Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36351381-20180802192015/@comment-33959444-20180806195518

@Jason They appeared because Jiraiya had defeated the 3 Paths of Pain. They were trying to attack him when he was convinced of victory.

The Paths were affected by an audio Genjutsu, not a visual Genjutsu. And even if one of them is caught, then it doesn't matter as the other ones can break it out utilizing the Partner Method.

@Nightguy76 Itachi has no knowledge on the Paths, yet your scenario makes it seem like Itachi is some omniscient god. Itachi would be confused with how the Pains operate, and wouldn't know what their abilities are. And even if he's healthy, all of his MS abilities strain him because that's literally what the MS does. Every cell in Sasuke's body hurt when he was using Susano'o. The same would happen to Itachi. Itachi can barely use Amaterasu. Animal Path Pain has a whole bunch of animals to spawn. Not to mention, Pain at full power could go with the BT + soul rip combo which Itachi doesn't have any counter for.