What I am about to say I think every one piece fan who reads will agree.
Yonkos are above admirals. I was of the view that it was by alot. But is not. However it's still a small margin.
Using the normal yonkos and admirals let me specify why the gap isn't big but at the same time explain why the yonkos are still above.
1. The yonkos are portrayed as being a force that needs to be taken down by multiple people while we can make the claim that the admirals will be 1v1 fights.
2. Admirals are haki masters and devil fruit masters. We know this based on an invisible haki barrier they were able to create in marine ford. Admirals aren't born freaks of nature but are more like soldiers that have honed their kraft while at the same time getting busted devil fruits.
Yonko on the other hand or literally born freaks of nature (except shanks) and thus have crazy power and thus also have insane amounts of haki (admirals have better haki control while yonko have better haki reserves). Yonkos also have good fruits but aren't inherently powerful unless the user him or herself is powerful. Which means theoretically admirals devil fruits off rip are more busted than a yonkos fruit.
3. Lastly we conclude with looking at the following:
Admirals have better haki control since they are a police unit and honed their haki skills while yonkos are naturally freaks that are strong and thus dont need to refine their haki game as much since they already have such high reserves of it... eg. Kaido does not have to be a coa specialist cuz he is already freakishly durable.
So admirals better haki skills
Yonko better haki reserves
Admirals better devil fruit potency
Yonkos better devil fruit coverage while also having more natural AP that makes up for the lack of devil fruit potency in conparison
Yonkos are above admirals. I was of the view that it was by alot. But is not. However it's still a small margin.
Using the normal yonkos and admirals let me specify why the gap isn't big but at the same time explain why the yonkos are still above.
1. The yonkos are portrayed as being a force that needs to be taken down by multiple people while we can make the claim that the admirals will be 1v1 fights.
2. Admirals are haki masters and devil fruit masters. We know this based on an invisible haki barrier they were able to create in marine ford. Admirals aren't born freaks of nature but are more like soldiers that have honed their kraft while at the same time getting busted devil fruits.
Yonko on the other hand or literally born freaks of nature (except shanks) and thus have crazy power and thus also have insane amounts of haki (admirals have better haki control while yonko have better haki reserves). Yonkos also have good fruits but aren't inherently powerful unless the user him or herself is powerful. Which means theoretically admirals devil fruits off rip are more busted than a yonkos fruit.
3. Lastly we conclude with looking at the following:
Admirals have better haki control since they are a police unit and honed their haki skills while yonkos are naturally freaks that are strong and thus dont need to refine their haki game as much since they already have such high reserves of it... eg. Kaido does not have to be a coa specialist cuz he is already freakishly durable.
So admirals better haki skills
Yonko better haki reserves
Admirals better devil fruit potency
Yonkos better devil fruit coverage while also having more natural AP that makes up for the lack of devil fruit potency in conparison
This new chapter really shows how Big Meme is really just a giant brick. Durable, strong, but is incompetent and relatively slow. The Admirals on the the other hand are portrayed as relatively speedy, and competent, as well as being durable and experts at haki. I struggle to see any of the OG Admirals losing to Big Meme, or even Fuji, especially considering the nature of his DF. The Yonko (Kaido and Big Meme) may be monsters in durability and strength, but compared to the all-rounder monsters that are Admirals, I fail to see Big Meme, defeating any.