Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36351381-20180802192015/@comment-5085906-20180809145828

CombatIQmatters wrote: @Mr.Grave

That assumes chibaku tensei goes off in the first place. From what we know, chibaku tensei doesn't affect deva path (probably due to his control over attractive forces), but there is no proof that the other paths wouldn't be affected. Chibaku tensei seemed to be on par on with chou shinra tensei, in terms of chakra required, so its unlikely that he would be willing to shut off his other pains and what not to use it, and even if he could, it's not a move that he uses right away when he uses the 6 paths of pein. I think it would be a move that he would use if Deva path was last standing, and that isn't a gaurantee. I like how you used the plot defense to justify Chibaku Tensei not going off, but then you used the absolute opposite of that to justify Itachi using Izanagi, a feat he's never shown in canon by the way. And yes, theoretically Itachi could probably use Izanagi the same way Jiraiya could, theoretically, use Multiple Shadow Clones. They're both accessible techniques to both respective characters, but we've never seen them use such techniques and therefore can't incorporate them as feats in these types of debates.

If we assume Chibaku Tensei affects the other Pain, then Nagato can easily have the Animal Path get out of the jutsu's range and summon the other Paths to that location before Deva activates the technique. We've seen it do that in a few occasions. Also, Itachi clearly told both Naruto and Bee to whip out their most powerful long-range jutsu to destroy the core. If he could single-handedly destroy the core with his Yasaka Magatama which he claimed was his strongest long-range technique, then he would have done it considering he was an Edo and didn't have worry about wasting chakra.