According to the detailed plan Uchiha An had drawn up before the battle.
In Konoha, the only jutsu that posed a threat to Nagato were the Third Hokage's Reaper Death Seal and Might Guy's Eight Inner Gates Formation.
He'd suggested having Deva Path Pain lead Asura Path and Animal Path in a frontal assault to draw enemy fire and see if they could trick the village into using those two jutsu.
If the Third Hokage dared to use the Reaper Death Seal, Nagato would immediately disconnect and leave.
If Might Guy dared to kick them with his life on the line, Pain would gladly take the kick with his face.
Hell Path would wait outside, ready to enter and revive the others as soon as Deva Path was destroyed.
Under the original plan, the three main combat puppets would draw enemy fire from the front; Human Path would act alongside Uchiha An's group; Preta Path would wait until a Tailed Beast appeared before joining the fight and helping restrain Jiraiya; Hell Path would stand by off the battlefield, ready to make repairs; Scorpion and Itachi would open the front gate and let a flood of White Zetsu pour in to kill; Kakuzu and Juzo Biwa would draw out Tsunade and use her Hemophobia to ambush and kill her; and Nagato would make a dramatic entrance at the end and destroy the village.
Obito and Zetsu, meanwhile, were responsible for releasing the Nine-Tails and launching a human-wave attack.
Obito had released the Nine-Tails once before, so he was thoroughly experienced with the job. He was the ideal person to do it again.
Zetsu had a large number of White Zetsu under his control. Although the Akatsuki Organization lacked the resources to create anywhere near the hundred thousand seen in the manga,