One Piece thread:

Why King is the strongest right hand/1st commander in the series:

Recently in OP chapter 996 it was confirmed by Killer that Kaido is the absolute strongest pirate in the series, so in terms of any debate when it comes to Yonko strength, its over and with that I think its only a moment of time before King will receive similar portrayal.

First commander strength is still in question, with characters like Beckman, Marco, Sabo and Katakuri being the outliers in terms of "who's the strongest" IN THIS thread I want to justify why i think King is the strongest amongst the 1st commander hierarchy and in order to-

do that I have to explain why he's stronger than other 1st commanders/right hands. So for starters Kaido is the most important aspect in determining why King is the strongest, we know out of any Yonko in the series Kaido is the one who seeks strength the most aside from BB who's-

new to the Yonko unlike Kaido, so its safe to assume he isn't any near as established, only having
two years or so to build his crew. The most important aspect as to why King should be recognized as the strongest is Kaido's crew structure, a "MERITOCRACY" which basically means-

the stronger you are as an individual member of the beast pirates, the higher you will rank amongst their crew, from what WE know based on the oden flashback
20 years ago, King was the lead performer of this crew structure even when they first landed in Wano-

meaning he's been on top of the beast pirates
for over 20 years unchallenged only 2nd to Kaido himself and what makes this more impactful is how Kaido goes about recruiting new members of the crew,
he literally beats them down and breaks their will in order to force them to-

join his crew, these are NEW WORLD pirates, imagine how many individuals have been forced into joining the beast pirates that we don't know, Apoo, Hawkins and Drake are all recent members from the past two years that we know of, its safe to assume many other Supernova or notable-

-Pirates that we are oblivious to also been broken and none of them have usurped the "King" of the beast pirates, with the closest being the Tobi Roppo, but im sure the Tobi Roppo haven't always been comprised of its same core members and flips often due to the Meritocracy.

I think Kaido is the main reason the "new world" in one piece is considered so dangerous, if his crew catches you lacking its either die or join their ranks, when you think about big mom, her crew is mainly her family aside from Tamago and Pekoms, Shanks is the goody pirate and-

Blackbeard is new and making waves, Kaido and Blackbeard are what makes the new world so terrifying to newer pirates and KING is the one who's leading this tirade of new world against the rookies, its unlikely for any right-hand to be more powerful than King.

I believe Kaido and King are source to what makes the new world so intimidating, if the beast pirates were to fall the new world wouldn't be HALF as threating as it is, Moria warned Luffy at the end of Thrillerbark of the New world Horror story that IS the Kaido and KING.