In a large group effort. You seem to assume they were doing it alone, but there was multiple pirates jumping single Pacifistas.
So just curious if this major gap exists between the timeskips. Why did Drake not grow in bounty? Why did oda compare Who’s who to Lucci and retcon CP9 as haki users? Why did oda have multiple new world pirate captains come together with commanders to fight a handful of Pacifistas? Why did oda have base pre timeskip Blackbeard who got blitzed by luffy scar CoC coating shanks?
Really doesn’t make sense if luffy was weaker than a gifter pre timeskip.