This is exactly the mental gymnastic I was talking about.
Garp got hit with no intention to fight back, you are telling me that Crocodile, who had a plan that went for years, ''let'' Luffy win ?
Zoro was not one shot, he even carried a concrete+Steel cage with Luffy inside lol come on ! Plus the example has no relevances and is not comparable in our discussion whatsoever.
Crocodile ''didn't look bad in MF compared to Luffy'' is an opinion and I disagree; Luffy immediately stopped Crcodile when he tried to attack WB; Luffy was the n1 target of everyone, Crocodile is always the attacker and always sneakily, he didn't ''fight'' Akainu, he didn't ''fight'' Mihawk, he didn't even clash with Doflamingo, he had a chat. Crocodile looked as a moderately good Logia user in ID and MF, nothing more.
Now, is he a charismatic likable semi-villain? yes and he is my second favourite after Doflamingo.
He is not and never was stronger than prime Rayleigh though lol wth.