This should be changed to 3T Itachi vs Kakuzu honestly. I've no idea what gave the OP the idea that this was a "balanced" battle.
Domu can be dealt with through reality Genjutsu. Remember how Sasuke used it on Deidara to fake being destroyed by Deidara's C4? Kakuzu would fall for the same trick.
Kakuzu uses some pitiful Ninjutsu -> Itachi uses Genjutsu to make it seem like he's killed by the shit technique -> Kakuzu relieves his guard (similar to how he did vs Naruto's 2nd clone feint; I love how idiots call it plot that he got fooled, it just shows his arrogance/stupidity. Fact is fact) -> Domu deactivated -> Itachi proceeds to take out the heart.
This can even be used before Kakuzu performs Domu, because the Sharingan is capable of seeing at really long ranges, similar to the Byakugan (though the Hyuga eye is better in zooming ranges etc.) so Genjutsu from afar would easily be applicable.
What's really astounding is the fact they think Itachi is being hit by any of Kakuzu's Ninjutsu. All of his techniques were shown to be shit tier speed. They were all omninous, but the speed severely lacked. If Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino had time to react how do you think Itachi would?? It's not hard to use your brain. |
The OP is EjBlack, it's pretty obvious that he wasn't thinking. :lol
And I agree. The only thing he needs to do is get close and force eye contact. :lol Agreed with the bold too. "oh but but he lived for 91 years" "db intelligence stat lolz" is always the typical excuses.
Genjutsu from a far may be applicable, but the further he is the harder it'll be for him to make eye contact with Kakuzu as Kakuzu won't need to look at any specific part of his body to fight from long range, which is why getting close is the best thing he can do here.
Right. Kakashi intercepted Gian from where he got attacked by Hidan right after dodging Atsugai point blank despite Hidan's initial distraction, and his Katon has no speed feats and be avoided by simply jumping over it. They keep on saying "all angles" and stuff like that even though Kakuzu firing his jutsu from 4 directions doesn't mean it covers all angles. Katon doesn't even cover in the air until it erupts and Gian's overall AoE is pathetic. Someone far slower than a top speed Sasuke who is not as fast as a top speed Itachi can evade these techniques. Itachi has raw speed surpassing that on top of clone feints and unreadable hand signs. Kakuzu won't ever hit him before Itachi takes him apart.
And separating his masks for attacks like these only backfires in the end as you said earlier. Itachi's raw speed+shadow or crow clone feints means that he would easily be able to hit the masks with clone great explosion, meaning they die.