Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3965545-20170621043245/@comment-27797856-20170622182515

I'm not though, I love Itachi, it's just that saying that he's way above sannin-tier is a tad ridiculous...

It is, though. 2.5 in stats, and even then, he could use Amaterasu, like, once, and maintain Susanoo for like a few minutes outside of Edo Tensei (which is understandable, as he was gravely sick). And, as I've mentioned, he doesn't have that much going for him outside of these two... Genjutsu is cool and all, but when you have a solid counter, it's hard to apply it efficiently.

Kakashi's plot armour does not excuse Itachi's plot armour, though.....................

I'M NOT DOWNPLAYING HIM, I'M JUST BEING REALISTIC and using actual, factual evidence to present the evidence that Itachi is not way above sannin-tier, as suggested in a lot of comments above... So pls stop ranting that people are "degrating" Itachi just because they disagree with you, or have actual evidence to support the claim that he is not as good as he's led to believe (which I personally don't believe, just pointing it out) because frankly it's really unfair, and a tad annoying.