Oda also went out of his way to say that all kind of weapons broke trying to pierce through him yet you simply need an ability that has been spammed throughout Wano and has been shown by quite a good amount of characters.
It depends on the context in which Zoro opens the scar, what attack he uses or to what extent he'd only need to excel in attack power, for example, but I'd put him around YC1+ by the end of Wano (using concepts popular among here, although I'm not the biggest fan of them).
I don't know how strong you think Zoro is. Personally I have him around YC1 right now (or a bit under that with progress during his fight) because I think he will face and defeat King as his main versus this arc.
Sanji defeated Arlong's number 2 after being beaten up underwater because he tried to save Luffy, was defeated by Kalifa before taking Jabra down, had to protect Nami while facing Absalom..., for example (not trying to raise a ZvsS debate here). I highly doubt there's such thing as "Oda nerfing Zoro pre-timeskip because he's too strong" as "Oda doing what he likes to do in order to enrich the events", to be honest.
"Pirate King level" is clearly above anything we'd put in the top tier, not really that vague. The moment Oda drew Roger and Whitebeard clashing without even touching should have been the final nail in the coffin.
I believe Zoro and Sanji will be top tiers by end of series minimum and I don't really need Mihawk's level to establish so, only Luffy's.
It depends on the context in which Zoro opens the scar, what attack he uses or to what extent he'd only need to excel in attack power, for example, but I'd put him around YC1+ by the end of Wano (using concepts popular among here, although I'm not the biggest fan of them).
I don't know how strong you think Zoro is. Personally I have him around YC1 right now (or a bit under that with progress during his fight) because I think he will face and defeat King as his main versus this arc.
Sanji defeated Arlong's number 2 after being beaten up underwater because he tried to save Luffy, was defeated by Kalifa before taking Jabra down, had to protect Nami while facing Absalom..., for example (not trying to raise a ZvsS debate here). I highly doubt there's such thing as "Oda nerfing Zoro pre-timeskip because he's too strong" as "Oda doing what he likes to do in order to enrich the events", to be honest.
"Pirate King level" is clearly above anything we'd put in the top tier, not really that vague. The moment Oda drew Roger and Whitebeard clashing without even touching should have been the final nail in the coffin.
I believe Zoro and Sanji will be top tiers by end of series minimum and I don't really need Mihawk's level to establish so, only Luffy's.