect him and how his regen properties would come into play for his recovery but no I don't believe he could defeat six paths Naruto but he would own Jiraiya just like Sasuke who is stronger than Nagato.

I would like to address this, I am noticing that some here due to previous experiences seem to be taking it out on people on Itachi's side rather than focusing on OP's topic. Yes there are some fanboys who take it to the extreme, Itachi has fanboys for a reason, just like Jiraiya has fanboys too, some who even think that just because he taught Naruto some common genjutsu defence that he is immune to it entirely and many other things, so do many other characters but discrediting/downplaying everything related to it because of said fans is also not fair. For the record I don't believe Itachi could take on EMS Madara or even Rinnegan Madara but if it was MS only Madara (after Izuna's death period) yes I believe he could, that is debatable. To have a chance at taking on EMS Madara he would need an EMS of his own (he could steal back Shisui's other eye from Danzo and then EMS for him Kotomatsukami + Tsukyomi ftw)

Getting back on topic, when Itachi stated that if he and Jiraiya fought it would be a stalemate resulting in their deaths, I believe it was true only for that instance. Even if he was a liar and a double agent, there was still some truth to what he said excluding the part where further reinforcements would be pointless. He was already fatigued from fighting in Konoha and then used Tsukyomi and Amaterasu (so that's 3 ms dojutsus in total) in the same day he even had to turn off his dojutsu (he has never done that) he keeps his on constantly.Some are just underestimating/downplaying the uses of genjutsu and how they can change the tide of a fight, if it were so simple  Kabuto (or Deidara that trained his eye to counter it) would not go out of his way to "seal his eyes" just to not be prey to genjutsus and ironically he was still caught and defeated by a genjutsu.