As the title said, the Six Paths of Pain vs Uchiha Itachi, only all forms of genjutsu and ninjutsu are restricted
Location: Round one of Chuunin Exams
Distance: 20 meters
Intel: None
Conditions:
Pain will have: the Rinnegan linked vision and Chakra rods as weapons. Asura Path will have Six arms but nothing else
Itachi will have: Sharingan precog, all his regular weapons and Sasuke's Kusanagi sword (that Itachi used against Kabuto)
And before anyone asks:Yata and Totsuka are obviously restricted.
They easily gang-up and kill, if they keep track of itachi, they can see almost all his moves coming, and he won't be able to attack a Path without all other fives leaping at him.
Wow, this is actually a really cool match up. I'd side with Itachi, as he's far quicker than any of the Pein's, he's shown to be adept enough with swords in the past, not to mention the Katana is the superior weapon in the match up here. Pein might be able to edge off a win if the Path's all remain relatively close together, but then it'd be a chore to tag Itachi.
Wow, this is actually a really cool match up. I'd side with Itachi, as he's far quicker than any of the Pein's, he's shown to be adept enough with swords in the past, not to mention the Katana is the superior weapon in the match up here. Pein might be able to edge off a win if the Path's all remain relatively close together, but then it'd be a chore to tag Itachi.
Pain wins high diff. Shared vision lets them anticipate and react to Itachi's shunshin and hard counter his shuriken style (can counter with black rods.) Itachi did blind Nagato's animal summons but that's easier than blinding six mobile human targets.
They can react to his speed just fine. And there's 6 of them with shared vision negating any blind attack and chakra rods deflecting any kunai and shuriken away, as the match ends with Itachi getting stabbed by several rods
If Itachi goes for any path then he is left open for 5 of them to gang up on him
1. there is no need to give asura six arms, especially when black rods aren't restricted.
2. sasukes sword is a generic katana, no better than sai, hayate or itachis sword
3. they are extrasensory zombies who can tank everything but decapitation.
4. this is a stomp; how could U think otherwise?
To be honest, I don't think that Pein will be as formidable in a strictly physical battle in closer ranges. I mean, sure. There are five of him, all of which have varying physical capabilities, though. We saw this when the second Animal Path needed assistance avoiding the fuuton rasenshuriken.
Later in that fight, we even see a jutsu-less Deva Path take on base Naruto, and they exchange several blows with at best the Deva having a slight edge in pure hand combat [
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]. One is clearly operating on a much quicker pace than the other. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Itachi is physically, much faster than Pein. While having numbers is ideal, blind siding or back stabbing Itachi isn't a guarantee for success when Itachi's shown to be a perceptive shinobi, side stepping Bee's initial swing of Samehada and then leaping out of the way by the time he fully finishes the stroke of his (Bee's) move [
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In fact, we see Itachi clear a distance from the Jinchuuriki to nagato before either Bee or Naruto readjust their postures - which their stances offer little to no strategic advantage, especially Bee's.
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Rushed job, but we see the red lines detailing the over extended arm Naruto has out, the same stressed pose his lower half takes, including the outstretched limb. Bee's should be clear as day, one leg out in front of the other, Samehada still in the ground and back to his enemies.
Apart from that, it should go without needing to be said that Itachi's quick and skilled with smaller projectiles, I.E. Kunai and shuriken. Tools that be used if Itachi is caught in a clash with any chakra rod, to either defeat the path or break their grip on the the clash/chakra rod.
Lastly, Pein has a severe weapon disadvantage. Chakra rods are essentially stakes, with a pointed end and not the best range on them. There's no cutting power to them, no great range like a sword, meaning that he's limited in the way he can strike Itachi. He can only come at Itachi with intentions to puncture him with the stakes, whereas Itachi's free to cut, dismember, stab at, as well. He just has more versatility with the tool he's been given.
So yeah, the only way I can see Pein really getting hold of Itachi is to risk a formation where they stay apart from each other, but still in range so one or two can help each other out. But, if they split up too much, they don't stand a chance in single combat against Itachi. Which is where I see this battle going, as if they all just charge him, Itachi can just back peddle and avoid the group, seeing as they're coming from a single direction and are slower than Itachi.
Itachi wins. He's simply better equipped in CQC with superior speed, reflexes, taijutsu skill, shurikenjutsu skill, sharingan precog, and has a much more lethal weapon in Sasuke's Kusanagi. Not to mention explosive tags. Quantity isn't trumping quality here.
Itachi wins. He's simply better equipped in CQC with superior speed, reflexes, taijutsu skill, shurikenjutsu skill, sharingan precog, and has a much more lethal weapon in Sasuke's Kusanagi. Not to mention explosive tags. Quantity isn't trumping quality here.
Itachi wins. He's simply better equipped in CQC with superior speed, reflexes, taijutsu skill, shurikenjutsu skill, sharingan precog, and has a much more lethal weapon in Sasuke's Kusanagi. Not to mention explosive tags. Quantity isn't trumping quality here.
Irrelevant he still gets spanked. Itachi taking on 6opponents at the same time with shared vision shits on his pre-cog. Also Fuu who was fodder was casually
Against Rikudou Naruto, his vastly superior strength was made ineffective; as none of it was ever applied to Itachi .
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Itachi's weapon skills are prodigious. Sasuke explicitly summoned shuriken in order to keep up during their clash.
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He also used basic kunai to blind the Rinnegan, from blind-spots no less.
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In terms of speed, Itachi is one of the few to have a mastery over it, as stated by the Databook. He maintained pace with Naruto, and successfully evaded both Kirabi and Naruto simultaneously.
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During his fight with Sasuke, he avoided Goryuuka from point blank range, despite suffering from exhaustion and a thigh wound.
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Even against Kirabi - with the fastest method for ending Genjutsu - Itachi was capable of capitalizing on the illusion.
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I see Pein taking this 6/10 times . Definitely not a Stomp
1. there is no need to give asura six arms, especially when black rods aren't restricted.
2. sasukes sword is a generic katana, no better than sai, hayate or itachis sword
3. they are extrasensory zombies who can tank everything but decapitation.
4. this is a stomp; how could U think otherwise?
No, sasuke likened his skill w/ rai'ton jutsu to the genuine article possessed by orochimaru.
he then used a katana made of chakra metal as a medium for this, ala mifune, atsui or asuma...
Itachis shunshin is irrelevant in taijutsu because that speed doesn't matter when both are just throwing hands that close and also shunshin is a ninjutsu, which is restricted anyway. It's not just a taijutsu fight either if they're allowed weapons, it becomes CQC then.
Pains low-mid difficulty him. All of them can react to him fine and shared vision makes it easier.
Irrelevant he still gets spanked. Itachi taking on 6opponents at the same time with shared vision shits on his pre-cog. Also Fuu who was fodder was casually
Do you even read what you write? Your laughable assertion is that it's 6 Vs 1, and thus Itachi loses. Kimimaro took on and defeated how many Naruto clones by himself? Hebi Sasuke took on and defeated how many of Orochimaru's subordinates by himself? Superior skill more then compensates for being out-numbered. Deva Path was trading blows with med-shippuden base Naruto, while Edo Itachi was taking on war-arc KCM Naruto and Killer Bee in CQC simultaneously; and also matched speed/clashed with DSM Kabuto as well. You can get away with saying Pein wins with high-difficulty due to shared vision, but anything short of that is hilariously inaccurate with the manga, as Itachi is easily more skilled then the 6POP in CQC.
Against Rikudou Naruto, his vastly superior strength was made ineffective; as none of it was ever applied to Itachi .
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Itachi's weapon skills are prodigious. Sasuke explicitly summoned shuriken in order to keep up during their clash.
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He also used basic kunai to blind the Rinnegan, from blind-spots no less.
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In terms of speed, Itachi is one of the few to have a mastery over it, as stated by the Databook. He maintained pace with Naruto, and successfully evaded both Kirabi and Naruto simultaneously.
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During his fight with Sasuke, he avoided Goryuuka from point blank range, despite suffering from exhaustion and a thigh wound.
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Even against Kirabi - with the fastest method for ending Genjutsu - Itachi was capable of capitalizing on the illusion.
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I see Pein taking this 6/10 times . Definitely not a Stomp
