Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30168130-20161130052129/@comment-17623-20161130114632

Based on what I understand about the Preta Path, Susanoo wouldn't be difficult at all to absorb. In fact, as soon as Pain made contact with it, he'd absorb it pretty much instantly, leaving the Uchiha to either dispel Susanoo, or just let Pain gorge himself on free chakra. Both of which puts them at a disadvantage.

Basically at the end, that's what it really comes down to. If Pain was fighting at the top of his abilities, he'd dominate any fight he was in. He'd be a slightly weaker Madara, so the only things that would actually work on him would be taijutsu, which if memory serves me correctly he has two or three Paths that would make that incredibly difficult to do.

Not saying it's impossible, but would be very, very hard and on paper, Nagato has all the edges.