Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26998824-20160305021046/@comment-4149467-20160305135303

I never really saw Shino as being that strong. Konan on the otherhand was the first person to bring Tobi so far during a fight. Yeah he got hit during his fight with Minato, but that was 1. 16 years before current Tobi and 2. against Minato, one of the top tier characters in the series.

In any case, I think Konan has this. Shino doesn't really have the defense to face multiple barrages of paper bombs, and I think the only time we saw her going "all out" was during her battle with Tobi. Which was a pretty great display of her abilities.

I don't think she gave much care at all during the Konoha raid. I think her main goal was to keep some of the Leaf's fighters off of the paths, or as a distraction or whatever. It'd make more sense to think that she was conserving her energy to protect Nagato if the fight ever came to that.