Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34938099-20180723141347/@comment-34194151-20180813034541

Yeah I think itachi while not god level obviously (depends on the limits of the totsuka blade and yata mirror really since it could be hyperbole) is actually higher than most people rate him, especially in 1v1 combat. Didn't the the author give an in universe explanation that unless you are 2 v1 against the sharingan, you can be screwed really badly? Genjutsu is hard to detect and break especially from masters like shisui and itachi, and they aren't limited to just their sharingan to cast high level genjutsu either, they don't need eye contact to put you in a very subtle genjutsu. Factor in that itachi has one of the best tactical minds in the series, and is no slouch in ninjutsu tactics and you have a guy who could some of the upper kage levels lots of trouble.

@Dev, Tobirama is pretty underrated because kishimoto didn't realize that he would buff hashirama so much. Once hashirama's power scaling increase, he had to follow suit with tobirama. The tobirama who shook sasuke uchiha with his chakra alone is far and above compared to the one who died at the hands of the kinkaku/ginkaku squad. And even then Darui only survived by quick thinking and some luck against the gold and silver bros. We also didn't even get any backstory on how hashirama died either, but if he died to some fodder shinobi after killing madara people would rank him differently too. I suspect hashirama died due to overuse of mitotic regeneration.