<div class="quote"><i> <p>HeroOfSacrifice wrote: It's not Prime Gaara. Also I edited the description. Gaara does not have much knowledge about Itachi but Itachi has manga knowledge on Gaara. </p> </i></div>
<p>Oh so you realised Gaara would win, so now changed it ok... </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Kyle Ethan wrote: </p> <div class="quote"> <p>HeroOfSacrifice wrote: It's not Prime Gaara. Also I edited the description. Gaara does not have much knowledge about Itachi but Itachi has manga knowledge on Gaara. </p> </i></div>
<p>Oh so you realised Gaara would win, so now changed it ok... </p> </div> <p>Seriously? Gaara fanboy. I can tell you want it to be stacked in Gaara's favour. No problem man, make your own thread and world where Gaara is Hashirama level. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>HeroOfSacrifice wrote: </p> <div class="quote"> <p>Kyle Ethan wrote: </p> <div class="quote"> <p>HeroOfSacrifice wrote: It's not Prime Gaara. Also I edited the description. Gaara does not have much knowledge about Itachi but Itachi has manga knowledge on Gaara. </p> </i></div>
<p>Oh so you realised Gaara would win, so now changed it ok... </p> </div> <p>Seriously? Gaara fanboy. I can tell you want it to be stacked in Gaara's favour. No problem man, make your own thread and world where Gaara is Hashirama level. </p> </div> <p>Says the Itachi fanboy, who changes the thread...what irony. </p>

<p>If Gaara has no knowledge on Itachi, then he gets stomped. Itachi's use of Sharingan is quite troublesome if one's not prepared for it and with prior knowledge on Gaara's abilities, Itachi can easily devise a strategy that would help him win the fight despite being in a disadvantage when it comes to his chakra reserves. </p>

<p>@HeroOfSacrifice @Kyle Ethan Guys, no name-calling </p>

<p>Itachi fanboy? C'mon, man. How childish could you be? It's very clear that you want it to be stacked in Gaara's favour. He already has a WHOLE desert. </p>

Gaara is a horrible matchup for Itachi. He wins.

<p>No version of Gaara can defeat Itachi. </p><p>His sand shield is completely irrelevant because totsuka blade is basically a ghost sword. It's going through his shield, and when it does Gaara won't see it coming because Itachi is faster and smarter than he is being given credit for. </p><p>Itachi still has an incredible actions per second magnitude . In the time it took for him to sheath shurikens, he already weaved the signs for three separate techniques: a water technique, a shadow clone technique, and a substitution technique. Itachi's technique speed is still something that keeps him in the game against many top tier shinobi, so factor in yata and totsuka hax and there is nothing gaara can do. </p><p>This fight ends before it begins. The totsuka blade was so fast that orochimaru nor nagato could mentally process it. Think about that. The optic nerves in their eyes didn't have enough time to communicate to their brains that there was a giant blade speeding toward them. Nagato couldn't take any mental or physical action to block/evade the blade despite having a wide arsenal of techniques at his behest that could have potentially done it. </p><p>So, even in the desert, Itachi can simply genjutsu the eye as people have already stated. alternatively, all he has to do is wait until gaara forms his sand shell. when Gaara sends a tsunami of sand at him, Gaara will still be blinded by his own sand, third eye or not. Gaara is still kind of a stationary fighter... so itachi just has to mark his position with the sharingan then launch the blade through all the sand, and Gaara is one shotted. </p><p>
Itachi also has high mobility and isn't just gonna stand there wasting his chakra. Yata mirror stops any of the sand attacks anyway lol. </p>

<p>@CombatIQmatters </p><p>I agree Gaara loses this particular match up, but a prime version of Gaara (that is post-war adult Gaara) with moderate knowledge on his opponent is more than a handful for someone like Itachi, especially if the battle takes place in a goddamn desert. To fighters like Tobirama, Kisame and Gaara, environment is a big part, so if you pit any of them in favorable conditions, chances are they'll win unless they're dealing with a slippery fighter or a demi God. </p><p>Totsuka Blade feats you cited are dubious at best since 1) The feat of it being ethereal is not confirmed in the manga and only so far stands as a databook feat, which are riddled with inconsistencies. 2) The two times we saw it in action, it was against a zombie Nagato and Orochimaru in his snake form, which were both weakened versions of the two. But even if we assume the blade moves fast, we've seen instances of Gaara keeping up (even if barely) with shinobi and jutsu which were just as fast if not faster. Case in point, fused Momoshiki whose speed was on par with So6P Naruto. Plus, Itachi's Susanoo cannot be stronger than Madara's Susanoo, whom Gaara briefly contained using his Multi Desert seal. And as many have mentioned, he can easily use the sand at Itachi's feet to remove him from his Susanoo defense and therefore bypass his Yata Mirror entirely, if the need arises. </p><p>Sure, Itachi is smart and it will not be easy to pin him down, but Gaara is a master strategist himself too. If we consider the gigantic gap in chakra between the two, the environmental advantage and have Gaara be in his prime, he'll win most of the times. </p><p>With these restrictions though, Itachi has the potential to one-shot Gaara with relative ease. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Vladosaurus wrote: I’m not going to claim that Gaara beats Itachi or anything, but let me remind you that Gaara countered amaterasu with his sand and also countered Susanoo with his sand. Gaara used the sand to pull Madara out of his Susanoo, which would work on Itachi as well.So Gaara has counter for 2/3 of Itachi’s abilities. Tsukuyomi is up to debate. </p> </i></div>
<p>Though, do we know actually what happened? Like, Gaara's sands were still on fire, so I guess he let out the grains of the ones that were on Amaterasu into the air, a little like Naruto using his Chakra cloak. What would happen if the Amaterasu was shooted in the style Itachi used with Sasuke, or what would happen if Sasuke tried to manipulate the fire on Gaara's sand? </p><p>The susanoo feat though, was accomplished by the help of Ohnoki I think. And Madara standing on the sand was also a thing. </p> <div class="quote"><i> <p>Mr. Grave wrote: @CombatIQmatters </p><p>I agree Gaara loses this particular match up, but a prime version of Gaara (that is post-war adult Gaara) with moderate knowledge on his opponent is more than a handful for someone like Itachi, especially if the battle takes place in a goddamn desert. To fighters like Tobirama, Kisame and Gaara, environment is a big part, so if you pit any of them in favorable conditions, chances are they'll win unless they're dealing with a slippery fighter or a demi God. </p> </i></div>
<p>I take that different strategies would be taken in different situations, especially with someone like Itachim. Like the fact that Gaara won't be instantly taken by Itachi's genjutsu just like every other character he fought is a thing and the fact that Gaara really has a weird tendency to look into people's eyes makes it kind of a hilarious match up. </p>