Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26104757-20160412230241/@comment-26104757-20160421223749

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: what abt kakashi attacking from underground with lightning blade?while using a elemental shadow clone as decoy.

As we've seen, Konan prefers to engage in battle whilst in flight. The entire surface is within Konan's view — it'll be difficult to land both an airborne attack and counter at the same time while remaining wary of potential paper clones ready for explosive damage. He's at a disadvantage.