Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160221124823/@comment-26636534-20160320151040

Jiraiya has not been shown to be caught in genjutsu, but he showed Naruto how to counter it. As I stated before(sigh), Jiraiya has intel on Itachi and he has his toads, so genjutsu won't be a wise move for Itachi. Amaterasu can be sealed or it can be countered(partially or fully) to allow enough time to completely dodge it. Itachi won't be able to use Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi at the same time, both require large amounts of chakra, and have heavy recoil. The recoil will effectively blind Itachi for a few moments if he could use both at the same time.

Since Itachi only has a few shots with Amaterasu, he would not waste it on the toads. Jiraiya's fire style is on a much bigger scale than Itachi's. Susanoo+YM+TB, would be a surprise, but there are ways to counter them, as I mentioned before. Furthermore, I just realized that Jiraiya actually doesn't need the toad sages to go into sage mode, he uses them in his strongest sage mode, but he can gather natural energy by himself. He uses them to maintain and enhance his sage mode.