In swordsmanship*
That's the only fact, there you go. Case closed. End the thread. Nothing implies overall combat prowess. If Zoro could outclass Law with pure swordsmanship, but then Law simply uses one of his broken devil fruit abilities to catch zoro off guard, I wouldn't think Law was the better swordsman then. There are combat feats that involve way more than swordsmanship there.
That's the only fact, there you go. Case closed. End the thread. Nothing implies overall combat prowess. If Zoro could outclass Law with pure swordsmanship, but then Law simply uses one of his broken devil fruit abilities to catch zoro off guard, I wouldn't think Law was the better swordsman then. There are combat feats that involve way more than swordsmanship there.
Also, unless Shanks has another Gura Gura shoved up his arse, he's never going to be equal to Mihawk, let alone stronger then him.