Doflamingo was Admiral level and equal to Fujitora after Dressrosa. The Cracker fight broke that myth. Not that Doffy is weaker than Cracker, he's not as strong as the community thought he was.
Katakuri was over Admirals and a literal god after WCI. Kaido one-shotting Luffy in act 1 brought that hype down.
Fwiw, I argued back then and I still think King has a chance of beating the 9 scabbards.... in an extreme diff fight not mid-diffing them like Kaido did. I also think Katakuri and Marco can do that as well so take it for what it's worth. Maybe this chapter content changes that scaling, who knows.
Katakuri was over Admirals and a literal god after WCI. Kaido one-shotting Luffy in act 1 brought that hype down.
Fwiw, I argued back then and I still think King has a chance of beating the 9 scabbards.... in an extreme diff fight not mid-diffing them like Kaido did. I also think Katakuri and Marco can do that as well so take it for what it's worth. Maybe this chapter content changes that scaling, who knows.
King can beat the 9 scabbards, they are fodders who can damage but not tank.

), but his ap and defense are top class. He tank lot of attacks since the raid start, facing Marco and later Zoro. Eat attacks who would one shot other high tiers(Killer and Apoo), he going this fast down doesn't mean that he is weak, but Zoro Ap beeing very high. Zoro was already able to one shot low high tiers(Killer/Apoo). At top he used Haki skills, enma and he didn't hurt King much. Everyone who don't have a high Ap would fight King probably for days....




