Yeah, I mean even I expected Kidd to put up some fight. Law at least did somehow fine against Blackbeard. Now either Law is much stronger than Kidd, which I don't believe, as they were always portrayed alongside each other, with Kidd even being a conqueror, or Shanks' abilities are truly off the charts. Just the way Shanks was portrayed as he walked into battle with Kidd, with Kidd being an insecure boy sweating as he was going into battle, while Shanks was portrayed as the most handsome, powerful and glorious man there is.
And people thought Shanks will just get off paneled by Blackbeard.
I mean, Shanks and Mihawk are close in power. In fact, Oda himself wants to keep up the debate in the fandom. Hence saying Mihawk has greater swordskill than Shanks rather than simply saying Mihawk is more powerful, also having them share a birthday and panel time, also giving Shanks a height exactly 1cm more than Mihawk, akin to Zoro being 1cm taller than Sanji and King being 1cm taller than Queen, which is pretty precise to be accident.
Oda is doing this on purpose, lol.
And people thought Shanks will just get off paneled by Blackbeard.
I mean, Shanks and Mihawk are close in power. In fact, Oda himself wants to keep up the debate in the fandom. Hence saying Mihawk has greater swordskill than Shanks rather than simply saying Mihawk is more powerful, also having them share a birthday and panel time, also giving Shanks a height exactly 1cm more than Mihawk, akin to Zoro being 1cm taller than Sanji and King being 1cm taller than Queen, which is pretty precise to be accident.
Oda is doing this on purpose, lol.
But overall
Roger 103 Mihawk 100 Shanks 97 EoS Zoro 115