people keep forgetting that kirabi killed sasuke TWICE before going full 8-tails.
he pulled out a note pad and scribbled out a rhyme during their sword duel.... that's major.
also, suigetsu and juugo were non-factors (and karin, aside from reviving sasuke)
without some sort of deus ex machina (or power), the raikage should beat the breaks off of sasuke since he is focused on doing so, his brother kirabi was more into getting out of the villaige. 😬
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^ i think that might have been a translation error, "deflect" might mean "dodge/avoid" number 8 (which kirabi calls himself) as we now know, raikage is hella fast.
sasuke can't deflect that charge technique, we saw what it did when it connects. if anything, it just tapped his legs making him spin. sasuke even said he could see him better in his more linear pattern....err untill he was raped.