Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20170822151908/@comment-5085906-20170823174536

@Ninja of War

To be fair, both Itachi's and Obito's intelligence is mainly an informed feat. Both of them fought enemies that were weaker than them, and when that was not the case, they had an endless supply of 'get out of jail free' jutsus that saved their asses (Izanami in the case of Itachi vs Kabuto, Izanagi in the case of Obito vs Konan). But we're told they're smart and we usually take it for granted. However, seeing as how Obito flunked the Konan fight pretty hard and has been shown sacrificing limbs and eyes just because he has a shelf full of them, I think it's fair that we the intelligence battle to Itachi.

And I don't see how Izanami wouldn't help. We saw how long it took Kabuto to break out of it, even with Itachi telling him the technique's built-in exit. Itachi could easily kill him in that period of time.