Other than Imu, I genuinely can't think of anyone who would be Dragon's hype tool unless if it's 2+ top tiers against him. His possible mythical zoan devil fruit that grants him the ability to control wind and ACoC higher than Joyboy together would make it nearly impossible to go near him.
Think for a second about what Ivankov said in Impel Down.
Whitebeard had fleets of YC1/2 level allies + Luffy's allies helping him in Marineford. Whereas, Revolutionary army is literally a one man army (Dragon) yet they're seen as the biggest threat to WG. The only strong guys are Sabo, Karasu and Morley who can be dealt with by 1 admiral.
What does that tell you?
The marines shat their bed hearing Luffy being the son despite the only threat in the Revolutionary army is Dragon. Not so much with Whitebeard where they were all confident charging through him relentlessly.
Just what kind of PTSD did he give them?
No one bats an eye when Garb talked about the Yonko but they were all shooked when he mentioned Luffy is Dragon's son.
I think this part is telling us the gap between Yonkos and Dragon.
Think for a second about what Ivankov said in Impel Down.
Whitebeard had fleets of YC1/2 level allies + Luffy's allies helping him in Marineford. Whereas, Revolutionary army is literally a one man army (Dragon) yet they're seen as the biggest threat to WG. The only strong guys are Sabo, Karasu and Morley who can be dealt with by 1 admiral.
What does that tell you?

The marines shat their bed hearing Luffy being the son despite the only threat in the Revolutionary army is Dragon. Not so much with Whitebeard where they were all confident charging through him relentlessly.
Just what kind of PTSD did he give them?

No one bats an eye when Garb talked about the Yonko but they were all shooked when he mentioned Luffy is Dragon's son.
I think this part is telling us the gap between Yonkos and Dragon.
