Oda's terrible sense of basic, fundamental power level writing
Can you name even a single other Manga author, Comic Author, or even any author in general, who has done powerscaling better than Oda? Can you? I've yet to see any other series tackle it quite so well.
And honestly, that alone makes this thread seem laughable to me.
Apoo made Luffy white eyed and needed Zoro to carry him. Imagine Katakuri, King, Queen, Kaido, etc getting white eyed and needing someone to carry them by a basic attack by Apoo?
Imagine Kizaru's body literally getting sliced in half by a basic attack from Apoo. That would never happen.
No; Oda's powerscaling is basically as immaculate as ever. If Kizaru can get sliced to bits by Apoo, then base Luffy can be knocked very briefly unconscious by him. That much is just obvious.
Apoo is just being slept on.
Can King, Queen or Kaido get KO'd like Base Luffy was in the referenced chapter?
I honestly don't know. Mainly because, as ancient and legendary Zoans with extremely strong bodies otherwise, I put their durabilities far above those of Base Luffy and Kizaru.
But definitely, if nothing else, the powerscaling discussion is much more complicated than you're giving it credit for.