Quote Originally Posted by Yukimura
But so far it seems like Pein is going about this fight with Kyubii Naruto in a brute force manner.
You have to be. How are you supposed to be smart against something like that? It's non stop power and chakra. He has no choice but to use brute force and strength over tactical advantage and thought. Most of all, he doesn't have time to fight that thing with thought. Pain has almost no thinking time. He does what he has to to stay alive.