Kaido extreme diffs. I say extreme bc I believe Akainu has advanced conquerors. He's already shown advanced armament and possibly advanced observation and has an insane destructive Devil Fruit, but Kaido's overall stats and feats puts him above Akainu for now.

@NLMani19 WHAT! Ok Akainu has literally shown advanced armament during Marineford and possibly even advanced observation haki. He does not rely heavily on his fruit. That's like saying prime Whitebeard relies solely on his fruit and that's not the case. Every vice admiral and higher up has the two main forms of haki. It would be dumb if the admirals didn't have at least one advanced form of haki at their disposal. And seeing as how many characters are getting conquerors haki including the Gorosei, its not hard to believe Akainu also has it and possibly has it's advanced variant.

@NLMani19 Just bc Kaido is big doesn't mean anything. I bet you'd say Roger can beat Kaido despite him being bigger and more durable (though I believe a battle between them could go either way)?

Did you even pay attention to what i just said? I’m not denying the fact he had other capabilities and abilities. Yes, he has shown one feat at having advanced armament and observation each and that’s about it. Now compare that to the times he has used his devil fruit…i’ll wait. And once again, you’re acting like i’m saying he doesn’t have haki and is not proficient at using them, not what i’m saying. One can have an ability and not rely on them much. He has already used 4 techniques and used them for other purposes during the war and he relied on it so much to the point her turned half an island into a damn magma land??? From what we’ve seen, Sakazuki definitely relies heavily on his devil fruit and he uses it more than anything else. He is strong, i admit that: but you think that’s gonna help a lot in a fight with Kaido? Shanks effortlessly blocked his magma attack with haki, and kaido arguably has better haki, if not equal. And he’s already insanely durable. I mean magma ignores durability but remember what Kaido said about haki and how it played a big part for him in his fights during wano.

And that’s false. You’re saying being larger than your opponent isn’t an advantage? Or that it can’t be at all? Then you’re wrong. You know how hard it is to beat someone as large as kaido who is the most durable in the show and has arguably the best haki? Let’s be real. And i actually believe Kaido would beat Roger, 6 times out of 10 or 5/10.

@NLMani19 One, Kaido isn't the most durable in the verse anymore. His place has been taken by Warcury solely bc of his fruit. Second, character like Shanks and or Roger who rely solely on haki deff have haki stronger than Kaido. Third, I actually believe Kaido can beat Roger or stalemate with him, its just that old gen fans tend to glaze the ever living crap out of the old gen characters.

I think this is far closer than most people would say, but Akainu currently doesn’t have the feats to defeat Kaido.

He did destroy Old Whitebeard, but Old Whitebeard is by FAR the weakest Yonko we’ve seen, I’d argue he wasn’t even Yonko level anymore because he was so sick

Is this even something to debate about

^^did u forget about buggy?

Ah yes, Akainu has advanced conquerors haki by @Charys Da 2nd. Akainu didn't show any usage of conqueror haki during marineford, actually likely none of the admirals have conquerors haki.