User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Mihawk and Doflamingo's true strength./@comment-3297457-20110317073738

i agree with the unknown wikia contributer. the shichibukai can´t be counted as part of the power balance just because of their power. sure they all kick ass but i think a couple of strong vice admirals or marines as strong as smoker could take them (with a couple i mean the marines should outnumber them 5 to 1 or something ;p). it's not that the WG really NEEDS their powers (although they did during the battle at marineford) but they just can't have such powerfull pirates AGAINST them. if the shichibukai were justt renegade pirates they could form a serious threat. so mihawk & doflamingo don't have to be powerfull enough to take on half of the WG government alone.

also, since there is so many talk here about the power of individual shichibukai, i think i should join in. jinbe: almost unbeatable in water, on dry land one of the weaker shichibukai. mihawk & doflamingo: monsters, both of 'em, but if they don't have/develop haki they will have a hard time against some hardcore DF users. boa hancock: undoubtedly strong. she can take out huge armies but is also strong in 1 v 1 (she rapes pacifista's without breaking a sweat). kuma: badass DF, enough said. moria: has a REALLY powerfull DF with so many possibilities. if only the guy weren't so damn lazy. i think doflamingo killed moria so a strong, harworking character should eat the new kage kage no mi.