- Hakai: Conquering the Sea
- Hakkoku: Conquering a Nation
- Ikkoku Sovereignty: Nation's Might
Based on their names, the hierarchy of raw power is clear:
Hakai >> Hakkoku >> Ikkoku Sovereignty
When you factor in that Hakai was performed by Hybrid Kaido and Prometheus fused Mama together as a combo attack? I cannot comprehend this.
Even though Zoro blocked this for just a moment, he blocked it for long enough that the other Supernova could escape. This is highlighted by Kidd thanking Zoro for stopping the attack:
No matter how I look at it, this is a solid top tier feat.
Santoryu Zoro now has two solid top tier feats:
- Hiryuu Kaen terrified two Yonkou due to its insane attack power.
- Santoryu Zoro has solid top tier offensive prowess
- Zoro (momentarily) blocked an extraordinarily powerful — perhaps the most powerful — attack of two Yonkou in their strongest forms:
- Santoryu Zoro has solid top tier defensive prowess
Zoro has several feats of reacting to Top tiers:
- He Blitzed Mama to intercept Heavenly Fire
- He casually deflected Kaido's Wind Scythes
- He could cut Boro Breath
- He was able to grab Luffy and dodge Motherly Fire
- He was able to dodge Kaido's wind scythes while carrying Luffy
While Luffy was unable to use haki for 10 minutes, Zoro managed to keep him safe as well.
Zoro also has at least one other feat at the low top tier level:
- His Kokujo Ou Tatsumaki completely overwhelmed Kaido's own Tatsumaki and badly cut him up
The main areas he seems to fall short:
- Stamina (established)
- Top tiers can fight for days, but after maybe an hour of facing two top tiers (albeit in their strongest forms) with backup, Zoro was heavily panting
- Zoro's staying power is not enough to let him win a fight against top tiers
- COO (speculative)
- This is not as big a factor against Kaido and Meme, but perhaps Zoro might be challenged against Borsalino if his COO falls short.
- Zoro has out reacted Luffy (a future sight user) on several occasions though, so this might well be irrelevant.
I would have mentioned endurance, but Zoro could still withstand Hakai after it overpowered his block, so he can withstand high top tier attacks. He was also shown bleeding in Chapter 1008, so he had already withstood some attacks from Hybrid Kaido and Prometheus fused Mama.
Given Zoro's feats so far, I think Zoro could have pulled off Rayleigh's feat of holding back a serious top tier for long enough to let the Strawhats escape. Maybe not Borsalino in particular (we don't know how his COO would measure up against him), but Kaido or Mama? It seems like it.
Does anyone still doubt that Santoryu Zoro is a low top tier?