Quote Originally Posted by RyougaZell
Itachi was already an ANBU withouth the Mangekyou, so his abilities should have been top. Hopefully he didn't stop training them after gaining his enhanced Sharingan.
It needs to be remembered that so far the only times we have seen the ANBU have been them getting their asses kicked, or beating some wild cats... So, at least in my eyes saying somebody was an ANBU member doesn't mean terribly much. They might need to be fine ninjas, but nothing extraordinary.