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Pasically Itachi in same conditions as Naruto without intel on either sides. Who would win? I still say Pein would win
u fool, itachi would still rape his face, itachi would figure out his abilities quickly enough and then seal him
The only stipulations that I can fairly make where I feel that Itachi wins is full knowledge vs. no knowledge. Itachi should already have a good idea on the main aspects of the path's abilities, including the Deva path, animal path, Asura path, the Naraka path, the Human path and MAYBE the Preta path depending on where he was. He also knows on their shared vision, which was a big aspect of their fighting style. Remember that knowledge alone was enough to make Tobi, an intelligent strategist, feel that using the path's abilities would drain too much chakra for nothing (they said they have counters which Itachi might not have, but he can be pretty resourceful at times).
It's only fair that Pein should have knowledge on Itachi however, including Susano'o w/ the Sword Of Totsuka, Amaterasu, probably Tsukuyomi, etc. He wouldn't let it happen with this knowledge in hand. Itachi can weasel his way into killing quite a few paths... but I don't see him winning. Especially if GM comes into play somewhere
Itachi mid difficulty. He Amaterasu Chibaku Tensei, turn into crows when Pain uses Shinra Tensei, figures out the 5 sec thing, Yata Mirror easily deflects Asura Path's weapons, Totsuka Sword seals the animal summonings, he easily kills the other nonfighter Paths. BAM! that simple
It's a pretty conflicting issue in the forums. Itachi is known to analyze things and come up with a solution quickly, and SM Naruto defeated most of the paths through some form of trick/deception. This is pretty much Itachi's curb here. Deva's abilities were gone temporarily, but Itachi also had Susano'o going for him. I'm sure you can argue for both sides - an example for taking out the Preta path (the main problem), could be Itachi hiding shuriken in his katon like Sasuke did [Just an example for the whole Intelligence trumps all idea]. On the other hand is Pein's many different abilities.. which everybody already knows about.
Another form of an intelligence example could be Itachi discreetly putting the path behind all the other paths in a genjutsu to make them think the rest of the 5 are being attacked. Only he will see it, but the other paths will think that it's really happening because they have shared vision and rely on it for blind-sides. It's not the strongest argument but again it's just an example (I like writing this type of stuff anywaysYou must be registered for see images)
But intelligence doesn't trump all. Shikamaru is smarter than Itachi and he wouldn't last a flip against Kakashi.