Well, the location is in the woodlands. It would be easier for Itachi to hide and escape.
Due to the reason Waltz agreed with Handseals > Chidori. all these points will be used, they'll create a dozen of crows who will escape.
IMO:
1. -> Sasuke will think Itachi is 1 of those crows and go after them.
2. -> Sasuke will think Itachi is clone ''A''
3. -> Sasuke will think Itachi is clone ''B'' trying to attack from behind.
If he is going for 1 he first has to deal with 2.
If he is going for 2 he has to deal with 3 and let 1 escape
With this all in play it'll be easier for Itachi to escape. Do keep in mind Sasuke isn't starting in PS and can't kill Itachi by busting the woodlands with his PS sword.
I thought this would be a stomp match because I didn't read the intent. But I firmly believe Itachi is escaping
if handseals > Chidori tho'
I sincerely hope you are not trying to suggest Trees can block the LoS of a Sharingan user when Sasuke has seen through the ground and through parts of the cave.
And no, your logic is wrong. The crows initially disperse, during their dispersion Sasuke will pin them before they ever have a chance to indirectly aid Clone A or Clone B. And Handseals>Chidori. How does that have any effect on the overall outcome of the battle? Itachi's Raiton is the perfect ability to capture due to its numbing properties. Since Waltz mentioned them, there's literally no reason to assume Varrah's points assure a victory. He uses the crows as a key part of his argument because it's the only method Itachi can utilise in order to have a chance of closing the distance between him and Sasuke. But his points
depend on it, and if you remove a factor which a character depends on, he won't be able to conclude his strategy successfully. So regardless of the 'intent to capture' mindset, it won't change anything as Varrah failed to succeed in convincing me Itachi has the faintest chance of capturing EMS Sasuke. Varrah's argument depended on Waltz not saying anything which works faster then Itachi's hand seals, yet hand seals don't necessarily give Itachi the victory since his EMS's enhanced precognition can easily perceive them if it perceived Juubito. These would all not need to be mentioned by Waltz, they are givens that come with him debating EMS Sasuke. He doesn't need to tell me EMS Sasuke's Amateratsu burns people for it to be attributed to his argument, it's a given. So by him choosing EMS Sasuke, it was a fact from the start that Itachi can do nothing with his hand-seals to prevent EMS Sasuke seeing them and using the Susano arm Waltz mentioned to capture Itachi.
..Smh...
My intention was never to create a 'troll debate' and that should have been made clear to you by the nature of my first post. If I wanted to do so I would have declared Varrah's strategy unbeatable initially. I specifically took several minutes to post Manga references, arguments and tried to counter Varrah's strategy at every point. However, his route was as surprising to me as anyone else.
It's clear as day that your intention was to glorify hand seals. Who are you trying to fool here? You purposefully chose to exclude Chidori Nagashi from your points as well despite the fact that it requires no hand seals. And yes you did all that.. How exactly does that begin to imply you and Varrah didn't plan this out in the first place?
@Bold: Varrah had the first move in which he used to put forth a possible strategy on how Itachi could capture Sasuke. The only way for me to intercept his strategy is by stopping Itachi from performing some attack that would impair Sasukes vision as everything else is predicated upon that. Think about it: If Sasukes vision is impaired then there is no way he could pin the the crows with Chidori Senbon so every thing I stated that would take place after that point never occurs and Varrah's strategy remains successful.
Sasuke's vision would be impaired, yes. But for how long? We both know his Shunshin speed in EMS is insane, a Katon or any other impairing jutsu would have negligible effect on Sasuke, since the crows still get overcome by Chidori Senbon a split-second later (which is all it takes for Sasuke Sasuke to leave the LoS impairing ability).