I don’t really care for Loki since giants, fat dragons and hammers are lame, but he is easily the biggest winner of the entire arc.
Oda freshly wrote GV and had the only character to EVER kill an Admiral be tentacle-diffed by Imu and same Imu is struggling to put down a heavily injured Loki… it took literally seconds to beat both Zoro and Sanji.
I don’t mind even saying healthy Loki might even low diff Zoro and Sanji at the same time, the gap is just that ridiculous in portrayal as of today.
With that all said tho, I can’t wait for the PUs of the wings! I don’t see a scenario where the powerhouses of the main characters are also backstage actors in the war of ancient gods. Oda will just powercreep, nerf the enemies or whatever.
On that note, excited to see Goofy‘s performance against Imu since we have known for the longest he lol diffs at least Sanji, but his performance against Imu now might clarify more of the current gap between him and Zoro*…
*for the mainstream fandom, not the rabid lunatics.