User blog comment:White Hunter Smoker/Enel's strength/@comment-213.233.67.42-20110724080520/@comment-4202826-20110730004315

@Rici Shanks' power may be speculation but we know for sure he can use haki and that he is powerful enough to be considered a Yonkou one of the four most powerful pirates in the world so when speculating about his strength I'd go no lower than Admiral and that is really stretching it.