yes i understand how you feel, kushimaru is a nuisance when you face him at a higher initiative with a reliable healing team ( personal experience - plays windmain) but once you start targettting him strategically (takes good internet speed XD) like chaosing or immobiling himafter the healer has perfomed his/her action then next round you can target the healer. in case there is a jinpachi in there say your prayers early. Although if you are sturdy enough that can be dealt with too, i have seen a lower level Ay(3rd raikage) samui earthmain and sailor take it ( kushimaru, jinpachi edo sasori and Lm with root) down with good execution. it is not impossible, its more of a chance thing at the present depends on which other random unit kushmaru will target, if it is a clone/ unit with no mystery that round its fine. hmmm. how do i......................... oh yes think abou it as fightning a minato 4th hokage with a minato 4th hokage, if your minato bait out the other with a stab it is gonna go smoothly, if not then it will get rough. the only reason there are problems with people facing kushimaru currently are cuz either they dont know how to react to a lineup that contains him or since he is new and the other guy has more initiative. All swordsmen are dangerous on the battlefield when paired with the right guys. eg edo zabusa becomes a mad beast when paired with jinpachi and Lm with root, he will slaughter a 4 unti team nearly alone and keep leeching like crazy. so dont pay all that much mind to it. once things settle down and more utilizable metas are formed when more and more people get these swordsmen the current ones will decline and you shall get a new topic top whine about ( its basically gonna be just like the mei mabui meta and cancer stuff all over again)