Jiraya in SM from the beginning solo's high diff. With Itachi healthy.. low diff. Itachi is superior in almost every way with Jiraya to back him up. Sasuke uses Raiton, Shima uses Futon, Sasuke uses Katon Fukasaku uses suiton or itachi uses suiton. Jiraya and Itachi katon>Sasuke's Katon, Jiraya + Gamabunta oil katon>Sasuke Katon. Sasuke has the elemental disadvantage, clearly.
Defense: Itachi Susano'o and Jiraya SM body vs Sasuke Susano'o Itachi has Yata mirror, so clearly he has the better defense then Sasuke's. Itachi doesn't last long because of his stamina, but Jiraya has an extraordinarily large chakra supply, as well as a extremely resilient and strong body in SM.
Attack: Clearly Itachi with his Totsuka blade, what can Sasuke do against it, one shot and he's dead. Jiraya can use earth from the underworld (to slow him down) while Itachi uses his totsuka blade. The ninjutsu is out of Sasuke's league so no debate in that, if Itachi gets hit by Amateratsu, Jiraya can use the fire seal and take away the Amateratsu even if it did burns, or was on the outside of Itachi's Susano'o doing no damage.
Taijutsu: Jiraya SM and Itachi clearly. Itachi is much faster than Sasuke, and Jiraya has the clear upper hand in strength, sensing, and speed. Jiraya in SM can't be compared using frog kata to Sasuke as he is on an entirely different level. He can punch with Senjutsu enhanced strength (don't see the punch) as well as sense most the attacks the user is about to do.
Intelligence: Clearly Jiraya and Itachi are more intelligent, as Itachi is the most intelligent shinobi with Minato in Narutoverse and Jiraya is almost as smart, but in different ways.
Sasuke wins this mid difference. Jiriya is a non-commodity here. He gets taken out early in the fight while he is trying to initiate his SM.
Sasuke wins this mid difference. Jiriya is a non-commodity here. He gets taken out early in the fight while he is trying to initiate his SM. The fight is then reduced to Itachi and Sasuke. Other than Tsukyomi, all of Itachi's arsenal are inferior. Yata Mirror can be countered by Kakagatcuchi and wall of amatersu around Sussano. Sasuke can use magatamas and enton arrows simultaneously to rig the entire field under Amatersu. The heat will give rise to Clouds and Sasuke can simply use Kirin a few times to break apart Yata Mirror.
His moon genjutsu is useless against Sasuke and hence isn't an advantageous factor whatsoever. Itachi amatersu skills are abysmal compared to Sasuke's, who can counter his raw Amatersu with his own that is far superior in proficiency and manipulation. This is no contest. Then the only thing left is the battle of burden and chakra. Not only does Itachi have lower chakra reserves but MS puts additional burden on his body. After a little while, he will lose his CS and yata Mirror along with it. While Sasuke has shown no such constraints in EMS form.
Sasuke can simply shower him with Enton arrows and Magatamas and the fight will be over.
Well, in this thread Jiraiya starts in SM. In this scenario Itachi and Jiraiya can win with very simple strategy: Jiraiya gets his ass inside Itachis Susanoo and is preparing the Frog Song, while Itachi is tanking Sasuke attacks.
Sasuke can win, but in order to do so he needs to get rid of Jiraiya at the very beginning of the battle.
Still fine, but frog song requires prep time. And Jiriya will need to run inside Itachi's Sussano, wouldn't he? That time span is enough for a couple of enton arrows spams. Jiriya has nothing to counter Sussano if left alone. I still believe he is a non-factor in this battle.
Jiraya alone would win for me. Sasuke starts with Susanoo which weakness is from underground. Jiraya uses Yomi Numa. Sasuke would be sinked by Jiraya's Yomi Numa in this case. End. Jiraya's versatiliy, plus boss summon and ninjutsu would surely give him an advantage. If needed, he can use toad barrier where he could hide to prepare SM/capture Sasuke in. In SM, he gains superior ninjutsu, power, speed and reflexes
sasuke starts with amateraus jiraiya starts dead
You do know Itachi Nor jiraiya will stand still and do nothing while frog song is being Prepped, Anyway, He doesn't need to "counter" susanoo, itachi's susanoo defends against any attack sasuke has to offer.
We've already seen a sound base Genjutsu take down susanoo befor.
Finally someone says Sasuke wins xd I thought I'm the only one who thinks he wins.
dont get your hopes upxd,you are still hoplessly outnumbered,both in the thread and the poll.xd
Read my post again; the first one. Regardless, Sasuke can use Magatama and arrows simultaneously. Wouldn't make much of a difference whether Itachi does something or not. Also, Sasuke could only keep up an incomplete sussano for a few minutes - I'll say 4 or 5 at best. Itachi wouldn't last long with CS. Noting that Sasuke has more chakra reserves, and he didn't last long, Itachi's would be brought down to lower layer even quicker as CS is a higher form and would prove to be even more taxing on the body.
The second it goes down, so does his Yata Mirror. He would be completely open to all CS attacks from Sasuke. He wouldn't be able to keep that up for long as well, as you are forgetting that he's an MS user.