Oda had them skip fighting commanders entirely. That's why it seems strange
Law was clearly commander level back in PH because of how he handled Vergo, but we saw in DR that he couldn't match up to Doffy in a 1v1 at all. Then he went straight to fighting the Yonko.
Even worse, we never saw Kid fight at all.
Plus, Oda never showed them focusing on their haki or training it despite how much he hyped haki as being the ultimate power during Wano
Law was clearly commander level back in PH because of how he handled Vergo, but we saw in DR that he couldn't match up to Doffy in a 1v1 at all. Then he went straight to fighting the Yonko.
Even worse, we never saw Kid fight at all.
Plus, Oda never showed them focusing on their haki or training it despite how much he hyped haki as being the ultimate power during Wano