User blog comment:The ASL Pirates/4th Gear & Marine Ranks/@comment-10543621-20150317004636

Chopper should be stronger than that. He's part of the weakling trio because he's young and naive and timid as hell. If he goes all out, he should be way stronger. Monster point would easily give a vice admiral a run for his money I feel.

And the thing about One Piece, it's hard to grade people by 'strength'. The variety of fighting styles make type match up really important.

About Luffy unleashing a gear 4th, I personally would hate it if whatever big new technique he unveals is called gear 4. I think he needs a fresher name. One thing I've always disliked about gear 2nd is the fact that this is a trick unique to his abilities that allows him to increase his speed. Yet, we've seen him plenty of times in gear 2nd, barely keeping up with his stronger foes. This essentially means that Luffy's own innate speed acquired from plain training and skill is still much lower than these foes, and he's only able to keep up thanks to gear 2nd. Oh well...