Talk:Akatsuki Vs. The Espada/@comment-26561766-20161120095555

Depends. The individual strenght of each espada far exceeds most of the Akatsuki members. They also have for the majority quite a good speed advantage. Some of the Espada also have pretty good hax : Ulquiorra's regeneration, Nnoitra's hierro, Zommari's Amor, Barragan's Respira and Szayel Apporo's Gabriel.

In the other side, the Akatsuki, despite not having for the majority of them stats as good as most of the Espada, have something really important : teamwork. Some of them also have some good hax too : Hidan's curse, Itachi's illusions and Deidara's tiny bombs notably. And they have one very strong ninja that would be a pretty big deal for even the strongest espadas : Obito.

It can really go either way. If the Espada manage to take out quickly some of the Akatsuki's member (Konan, Sasori, Hidan, Kakuzu...), they would have a good advantage, but the longer they take the most difficult it will be, because to take out ninjas like Obito, Itachi or Nagato they need to be as numerous as possible.