User blog comment:Juracuille/Who're the strongest? Whitebeard Pirates or Blackbeard Pirates/@comment-2106167-20100712070333

Whitebeard Pirates are (or at least, were : the strongest Pirate crew in the One Piece world, outclassing every other crew for sheer number of men (even though Krieg's Armada had more men, they weren't strong as the Whitebeards) and for the power of his legendary captain and his lieutenant.