Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-26302001-20150411025033

Tsukuyomi, his sheer speed(as shown against KC Mode Naruto) and his Sword of Totsuka. Itachi always masterfully uses Genjutsu in his battles. Hashirama is neither a Jinchuriki or a Mangekyo Sharingan user, Madara does not have tsukuyomi(which is stated that only a MS user or above can get out of, and sasuke boosted with CS2 was able to get out with his 3 tomoe sharingan) so he doesn't count, so with his Tsukuyomi and Sword of Totsuka, combined with his masterful strategic thinking, he would catch Hashirama before he ran out of stamina and seal him. Itachi doesn't need to fight Hashirama for hours on end to win. That's not his fighting style. He never fought a Rinnegan user before yet how fast did he beat Chibaku Tensei and utterly shut down the Rinnegan Summons? He always figures things out near instantly and comes up with the best counters/solutions. Itachi is simply different or as Kabuto puts it when he was an Edo Tensei Itachi is simply on an entirely different level than all his other Edo Tensei's.