@Elder Lee Hung @Kurozumi Wiwi @Sentinel @kekaro ther is chance Gaban will look better than gear 5 while fighting Imu. Gaban already show he is better than zoro by block Imu ax attack and it is not low level attack like Akainu causal punch on Cody to be block by Shanks or Kizaru try to step on zoro to be blocked Rayleigh. This axe is from 20 kings blade which it supposed power-packed for HK facing zoro and sanji.
We don't see gear 5 luffy blocking Imu attacks, Imu did block his attacks.
All Gabn has to hit Imu few times and he is > over fed gear 5 luffy.
It is same eggland luffy look worse than old Rayleigh due old Rayleigh can keep up with Kizaru.
We saw old Gaban is.faster than base luffy so Luffy need gear 5 to fight him. Nami say Gaban pushed luffy and zoro around it.
People say but it doesn't make sense didn't read proper way. Old legless legend is stronger than big mom or kaido. For Harald case, Gaban and Shanks did land hits and could kill or injured him if not for immortal Regan hacks but still Harald is strong as DR Xebec or stornger.
Second of Loki didn't use hybrid zoan form, he is not even defeated like luffy. Loki fight imu very well, clash him, zoan form is way strogner. Imu look good because he hit base loki not zoan form loki.
Oda did wrote MF whitebeard as strongest pirate for reason, king of the seas. We wait for so called prime whitebeard only see nothing, not in God valley.
I think Loki trump old gen us exaggerated but it is no doubt he is storngwe than any single old gen until proven otherwise