Oda keeps hyping the strength of the Gorosei haki
- Jinbei who sensed Shanks' haki is impressed by Mars' haki
- Zoro and Lucci commenting on the strength of Gorosei's haki
- Walcury's haki affecting all people in the island including Luffy
And they also appear to be mythical zoans with awakening and apparently immortality
So while for plot reasons, they aren't annihilating the alliance right now, I think it's pretty clear they are meant to be top tiers(also the fact they are more focused on stopping Vegapunk's message)
And when you think that they are portrayed as subservients to Imu like the Priests were to Enel in Skypiea, then it should tell you that the power-creep will be insane lol. Likely even the "top tier" range that we used to call until now will be different by EOS
- Jinbei who sensed Shanks' haki is impressed by Mars' haki
- Zoro and Lucci commenting on the strength of Gorosei's haki
- Walcury's haki affecting all people in the island including Luffy
And they also appear to be mythical zoans with awakening and apparently immortality
So while for plot reasons, they aren't annihilating the alliance right now, I think it's pretty clear they are meant to be top tiers(also the fact they are more focused on stopping Vegapunk's message)
And when you think that they are portrayed as subservients to Imu like the Priests were to Enel in Skypiea, then it should tell you that the power-creep will be insane lol. Likely even the "top tier" range that we used to call until now will be different by EOS