User blog comment:Yami6302/Shichibukai is 7 "strongest" pirates? shouldn't it be "strong"?/@comment-53539-20100405132054

Yep, and I note in comparison none of Luffy's crew fainted, nor Kidd's and Laws when Rayleigh let his Haki off. It seems to be the next wave of pirates, the Supernova, are the ones who will upset the balance of everything.

The trouble with the Yonkou is comparisons sake. Their mostly judged on their one strong captain and then after him their officers. WBs crew has the problem of its size, so large that there is great varitation. When a crew of that size exists, you get more strength leaning towards a few then many.

Even on Luffy's crew this somewhat happens already, the monster trio are a definate power up from the others. Though the others aren't without their out talents. But none of Luffy's weakest crew fell due to Haki. That means a lot more as a statement to their crews current build then the large sized WB crew.

Since the Yonkou's captain is capable of doing the most damage, gauging his crew under him becomes hard. Yet Vista no doubt gave Mihawk a run for his money, but we must remember Shanks was once Mihawk's equal and also their battle was interupted before finished. Marco and Jozu both ran into and saw off the Admirals, but both couldn't keep it up throughout the battle.

In these cases, it seems the power goes:

-Yonokou Captains -Admirals (included for power gauge sake) -Toughest Shichibukai -Yonkou officers -Weakest powered Shichibukai -New World Pirates -Supernova -Yonkou weakest members -Just about everyone else

In no real particular order and the rest of the MArines split between all of this.

As for myself, heck I'd not want to attempt a top 20 pirates, it just gets confusing once you leave the Yonkou Captains.