Re: Is Jiraya> Itachi if they went head to head without retreating from the battle?
Jiraiya has chakra comparable to that of Naruto in base - who makes 1000 clones on a regular basis - not to mention he's in SM, hence more, stronger clones.
Naruto can make 1000 clones with the Kyuubi's chakra, not with his own base chakra.
Apart from that, there's also smokescreen.
And Tsukuyomi/Amaterasu aren't instant, either of them. The fact that Nagato and Zetsu were talking about the technique shows it has a buildup time which Jiraiya can use to plan accordingly.
What kind of smokescreen? If its one generated by a ninja tool Sharingan will be able to see right through it, if its one generated by Ma and Pa then they'd first have to know Amaterasu is coming (Which they have no way of knowing) then they'd have to spit out enough of the dust to cover Jiraiya completely, those things aren't happening when Amaterasu spawns instead of travels.
The build up time for Amaterasu is useless for Jiraiya if he doesn't know about it. If he doesn't know about it he can't take advantage of it. Not to mention said build up time only occurs once and it isn't even long enough to make a difference.
Itachi builds it up for the first use.
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Then he uses it again.
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And again.
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So if Jiraiya manages to save himself from the first hit, the second one will get him as there will be no build up for him to exploit.
And he'll eventually have to come out from the cloud if he wants to fight Itachi. Then he'll end up getting hit by Tsukuyomi, which he can't break. Lets not forget he doesn't know not to look at Itachi's fingers, so Finger Genjutsu could stun him bit allowing Itachi to finish him.
There's also the fact he can't get past Susanoo.
Let's also not forget SM Jiraiya's shunshin speed which was able to blitz Pain twice.
Not gonna help if he's going to opt to dodge Amaterasu with speed.
You act as if Itachi starts in MS and spams Amaterasu instantly. By the time MS is activated, Jiraiya clones will be everywhere.
Yeah, cause it's not like it only takes less than a second to activate MS...
Why would Jiraiya even start off with clones in the first place? He doesn't know about Amaterasu so him adopting a strategy to counter it at the beginning of the match isn't happening.