Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29994364-20161028174112/@comment-26537507-20161031235308

In my opinion, his best options are to use crow clones and exploding clones as diversions to possibly try to hit Minato with Amaterasu or a weaker genjutsu, since he has a few that don't require eye contact. Since they're weaker, Minato will have a better chance of breaking out quickly, but it could buy Itachi enough time to kill him with something.

Honestly, I find these two pretty much equal. Minato has the skills, intelligence, and on-the-fly strategic planning to be able to outmanoeuvre and potentially blitz Itachi, but his fighting style can be quite one-dimensional, so its very possible that someone of Itachi's intelligence could figure out a counter to FTG and it's related techniques within seconds of witnessing it.