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Amaterasu is fast enough to hit Nagato before his Shinra Tensei, cuz it's arises fast and surprising directly on the targets body. One hit by Totsuka can kill Nagato and also seal him, and additional Itachi can use powerful Genjutsu (also without eye contact). Itachi catch his opponents already in the beginning of the fight in his genjutsus, they're so faster than Nagatos Chibaku Tensei.
A simple way, how Itachi can avoid Chibaku Tensei - Amaterasu.
Amaterasu is a flame, which arises in Itachis point of view. Also the Sharingan is able to see chakra, also the chakra of the Chibaku Tensei sphere. When Nagato forms the sphere and throw it in the sky, all Itachi will have to do is to target the sphere and use Amaterasu. Amaterasu is definitely faster, because the CT sphere have to fly high in the sky, while Amaterasu arises directly in front of Itachis point of sight (in this case, the sphere is Itachis target).
Lol I do have my fire suit.
these guys have RPGs
I agree, he's overrated but i don't think sasori, raikage or minato can actually beat him in a one on one fight (it's debatable though)...
Umm What about killer Bee? He did kind of destroy Sasuke in 2 seconds flat without even being serious :L and Itachi hardly held back going his all against Sasuke so....
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his powerful genjutsu without eye contact can only be used once every few years, any other genjutsu he has other than shisuis can be broken or seen thru.
Once again if hes fighting a fast taijutsu shinobi black flames are useless. If he fought naruto now I dunno, Or even Bee his tsukoyomi would probably be useless. Itachi without sealing sword versus a jinchurichi I dont know. Im pretty sure rinnegan can see chakra, also Im pretty sure its better than sharingan, whether mangekyo or eternal mangekyo. If all is right from whats been mentioned about nagato and that he is not original rinnegan from birth then an original rinnegan user probably could do way more.
I believe Itachi is superbly under-rated. Itachi went and beat the six paths in what... five mins...? Itachi could easily take most people in the manga/anime. sry to most but itachi could even beat naruto, "tobi", sasuke, and madara... kabuto ain't even a factor, tobi will deal with him soon enough and he will be out of the picture..... hes so freaking annoying anyway. so yes i'm an itachi fan and do believe that he could take most anyone on the show, however i do not believe he could take gaara, the tsuchikage(current), or shikamaru. these select few are among a handful of people i personaly believe have way more talent than led to believe at first. Itachi is smart and can win on that in many fights alone but also he is powerful and that is a dangrous combo. But all in all id give the top 10 right now, based on my feel of Kishi,:
1) Madara/Tobi
2) Sasuke
3) Naruto
4) Itachi
5) Bee
6) Kabuto
7) Raikage
8) Tsuchikage
9) Gaara
10)Tsunade, Mizukage, or Kakashi (haven't decided yet)