Having a sword = being a mere swordsman was one of the most stupid thing going on in diverse forums, now it's officially over, thanks God.
I read abomination like Gol D. Roger being the WSS just cause he has a sword, forgetting that he had fists and guns and was the perfect representation of a pirate.
These logical voids come from the power level mentality and our headcanon, about Mihawk, eos Zoro, luckily Oda doesn't gives a quak about that and created strong fighters with swords but also other styles and with other weapons that not necessarily have to be "ranked" lower than these two fan favorite pure swordsmen.
Just theoretically, I would not give a damn if an emperor or an admiral were stronger than the first subordinate and his enemy, we don't even know if Rayleigh was on par with his captain's enemy (admirals, huge pirates-Yonkou like)
I read abomination like Gol D. Roger being the WSS just cause he has a sword, forgetting that he had fists and guns and was the perfect representation of a pirate.
These logical voids come from the power level mentality and our headcanon, about Mihawk, eos Zoro, luckily Oda doesn't gives a quak about that and created strong fighters with swords but also other styles and with other weapons that not necessarily have to be "ranked" lower than these two fan favorite pure swordsmen.
Just theoretically, I would not give a damn if an emperor or an admiral were stronger than the first subordinate and his enemy, we don't even know if Rayleigh was on par with his captain's enemy (admirals, huge pirates-Yonkou like)