Who can beat Itachi in pure Taijutsu/Weapons?

[Lilt]

That is, without ninjutsu or genjutsu? Itachi has a lot going for him:

4.5/5 Taijutsu Mastery (while sick!) It's possible healthy Itachi had better taijutsu, and Edo Itachi had awesome feats.

5/5 Speed Mastery (while sick!) Zetsu said he was faster normally, and we saw how fast Edo Itachi was.

Sharingan Precognition. We saw how huge a difference this made for Sasuke against KN1.

Weapons skills. Sasuke needed summoning-tattoos just to keep up with sick Itachi, and he still lagged.

So who can beat these just these skills, assuming Itachi won't use genjutsu or ninjutsu mid-taijutsu like he did with Bee?

I think he's basically at Killer Bee's level, just specializing in throwing weapons instead of swords.

 

[BenjerminGaye]

id say guy with the dragon nunchaku and the gates. but thats only in cqc. if they start at a distance im not sure if guy can parry all the shuriken itachi can throw.

 

[Fodder#4]

Kisame can! Gai can! Kakashi might be able to!

But I sort of get what you're saying. Itachi has certain qualities that are often over looked for his large scale techniques. AKA, his MS jutsu. He's a pretty powerful and fearsome shinobi.

 

[BenjerminGaye]

Kisame can! Gai can! Kakashi might be able to!

But I sort of get what you're saying. Itachi has certain qualities that are often over looked for his large scale techniques. AKA, his MS jutsu. He's a pretty powerful and fearsome shinobi.

i'm not so sure about kisame and kakashi. Both of them prefer to use ninjutsu 9/10

 

[Nous]

Kisame with Samehada. Kakashi might be able to do so. Neji, Rock Lee and Gai as well as Hiashi will probably also be able to beat him.

 

[Fodder#4]

i'm not so sure about kisame and kakashi. Both of them prefer to use ninjutsu 9/10

Ehh, true. Ninjutsu is a big part of their fighting styles. But I still think Kisame could take Itachi in a taijutsu contest. He's a sword master, not only with Samehada but with smaller and more agile blades too. I'unno, his physical strength also gives him a tremendous edge over Itachi.

 

[fastrthnwind]

Guy, Lee, Neji, Hiashi, Kakashi, Tenten(just weapons), Hidan, Killer Bee, Mifune.

For right now, that's all I can think of.

 

[Lilt]

Tenten? I think she's a bit slow for Itachi. His hand-speed makes his throwing-abilities much more dangerous than hers, even though she summons some niftier stuff. Overall, I think he's just way to fast and skilled for her. I'm not sure about Kakashi either. He's essentially just like Itachi in many aspects, but slightly slower and without the weapon feats.

 

[fastrthnwind]

Tenten? I think she's a bit slow for Itachi. His hand-speed makes his throwing-abilities much more dangerous than hers, even though she summons some niftier stuff. Overall, I think he's just way to fast and skilled for her. I'm not sure about Kakashi either. He's essentially just like Itachi in many aspects, but slightly slower and without the weapon feats.

The sheer amount of weapons that Tenten can summon is far greater than any person in the NV. It would eventually overwhelm itachi.

Kakashi is in more of the 'maybe' area as per defeating him in taijutsu.

 

[Lilt]

The sheer amount of weapons that Tenten can summon is far greater than any person in the NV. It would eventually overwhelm itachi.

Right, but having tools only gets you so far. Itachi is tiers stronger than her taijutsu skill and speed and is arguably better in skill at weapons too (better feats, better reflexes, better hand-speed,) even though he uses fewer varieties.

 

[Curse Mark]

In just weapons tenten could beat him.

 

[BenjerminGaye]

Ehh, true. Ninjutsu is a big part of their fighting styles. But I still think Kisame could take Itachi in a taijutsu contest. He's a sword master, not only with Samehada but with smaller and more agile blades too. I'unno, his physical strength also gives him a tremendous edge over Itachi.

kisame mabye. His psychical strength is much higher than that of itachi but kakashi no.
kakashi is what itachi would be if itachi was given a sharingan instead of being born with it.
kakashi's only advantages over itachi is a higher stamina, more jutsu's outside of ms and better clone fients. Itachi is superior/equal to him in all other aspects.

 

[Fodder#4]

kisame mabye. His psychical strength is much higher than that of itachi but kakashi no.
kakashi is what itachi would be if itachi was given a sharingan instead of being born with it.
kakashi's only advantages over itachi is a higher stamina, more jutsu's outside of ms and better clone fients. Itachi is superior/equal to him in all other aspects.

I sort of realized that and didn't further back up Kakashi.

 

[Arugon]

Naruto, Minato, Hashi, Ay, Guy, 3rd Raikage, Kakashi, Tsunade, Lee, Neji, Jiraiya(Sage Mode), Kabuto(DSM)

 

[TheSyren]

In just pure taijutsu, his only real threats are ninja that specialize. Like Gai, Neji, maybe Tsunade, maybe Naruto if he is allowed Sagemode, maybe Jiraiya if he is allowed Sagemode, and maybe Minato. Is Minato incredibly fast even without FTG? I think he is, but sometimes I am wrong.