Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34656247-20180830063430/@comment-34194151-20180831030156

This one is pretty easy.

It was established from day one that speedsters are a huge problem for gaara.Gaara is a quick learner and was able to adapt to rock lee a few times with some quick thinking, but nevertheless he was almost completely helpless. Gaara in the war arc couldn't even tag a water bunshin from the mizukage without relying on deception plus other specific factors.

Now look at who he is up against, Minato, the fastest shinobi in history, and itachi, who has unrivaled traditional jutsu speed. they are also great tacticians too.

Both characters would immediately pressure gaara into using his sand dome with their respective tactics. Minato can easily win by getting a FTG mark on gaara's gourd sand, which is bound to happen because gaara's gourd sand is the only thing remotely fast enough to tag him. Once the sand is marked, gaara will inevitably be forced to use that sand for defense, then much like the deidara fight, minato would just teleport inside gaara's sand dome and then kill him with rasengan. Assuming itachi doesn't catch him in genjutsu GG, I believe the totsuka blade, while lacking in feats, would be able to penetrate his sand dome, given that it's still a susano'o level weapon with tons of hype.

As stated, itachi would easily beat shukaku via amaterasu or totsuka blade, and minato could just kill gaara while he is sleeping on top of shukaku's head.

They honestly both fare very well, but I think itachi can do it with less risk because there is always the genjutsu GG at the start of the match possibility (gaara has no genjutsu experience to my knowledge), while minato still would have to deal with gaara's sand shield getting in the way, plus sand burying his kunai.