Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-142748-20150410193038

Hilary Judgeking wrote: Legendary Super Saiya-Jin and SuperSaiyaMan, Itachi is extremely fast and the more versatile opponent. Minato is a primarily close combat fighter, he can cover distances quickly but has no jutsu that hit very far. Itachi does specialise in long ranged jutsu, nonetheless he is very capable in close combat. He was capable of fighting toe to toe with Naruto in his nine tale chakra mode, who was as fast as Minato in that form. Itachi was also fast enough to keep up with Shisui and match Sasuke's Lightning flash blade creation. Finally Itachi doesn't just have sharingan genjutsu, he has other forms like ephemeral. Therefore as I said before despite Minato's immense speed Itachi still has the reaction time and speed to cast genjutsu on him. Itachi is very fast, but his speed is on Post-Timeskip Kakashi's tier. It didn't change at all even as a Edo Tensei. In fact he got blitzed by Sage Mode Kabuto who was tiers slower than Minato. And being as fast or a tiny bit slower than Shisui doesn't make Itachi Minato's speed at all.

Itachi doesn't specialize in Long or Short Range jutsu, at best he's mid-range specialist since it fits his fighting style. It still doesn't help at all against Minato who can literally dance around everything, including genjutsu.

As I explained before, Ukatata is useless in this match. If Post-Timeskip Naruto could resist it, Minato, having greater intelligence and chakra control, would break it instantly.