Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25101952-20140922020844/@comment-25093611-20141010153813

Actionmanrandell wrote: GreatestSin wrote: ^ madara only used susanoo with rinnegan, he also used susanoo without eyes, that means that the normal rinnegan couldnt use sharingan powers, the susanoo is special because it only needs to be activated and than it can be used without eyes ^_^ Wrong. the Rinnegan is the next level of development past a sharingan it would be stupid if it could not use the power of both the sharingan and Rinnegan with just the Rinnegan activated. other wise it would be pointless to even activate the Rinnegan once you gained it. because all it would be good for is the six paths. also Madara's Technique Tengai Shinsei is a EMS+Rinnegan ability he had his rinnegan and susanoo active while he used this jutsu...

but susanoo can be used without eyes :) he never used shringan powers with his rinnegan, as far as i remember, he couldnt cast genjutsus in order to control the bijuus ^_^