Kishi never having the time to expand him and his skillset (like his scythe's abilities) means that he's perfect where he is. He's a one-trick pony and also the slowest / dumbest Akatsuki member. He NEEDS support which is why Kakazu is his partner otherwise even Asuma would've beaten him when his head got sliced off.
Think about it hard enough and Kidomaru defeats Hidan low diff.
That said he's still a favourite and conditions permitting- he can surprise and defeat a lot of capable ninja.
Lol Kidomaru???? You are hilarious.
And how you figure he's the slowest? Went toe to toe with kakashi is reason enough for why he's underrated
All this dude needs is your blood/DNA and you are dead. If he manages to scratch you even once and you are dead. Don't know why he is underrated so much
Doesn't matter if they good defense or healing...I wished kishi expanded on his skillset, giving him two clones alone would have helped and some scythe abilities, but tbh as he is he aint strong enough to face kage level opponents, some kages have flight (muu, ohnoki) some are too fast and would blitz him (tobirama, raikage, 3rd raikage, minato) so he won't land a hit, some have good defence/healing (tsunade, gaara), some are just OP (hashirama), even without intel none of these kages would let hidan scratch them, his fightingstyle is one dimensional + he needs prepp, tbh I liked hidans xter
No counter? Shame.
If you pay close attention to most of their fighting style, most of high level ninja never let the opponent to scratch them even once since poison that can kill you by one scratch has been existed from many era ago.
So yes Hidan is not that strong if he can never land a single hit.
He's not as good as ppl make him out to be in solo matches, anybody who can channel raiton into their weapons can take him out possibly since they'd slice through his scythe. This means omoi has a good chance of taking him out, not only that but even if he gets blood you have to sit there and let him draw the circle and perform the ritual. He only looked good with kakuzu backing him up but 1 on 1 he loses to a lot of ppl.
Doesn't matter if they good defense or healing...
You posted reasons for why hidan can't beat him but who says Hozuki posses enough tools to beat hidan?