He's not multiple layers abkve
He is.
Roger sees both as his top 2 with no difference.
Nope. Mistranslation. And Roger sees a huge difference between the two. Roger calls Rayleigh his partner. When Roger is leaving he speaks with Rayleigh not Scopper.
Ray is just a the closest mate since he's the FM.
What does this even mean?
That scene was to showcase that neither Ray nor Scopper can beat oden 1 v 1just like Sengoku or Garp couldn't beat Shiki/Roger /WB 1 v 1.
Ray never declined the proposition even.
Garp beats Shiki, and Rayleigh beats Oden. Oden is very overrated.
Unless you think à top swordman like Ray would accept help to fight another swordman, Ray with COO CIULD TELL Oden is the real deal above him.
Rayleigh is stronger than Oden. Wanting to quickly take care of someone does not mean that they are stronger than you.
Prime Ray has no feats yet.
Rayleigh can never be High Top Tier, he doesn't even have a Yonko level/FA rival and never fought any top tier 1v 1
Please don't invent things. The Yonko don't see each other in decades, the Admirals fought once in canon. Those are not rivalries.
Even Chinjao rivaled Garp while Ray was busy sailing under Roger protection
Sure thing. Rayleigh needed protection lmao. An older version of Rayleigh, without touching his sword in years, just going around gambling, drinking, banging chicks, stopped someone stronger than Linlin in his tracks.