He was struggling with a very large conger, and holding fast with one hand to the side of the vessel, in order to seize with the other the gaping jowl of his antagonist, when the master said to him, Take care they don't see you from Belle-Isle.
In Naruto each base-element is stronger and weaker than one element:-. Fire: strong against Wind, weak against Water. Wind: strong against Lightning, weak against Fire. Lightning: strong against Earth, weak against Wind. Earth: strong against Water, weak against Lightning.
gfaqs logic: character A beats character B w/o much trouble. 1v1 = Healthy Nagato is the strongest. Itachi would have to use Susanoo immediately, but Nagato has too many options to easily stop Itachi. The ONLY way to beat Nagato is to have a group and even then, one of the people have to have a technique to seal him.