I think Zoro and Killer were both nerfed.
Killer didn’t use his Punishers and Zoro only hat 2 swords in the beginning + Onimaru attacked him. 2 sword Zoro and Killer with scythes were pretty even.
The statement above is Oda’s way of saying that the fight in Ringo wasn’t the real deal. Both are way stronger and the fight would be more epic but the outcome would’ve been the same. So Zoro would still win.
I’m not saying this to downplay Zoro, he’s my favourite character... I’m saying this to hype up Killer. Killer is underrated
I'm not a Zoro fan, but I don't see Killer matching him. Nothing stopped Oda from giving him a "great pirate" bounty like 300, 000, 000 like Cavendish, or even £280 000 000 so he's just the same ratio as Luffy is to Zoro/Sanji in Wano numbers wise, but he chose this 200 mill sum and boosted Kid wayyy above him. Bounties aren't power levels, as I'll remind myself, but they aren't
not power indicators.
Killer is being graded on a curve by fans who see supernova as a power level while arguing that bounties aren't power levels despite the
term Supernova being based on bounties in the first place.
Let's look at Pre Timeskip, Marineford Luffy. Defeated two haki users with sheer brute strength. Faced down the warden of impel down. Took on Dracule Mihawk and tanked a blow from him as well as evaded several blows, and then tanked a blow from Sengoku.
Can Killer do this?
Killer's actual feats are: Getting defeated by Kaido, getting defeated by Zoro, getting captured by AK Pirates Fodder, tickiing Kaido's insides before being yote by Big Mom, Fighting a Homie, and then Fighting a headliner. Most of what he's done on the rooftop is "standing around while the actual strong characters do stuff." Has Killer defeated a single person on panel? Even off panel? Even a headliner?
And to be clear, fighting a Yonko isn't a power level. Nami did so in a team battle and still gets utterly wasted by Ulti 9/10 times. Would she now be "Sunny Ship Level?" or maybe "Seducing Forest Level".
Killer is strong, but he is more comparable to Brook than Zoro imo. Even if he beats Hawkins, he still loses to Brook 7/10 times