I don't hate you nor any other Kidd fan, but at the same time I'm not gonna let you just constantly insult me and others for slandering him while you proceed to do the same with Shanks, Luffy, etc.
It's not even about plot armor, plot armor never saved Shanks from losing an arm and getting a scar on his eye, or Luffy getting humiliated and one shot by drunk base Kaidou, Law and his crew getting beat up by BB and having his ship destroyed, all the shit that happened to Ginny and Kuma, etc.
And I'm sorry that this happened, but that's just how it is, Oda's not dumb enough to just have Kidd get a bs win against Shanks when he didn't even have advanced Haki yet.
This was clear from the start, even Kaidou (who uses his DF a LOT) said Haki is the most powerful ability, so how was Kidd going to possibly win?
Sometimes you just gotta face reality man.