<p>First off that wasn't even Gaara's strongest sand attack. And it's obvious that Sasuke is way faster than Gaara, its been established way back in Part I. But Gaara's sand had the speed to block Amaterasu that it super fast itself so. I'll give you the fact that Sasuke using his lightning attacks will give him a advantage but even that was proven not to mean victory. </p><p>But this isn't about Gaara. This is about Itachi who doesn't have anything to hurt the Raikage. Amaterasu is useless as he can dodge it. The Fourth Raikage broke Sasuke's Susanoo on several occasions (although only the skeleton state, it is still an impressive feat) and with the 3rd Raikage being physically stronger than his son, than he most likely can do some damage to Itachi's Susanoo too. I believe the 3rd Raikage will be the winner with mid to high difficulty. Unless Itachi uses Izanami he wins but I that's just a cheap copout </p>

<p>@Rachin123 I doubt Izanami will even work on the Third Raikage. The dude fought 30+ elite shinobis for days so that his men can escape. If that's not being true to oneself, then I don't know what is </p>

<p>Actually, Itachi has more then one Genjutsu he can use without Eye Contact. He has the Demonic Illusions for example which are stated to be able to be used without eye contact. I was gonna come in this debate and yell "STOP WITH THE ITACHI FIGHTS!" but I actually like this one, because Itachi actually has little to no Chance in winning this. The only way he could win, is if he can catch him in Genjutsu or hit him that that Totsuka (which is possible from a Susanoo's power.) however its unlikely Itachi can even keep up to do that. Third is wayyyy too fast. Then again, Naruto in just Sage was able to dodge him, Maybe Itachi can since he fought Chakra Cloak Naruto. However, I wanna say Narutos feat was just pure Plot Armor. The fight comes down to this, if Raikage hits him, it's over, if Itachi hits him with Genjutsu or Tot, its /possible/ that its over. Raikage is more likely to win. </p>

<p>^Itachi fought Naruto in KCM for like 5 seconds and he was the one to attack, Naruto just blocked. No speed feats from that battle. I really don't know what people reading or watching. Naruto reacted to the Third's attack but that's reaction speed not general speed, and that's thanks to SM. Itachi could use the Ephemeral but he hardly uses that for a reason. As for the Shackles genjutsu. We have no solid proof that it doesn't require eye contact. For all we know, Itachi put Orochimaru in genjutsu before he attacked him with eye contact. </p>

Sage mode does give you speed boost just see Sage kabuto x itachi/sasuke fight.

<p>I'm not denying it gives you a speed boost, and I watched the fight, and it was mostly reaction speed Kabuto showed because of his danger perception. Either way Itachi doesn't have speed or reaction speed on these guys par so it really doesn't matter here. </p>

<p>@Rachin look at every Demonic Illusion in Itachis arsenal, they all state it doesn't require eye contact. Not just that one. </p>

<p>Well lets see Shishi </p><p>1. Demonic Illusion Crows: The only one I believe will work well but Itachi won't be able to harm him and using the Totsuka Blade is a last resort. I'm sure the 3rd Raikage would gave already figured out it was a genjutsu and break or he might get broken out of it by Itachi's jutsus. Even if Itachi's attacks does nothing to the Raikage but knock him to the floor, that can get him out. </p><p>2. Demonic Illusion Heaven and Earth Change: A jutsu that can only be used when genjutsu is used on him so it's useless here. </p><p>3. Demonic Illusion Shackling Stakes Technique: Highly doubt this will work when Itachi will not be abke to catch the 3rd Raikage with eye contact with his speed. </p>

<p>well itachi doesn't need to catch him, as far as I remember that raikage isn't very intelligent, if he burns his Susanoo armor from outside with amaterasu and definitely this guy would go for kill he will surely die from the burns caused by Amaterasu also once he starts burning he won't move because of pain than he can start using genjutsu after extinguishing the flames. also he can burn nearby area completely with Amaterasu and wait for the raikage(in Susanoo) to attack once he comes he can just catch that guy before/immediate after the attack and throw him there. either way raikage would lose </p>

<p>@Namikaze Says what proof. The Third Raikage hasn't shown to be unintelligent. He's not like his son who is pretty reckless. Once again Itachi doesn't have have Kagutsuchi so no cladding his Susanoo with Amaterasu. Also, when the 3rd Raikage's arm was burned it did no damage immediately, ge didn't even feel it but knew that keeping it on will mean spreading and eventual pain so he chopped it off and that didn't even harm him. So the Amaterasu even if it somehow hit the 3rd Raikage, it isn't harming him any time soon with his durability. Also, Itachi would want to extinguish Amaterasu for his own safety as the 3rd Raikage can cause his Susanoo to catch ablaze or himself. </p>