- Incapacitated a HK, slicing the rest of the forest as collateral damage
- Portrayed as the strongest of the group with Roger having to fight him to get Rayleigh out of the way
- Fighting equally with Roger without using his df
The damage in his portrayal is the running from Garp stuff, but there are circumstances around that(surrounded by traitors, not wanting to drag things out especially in a hurry to save Shakky), with the fight with Roger(comparable if not stronger than Garp) validating that
He suffers from the subordinate syndrome in the fact he is less highlighted than captains, and the Shakky-simpness is terrible from a character stand-point, but his strength is still there.
And this is apparently pre-prime Whitebeard.