King hits way harder than Boundman lol.
A recap of Zoro's offence/physical strength feats:
- Casually deflecting Kaido's Demolition Gusts
- Pushing back an Admiral while heavily nerfed with a nameless Ittoryu slash
- Dicing a mountain sized golem like butter with nameless slashes
- Cutting through Dragon Kaido's scales with Kokujo Ou Tatsumaki
- Bisecting one of Onigashima's Horns with Hiryuu Kaen, and placing the fear of God in two Emperors
- Momentarily blocking Hakai
Zoro's physical strength and offense were well beyond what we knew High tiers to be capable of, and King is constantly overpowered that same Zoro (even directly overpowering his signature attacks) at every turn.
Zoro could easily Deflect Kaido's Demolition Gust with one sword, but a 3 sword Guard couldn't stop King's nameless Wind Scythes.
Zoro could momentarily block Hakai but was instantly sent flying when he tried to clash Ul Tora Gari against King's Imperial Archer.
Hybrid King's combination of speed/mobility, offence and defence make him an unstoppable Juggernaut.
This is without even considering his recovery/resilience granted by being an Ancient Zoan.
And my God if he's Awakened or is capable of coating his attacks in Haoshoku. At that point not even 1010 Luffy will get the benefit of the doubt over him.
Again, unless you want to ignore the Rooftop feats, I have no idea how the other High Tiers are supposed to compare to King.
He's superior to not only Kaido, but also Zoro at both of their
strongest stats.
I'm not going to call King a Top Tier (I'll wait until after Wano ends to revamp my tier list), but my "High Tier" does not have room for a character as strong as King.