Shinichi Miyamoto wrote...
this is gettin OoT, but meh..i don't really care..
Hidan's Specialty is just his immortality...his strength or speed or jutsu are craps...
His attack speed is crap
by Akatsuki standards according to himself, compared to others it's seriously no joke, he was totally owning Asuma, who's a special jounin, in a one on one while getting attack by Shikamaru, and he keept up with Kakashi (who's a candidate for the next Hokage) in terms of speed, he might've even been a little faster seeing how he was the one on the offensive.
It was also he who took down the two-tails, granted with some help from Kakuzu.
Shikamaru also nearly shat his pants trying to hold Hidan down for like a couple of minutes with his shadow-technique the first time they meet, the second time they meet he does it all the time, while jumping around in tree's and shit i might add, and with no sign of him getting tired.
He even held both Kakuzu and Hidan at one point, and what should've been wearing him down like hell didn't even phase him.
So bottom line, Shikamaru should've stood
zero chance against him