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Before talking about his genjutsu skills, i'd like to point out the number of serious fights were we've seen him in
(1) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(first round)
(2) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(second round)
(3) - Kakashi vs Itachi(part1)
(4) - Kakashi vs Itachi(part2)
(5) - Kakashi vs Kakuzu(and Hidan)
(6) - Kakashi vs Pain
(7) - Kakashi vs 7swordsmen
(8) - Kakashi vs Obito(with Paths)
Notice that in half of his fights, he was fighting dojutsu users who had superior Sharingan evolution than his own self(bolded part), so in those fights, using genjutsu would have been useless
Now let's see about the other fights he had against non-dojutsu users
(1) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(first round): Notice that directly before the fight even started, Zabuza quickly used
(2) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(second round): During the second fight though, after noticing his error, Zabuza decided that besides the mist, he would have to fight
(5) - Kakashi vs Kakuzu(and Hidan): Sharingan genjutsu are most of the time used in close range. And we talk about 2 Akatsuki partners working together here with Kakuzu being mostly a long range fighter. Kakuzu even seems to have extensive
(7) - Kakashi vs 7swordsmen: They were fighting in the mist and even after the mist got cleared, the fight was off-panelled. Not only that, but it's not even sure that genjutsu would have really be useful since there is someone in the shadow controlling them by emitting chakra in them
Now i'll like to point out something during the Kakashi vs Itachi fight(part1)
(3) - Itachi vs Kakashi(part1): Notice that when Gai arrived and Asuma told him to close his eyes, he said
Besides that, Kakashi
Obviously not saying Kakashi is a god in genjutsu, but i think it's something that needed to be mentioned
(1) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(first round)
(2) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(second round)
(3) - Kakashi vs Itachi(part1)
(4) - Kakashi vs Itachi(part2)
(5) - Kakashi vs Kakuzu(and Hidan)
(6) - Kakashi vs Pain
(7) - Kakashi vs 7swordsmen
(8) - Kakashi vs Obito(with Paths)
Notice that in half of his fights, he was fighting dojutsu users who had superior Sharingan evolution than his own self(bolded part), so in those fights, using genjutsu would have been useless
Now let's see about the other fights he had against non-dojutsu users
(1) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(first round): Notice that directly before the fight even started, Zabuza quickly used
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to make visional type jutsus ineffective, but later in the battle, after Kakashi got released from Zabuza's water prison,
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, at some point after watching into Kakashi's eye,
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, which later led to his defeat(2) - Kakashi vs Zabuza(second round): During the second fight though, after noticing his error, Zabuza decided that besides the mist, he would have to fight
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, to
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. So Zabuza basically prevented himself from that(5) - Kakashi vs Kakuzu(and Hidan): Sharingan genjutsu are most of the time used in close range. And we talk about 2 Akatsuki partners working together here with Kakuzu being mostly a long range fighter. Kakuzu even seems to have extensive
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, so it's possible that he knows how to fight it. It could be understandable since we talk here about a 91yo who even
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. Using genjutsu on one would not have really be successful since the other would be there for
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. For example, one of the few exchange he had with Hidan alone was
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when he even was attacking from behind after he dodged Kakuzu's attack, or
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when he was already immobilised by Shikamaru's kage mane, so in order words in position where genjutsu would have been useless or not even be thought about. Not only that, but Kakuzu himself has 5 chakra tubes something that Kakashi
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, so with 5 chakra tubes, taking control of just one would be useless(in case Kakuzu has his masks in him). And even when it's not the case, notice even that he was
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with his 4masks around him
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, so it's definitely not configurations where genjutsu would have really been useful(7) - Kakashi vs 7swordsmen: They were fighting in the mist and even after the mist got cleared, the fight was off-panelled. Not only that, but it's not even sure that genjutsu would have really be useful since there is someone in the shadow controlling them by emitting chakra in them
Now i'll like to point out something during the Kakashi vs Itachi fight(part1)
(3) - Itachi vs Kakashi(part1): Notice that when Gai arrived and Asuma told him to close his eyes, he said
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. If Gai, who earlier has shown
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to deflect high level genjutsu like Kabuto's temple of nirvana stated that he needed to find a strategy to counter Kakashi's genjutsu, it means that he got trolled by it most of the time during their duels. It's even by fighting against Kakashi most of the time, that he knew how to fight Sharingan without eye contactBesides that, Kakashi
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to troll Anbus and make them dream about Naruto, and was even capable to compete with Obito(someone who controlled a Perfect Jinchuriki) in a
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Obviously not saying Kakashi is a god in genjutsu, but i think it's something that needed to be mentioned