That's what most people don't understand lmao! Kurapika had a great teacher (he's on the whale isn't he?) and his goal is to beat some of the strongest outlaws in HxH of course he's gonna be stronger than the guy that wants to be a doctor
And yeah we saw that Leorio's physicals are absolutely insane in the Zoldyck arc... he opened 2 testing gates by himself while Gon and Kurapika could only do 1. Now Gon was 12 and he had less time to train but Kurapika has no excuse there
I was thinking about that actually... Pariston may be a manipulator but he made a really good point during the Election Arc
A Chairman needs
strength, experience, and drive
It's fine to be a support-type but you still need to be able to defend yourself ESPECIALLY when you're going to the Dark Continent
I actually did a little digging and found that this isn't entirely true
Leorio isn't actually making portals (it looks like it I know) he's recording the impact and sending it to a different location. This is actually really interesting because it's shown that you can make
multiple impacts at once, "record them", and send them somewhere else
Think about how crazy that is... what if you record the impact of your strike boosted by nen then delay the "play" function of the hatsu? You could lay traps for your opponent
And Ging revealed to us that one of Leorio's techniques can be enhanced and used to locate enemies... he can lay traps and spring them whenever it's convenient for him
I'd argue this ability of his is even crazier
He can use soundwaves to locate his opponent and it can't be picked up as easily as En can
These are abilities he's making BY HIMSELF as a rookie hunter
I think Togashi tried making it as obvious as possible that ALL of our protagonists are very VERY talented
They all have the ability to become legendary hunters