Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34436445-20180528184455/@comment-2043993-20180530144923

these could would give eachother a run for their money, that's for sure, Itachi is so OP that it seems unlikely that he'd ever be defeated, but Muu definetly got the abilities to end him.

however, I think a decisive factor is being overlooked, Itachi has below average chakra reserves, whereas Muu has unknown amounts (but enough to use his dust release, asumingly a repeated number of times). so I think that, while both are extremely intelligent, skilled and and will give eachother a good fight, it will come down to atrition, and that's where Itachi looses.

In a prolonged battle, Muu will win.

in regards to Kabuto's assesment (I'm not entirely sure if it says so in the manga, so I'm sorry if I'm wrong) of Itachi being a level above the other reincarnated shinobi, I think, has more to do with Itachi actually finding a way to break the Edo tensei control (albeit unintintionally) and subsequently help defeat Nagato and finding Kabuto himself. It is thus not an assesment of battlepower, but more of resourcefulness.