User blog comment:Roranoa Drake II/Chapter 874: The Baum Goes Ablaze/@comment-24769684-20170806011721/@comment-24850639-20170807140451

As it stands, I'm more impressed by Kaido's gifters. The chess soldiers got fodderized by Luffy and Brook so far, so their perceived threat level to me isn't as high as the Gifters. The Minks handed the Gifters their asses too, but we at least know that the Gifters are a tier above the Pleasures. I'd assume the Chess soldiers are the absolute bottom tier of Big Mom's forces.

Still, it speaks volumes about just how much time Big Mom has put into building her forces. Even if she has people willingly giving up these souls, to militarize 10K of them is otherworldly. I honestly think if Big Mom would have been successful in getting her hands on Germa, she'd have the strongest fighting force of all the Yonko. A little pretentious I know, not having seen the entirety of everyone else forces, but I'd imagine Big Mom is the only one who has a straight up unlimited source of soldiers. I mean she can militarize a frickin rabbit by giving it a piece of someone's soul, everyone else still needs human beings that are first and foremost willing to sign up.