This is a thorough analysis that i can concur with.
Btw, where did you find this battle forum tier list?
Agree that luffy getting one-shot by Kaido first-round is PIS and way to hype up how strong Kaido is, so I didn't really factor that too much into evaluating Luffy's strength. Although I do find it as a convenient argument tool against Luffy fans when situation warrants it.
So my expectation is if a 80% zoro can defeat King, that would put him very close to admiral level. I anticipate this to be a high/extreme diff situation nontheless. If it is mid diff, which i highly doubt it, then yes it would easily put him at admiral level.
Btw, where did you find this battle forum tier list?
Agree that luffy getting one-shot by Kaido first-round is PIS and way to hype up how strong Kaido is, so I didn't really factor that too much into evaluating Luffy's strength. Although I do find it as a convenient argument tool against Luffy fans when situation warrants it.
So my expectation is if a 80% zoro can defeat King, that would put him very close to admiral level. I anticipate this to be a high/extreme diff situation nontheless. If it is mid diff, which i highly doubt it, then yes it would easily put him at admiral level.
Regardless of Kaido being beaten already or not, cutting all the way through his indestructible skin/scales would take far far more than rooftop Asura and would be a massive feat. The reason I think Zoro is likely to get a power up against King is to take him from “scarring Kaido level” to “cleaving all the way through him level” which is like a billion times harder.
Yes Zoro was injured the first time but I bet after a high/extreme diff fight with King he won’t be in great shape either. And yes Kaido may be softed up but Kaido has been defeated before and they couldn’t finish him off so it’s still Zoro accomplishing something previously impossible.