Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160126181655/@comment-27660682-20160315235652

So let me get this straight. Is the third raikage suddenly this perfectly infallible person because he can't be touched due to his " overwhelming speed" and the the fact thathe has his " invincible shield". So he can dodge every and any attack and also block any and every attack too for eternity?Because I'm just gonna point that by this logic, he is invincible against any opponent. First off, there isn't even much evidence he is as fast as his son. The only people he blitzed successfully were fodder, and anyone can blitz those. The third raikage was known in particular for his shield and spear, not for immense speed. His son never attribute d him as the fastest one around. The third raikage still is extremely fast of course, but his speed is being overhyped. Secondly, I knew you guys would reference him making amaterasu a non factor in a situation where his son saw the technique coming. Sasuke was dumb enough to open with amaterasu knowing the raikage was looking right in his eyes and it was obvious it was coming. When you are facing a speedy opponent, the point is to either use an area of effect attack or hit him with an attack he doesn't see coming. Sasuke didnt even make a distraction, he just assumed he was gonna solo a kage level shinobi with one obvious attack. First of all, itachi doesn't use amaterasu as his go to technique, and his fighting style is different and more subtle. He isn't gonna use amaterasu in a situation when he knows the raikage sees it coming and will casually dodge. Like I said, since some of you insist he will open with a blitz, the fight ends pretty quickly as he blitzes top speed into great clone explosion, in which he becomes disoriented. And with that distraction, he will be nice and still for an amaterasu to the face /head, which the raiton armor was proven not to protect against. He will suffer from burning eyes, head, throat, etc, so he won't be fighting anymore. And Secondly, even when blitzing at top speed, the 4th raikage slowed down for a moment when sasuke threatened him with a dangerous attack. And in that moment, he isn't moving at blinding speed, and can be caught by any genjutsu of itachi's choice. Itachi doesnt use ephemeral " often" because he has a wide variety of genjustu to choose from. The only fights we have seen itachi go all out in he used regular genjustu or tsyukyomi because that sufficed for the situation. So itachi just needs to threaten raikage with a dangerous attack to make him hesitate, and then from there it's over.