Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-37960523-20200308150511/@comment-43403813-20200315002646

I will say that Deidara is a hell of a lot better a match-up than Hidan. Deidara has a load of options, and he can put in some decent pressure with his explosions, and this can do wonders to some of the Paths, like Human, Preta, and Naraka. Although, if the clay doesn't detonate in time, Preta could suck it dry of chakra and render it useless, but if this has happened once, Deidara would know to trigger the bombs quicker.

Asura Path can whip some of the clay bombs away with his extended limbs, since a normal person usually struggles with getting those annoying lil bombs off of them. Asura can also use his jet-propulsion in his feet to get away really fast.

Animal Path can avoid these things pretty easily, what with the summon-spam of creatures she has at her disposal. She has usually stayed out of reach with her Bird summoning, but Deidara could chase her on top of his Clay bird as a counter-measure.

Deva is the worst for Deidara. A good enough Shinra Tensei would shred those claybombs apart and render them useless before they detonate in time. If Deidara is targetting another path, he can use Bansho Tenin in defense, just to throw him off course, or into the hands of the Human Path. He can also use Bansho Tenin to alter the trajectory of any of Deidara's claybombs. We also know that Bansho Tenin doesn't have to be always towards Deva; He has shown the ability to move rocks with Bansho Tenin in completely different directions to him.