Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200202084241/@comment-32685487-20200204055106

Another feat for Itachi is that although he was sick and his eyesight was a blur combined with the fact he couldn't use his MS jutsu and didn't even bother activating the MS and didn't want to maim or kill them.. his 30% chakra clone Pain created was able to fight against and hold the upper hand against Chiyo, Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto who were doing all they could to defeat what they thought was the real Itachi. Let's also not forget Kisame made it clear Itachi was stronger than him, and even after Itachi tried to BS Kisame saying he could only tie Jiraiya Kisame later still thought Itachi could win and expressed that as they were leaving. Kisame is the same one who essentially defeated Killer B. A chakra monster like Kisame held Itachi's abilities as not only above his own but above Jiraiya's too. Hell Orochimaru gave up trying to get Itachi's body before P1 began and admits Itachi is stronger than him. Kisame is not the type to admit to something like that unless he knows it, so Itachi is above Kisame for sure regardless of his monstrous levels of chakra and having Samehada at his usage.