I would love to hear your counters, after all this is a debate thread xd
Lack of pain sensation is both an advantage and disadvantage
Can’t comprehend if he’s being struck by attack(s) or their severity if he isn’t visually aware of it
Itachi could use this strategically to his advantage
Itachi’s hand seal speed would help greatly here – Sasori wouldn’t even recognize an incoming attack
Susanoo to rearrange terrain making remnant iron sand worthless
e.x. Sasuke using his early stage Susanoo to topple ceiling of kage summit
If they’re in an enclosed area, Itachi could use that to target the puppets.
Itachi could similarly destroy areas of ground where iron sand remains or use Susanoo’s destructive capabilities to strategically target the levitating puppets – throw parts of surroundings like rocks or other structures to destroy them (this could also save his chakra, he doesn’t need to materialize Susanoo’s complete form)
Targeted attacks at specific points
o Targeting Sasori’s arms, to rid his puppet manipulation ability (
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o Targetting his eyes – this would practically defeat him
(if we assume that’s how he perceive’s the world)
o His heart – where his ‘cognisance lies’
o Targetting his legs, makes him immobile
Whilst in puppet armour, initial state
This is Sasori’s least deadly/offensive state
Itachi can still use his weapons and ninja tools –
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He doesn’t need MS techniques to best Sasori here, hence his chakra capacity would remain fairly high
Combination of taijutsu, shuriken, and low level ninjutsu (if required) here
Sasori’s real body state
This is Sasoris’ weakest form, he’s most susceptible to attack hence why he wears his Hiruko armour
This is to Itachi’s advantage –he doesn’t need an extensive/intensive attack to kill Sasori
Rationing of MS techniques
Only using early stage of Susanoo throughout, to save chakra
Using Amaterasu only to take out iron sand puppet which refutes remnant iron sand, reallows shuriken use etc.
Or only using it to attack Sasori’s heart
Stepping out of Susanoo
Itachi is capable of leaving his Susanoo
This would make trapping Susanoo futile
He could then attack omnidirectionally
Expanded Totsuka sword attacks
He could slice/pierce several puppets simultaneously
It also creates a pseudo wind affinity – he could blow away certain attacks or puppets with its gust
Yasaka Magatama
One of several, powerful long rage attacks he could use to target Sasori’s ‘real form’
Shadow clone
He could use this strategically to outwit Sasori by attacking from behind, to trap him (exploding water jutsu), various other tactics
Latent copied jutsu:
Kakashi, Sasuke both use lightning style (strong against iron sand)
Sharingan copies justu once seen, immediately.
Itachi, theoretically, should be capable of using these jutsu
Sharingan precognition
Makes it easy to dodge attacks
Itachi’s agility is likely > Chiyo (who outmaneuvered nearly all of Sasori's attacks) and Sakura’s
Coupled with his shunshin, which is likely similar to Sasuke’s, Itachi could speeblitz Sasori through and through
Chakra vision – Itachi can visually see chakra as colour – easier to dodge attacks from beneath (iron sand), and from attacking puppets amongst other things
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Itachi could use these offensively or defensively
Defensively in several ways including hovering above to dodge certain attacks or in place of Susanoo
Sharingan to control puppets
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Chakra thread technique isn’t kekkei genkai, hence Itachi could potentially copy it, and use Sasori’s own puppets against him.
This is kinda messy, I wrote it quickly, and it’s not that well organized, but this is just some of the stuff I came up with (Itachi is smarter than I). It may be wrong in certain areas, I don’t know. And I don't know if I countered every single thing you listed
