Zoro is obviously deflated, just like the rest of the SHs. Zoro should not be lower than King.
But they should be around the same level, and all > Marco/King.
It's not a retcon. It's just people refusing to be believe Luffy was beating High Tiers out of East Blue. Oda made it clear the Warlords were there to balance out the Yonko.
Someone like Enel would destroy guys on the level of Jack and Cracker.
But they should be around the same level, and all > Marco/King.
The most highlighted in the Cross Guild organization are Mihawk, Crocodile and Buggy(gag), yet they are perceived by the marines as a huge yonko level threat
And with Buggy being a gag, Mihawk being the top tier of the group, it's very likely Crocodile will end up retconned as someone comparable to high high tiers, and this comes from someone who never believed this guy would be this strong in the past
Oda talked about Crocodile's estimated bounty before if Baroque works was known, saying it'd have been at least the double of 81Millions(162 Millions)
Which at the time, is still considerably lower than what he got right now(1,9 Billions)
That further implies that Crocodile received a huge inflation comparatively to his preskip version, which i think Oda will showcase through his awakening
Preskip, Crocodile used to say he was one of the few who honed his powers to perfection
And he was the one to point out the Impel Down guards were awakened
All of this sounds to me like an element Oda will use to show Crocodile's awakening, and a logia awakening at that, something that hasn't even been detailed yet
But outside of this, I think another aspect that will be highlighted will be his cunning, leadership, and intelligence, which was even pointed in his bounty intro
And for a good reason since in hinsight for the marines, they were completely in the dark of his Baroque Works organization and what he was planning in Alabasta, threatening the kingdom, looking for an ancient weapon like Pluton, with aims at overthrowing the world government
And thus explaining a part of his bounty inflation
And with Buggy being a gag, Mihawk being the top tier of the group, it's very likely Crocodile will end up retconned as someone comparable to high high tiers, and this comes from someone who never believed this guy would be this strong in the past
Oda talked about Crocodile's estimated bounty before if Baroque works was known, saying it'd have been at least the double of 81Millions(162 Millions)
Which at the time, is still considerably lower than what he got right now(1,9 Billions)
That further implies that Crocodile received a huge inflation comparatively to his preskip version, which i think Oda will showcase through his awakening
Preskip, Crocodile used to say he was one of the few who honed his powers to perfection
And he was the one to point out the Impel Down guards were awakened
All of this sounds to me like an element Oda will use to show Crocodile's awakening, and a logia awakening at that, something that hasn't even been detailed yet
But outside of this, I think another aspect that will be highlighted will be his cunning, leadership, and intelligence, which was even pointed in his bounty intro
And for a good reason since in hinsight for the marines, they were completely in the dark of his Baroque Works organization and what he was planning in Alabasta, threatening the kingdom, looking for an ancient weapon like Pluton, with aims at overthrowing the world government
And thus explaining a part of his bounty inflation
Someone like Enel would destroy guys on the level of Jack and Cracker.
You give me way too hard decisions to choose man... I would say when it comes to anyone there goes a question how other YC1s would deal with their abilities well, basing on abilities, powers, skills and flaws. 
They might even be on equal level to be fair.
