Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160126181655/@comment-27660682-20160317215645

Ninja Of War wrote: ^I don't think Itachi would use a smoke bomb, since it would hinder his Sharingan. Itachi, like all Uchiha, rely on their Sharingan as their main ability, he wouldn't handicap himself with a smoke bomb. Especially since his opponent is kage. Since the Third Raikage is a kage, he would not have an "average mind", he would have kage-level intelligence. Also, certain ninja tools don't fit character's battle style. Itachi is proficient in shurikenjutsu yet we have never seen him use, paper bombs, smoke bombs and wire strings. The third can out-run Amaterasu and also Tsukuyomi or do you really think Itachi can keep up with the Third's speed?

Confirms my point that everyone in this thread thinks speed is the most important thing in a battle. Right, the itachi needs his eyes to see, and now I suppose the raikage can also see through smoke too? Was there a byakugan that the raikage had that I didn't know about ? Smoke bombs and paper bombs are standard ninja tools, we have seen most high level ninja use them one time or another, and we have seen itachi use paper bombs. Like I said before, he has 3 things to create a smoke screen,  great clone explosion, smoke bomb, paper bomb. I don't see anyone bashing kakashi for using a smoke bomb versus pain that also "hindered his sharingan", because that same smoke bomb allowed him to almost kill the Deva Path Right, the raikage can dodge attacks he can SEE coming. If he doesn't see amatersau coming there is no dodging. If he accidentally makes eye contact there is no dodging either. This is the third time someone has referenced the sasuke fight, but thing is, the Raikage was LOOKING at sasuke's sharingan and he saw amaterasu coming because he had intel on it and sasuke used no distraction whatsoever, so much for sneak attacks. The raikage can dodge amaterasu if he sees it coming, and only if he sees it coming. Right and more of the untouchable argument, I see. Raikage is too fast to get hit by any attack ? Let's look into this claim. Chapter 588 page 7, oh look the untouchable raikage was touched by a susanoo arm ! Oh look the same raikage too fast to be caught in genjustu gets caught in genjustu on chapter 588 page 8. Chapter 463 page 1 oh look the raikage apparently didn't use his untouchable speed to dodge a point blank chidori. look here is another untouchable raikage on chapter 554 page 4 -5that got touched! This is blasphemy! Now that we have removed the untouchable myth, itachi simply needs to decieve the raikage to land his one hit kill techniques. Itachi doesnt need to be faster than the raikage to deceive him, Mr. Rubber proved that. Oh so now all kages are equal in intelligence now? What intelligence hype or feats does raikage have that suggests he is as smart as kakashi tobirama minato or hiruzen? Last I checked the third raikage was known for his spear and shield, not his brain. No one is answering the tough questions. Is the third raikage breaching armored susanoo? Is he smarter than itachi? Is he wiser than itachi? How effective will his blitz be considering the fact that itachi won't be standing still when he starts it and likely will be weaving handsigns that the sharingan couldn't track? Because all I have seen in this thread is that raikage is untouchable and his blitz is uncounterable and itachi supposedly cant harm him when tsyukyomi and amaterasu both can harm the raikage, rather they one shot him. It's obvious that the raikage wins in speed and stamina, now that we have gotten that out of the way, what about the other areas of fighting?