Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-16473632-20150205144129/@comment-1018594-20150209012625

Itachi. It's not even a debate.

Shikamaru's always thinking ten steps ahead, we know this. But Itachi was able to formulate plans YEARS in advance, even into the postmortem. Itachi was well-versed in everything. Shikamaru was decent, at best. Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Ninjutsu...Itachi takes it in every possible scenario.