How Strong Was Prime Rayleigh Really?

How Strong Was Silvers Rayleigh? Today we look into his feats, portrayal and all information we have on the Dark King to understand how strong he was during his prime.
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[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

We reached 2,000 likes on the Garp video and you voted to for this Rayleigh video! Now if we get 5,000 on this video we'll do Roger :)

[@gokulk5191]

Whitebeard

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

I did Whitebeard last year. Not much has changed so I recommend checking that video out @@gokulk5191

[@RY_300]

Coby

[@gokulk5191]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH ok I will check 👍

[@Jura740]

​@@MARSHALLDPREACHjust nearly 800 likes on this video we never get the roger vid 😱😭😭

[@joshuathomasverghese1341]

My mans in his 70s is just casually chilling around, scaring the hell out of Yonkos and Admirals. Hes the right hand man of the pirate king, ofc he's as strong as a yonko..

[@nirogalactoid8398]

He was never yonks lMFAO NVER WAS

[@joshuathomasverghese1341]

@nirogalactoid8398 Prime Rayleigh was at God Valley against Rocks, Whitebeard, Big Mom and Kaido. He may not be a Yonko but he's surely as strong as most of them.

[@nirogalactoid8398]

@@joshuathomasverghese1341 most of them nahh. I doubt it. The only yonks he is beating are buggy and probably big mom.

[@mysticnovelbro]

@@nirogalactoid8398 clapped them blackbeard cheeks tho yonko-level, ain't no way around it.

[@raven717]

Man your breakdown of Rayleigh strength was impressive. I agree with you on a lot of points especially with Rayleigh’s speed and naturally affinity for haki making him a monster

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😁

[@raven717]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH no problem also I’m a regular on your channel I enjoy majority of your videos especially the one where you put respect on garp the hero 💪🏾

[@YayoHernandez-b1j]

Also, when you get more information about dragon, shanks, and possibly even joy, or you make videos about them

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

I can probably do Shanks. Dragon I did a recent video on which was kind of a "how strong" but a lot more theory where I try to figure out what his devil fruit is and how strong it will be.

[@teinarepia5944]

YO MARSHALL YOUR OBSERVATION HAKI IS TOP TIER BROTHA 👌🏾

[@darrelson2511]

sengoku would be nice ngl

[@jzwadlo]

I love that you made this video, as he's one of my favourites

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Help us share this video to everyone in the One Piece community!

[@a123_epic]

Rayleigh = Low Yonko lvl

[@a123_epic]

Oh u alr said that I haven’t watched the vid uet

[@ayushacharya89132]

When garp encountered roger i guess bogard was the one who handled rayleigh

[@justinmoody9164]

Or Sengoku

[@irishrOOkin]

rofl ty for that joke

[@shanebradford1885]

You can argue Luffy is on par with Raleigh now. Shocky tells the straw hats that he was 100x stronger than them. When luffy kicks kizaru, in egghead he tells him I’m 100x stronger than the last time we met.

[@zoeking95]

Facts current luffy = old ray

[@Nathan24634]

​@@zoeking95so old ray is bringing kaido to an extreme diff getting compared to kaido top five and grabbing one of the gorosei and kizaru one of them being a character he doesn't think he would have been capable of beating

[@Letsgo1234-iz1dy]

Luffy is stronger then Kizaru goofy

[@Letsgo1234-iz1dy]

@@zoeking95it’s not facts

[@Argitrator]

This video is a huge W you got some good takes

[@Nephalem2002]

My guess is that Rayleigh taught Roger, Shanks AND Luffy Haki during his life time. It would help explain why Roger and Shanks seem to have such refined mastery of it.

[@silversonic99]

That def wasn't prime Marco though. Prime Marco is current Marco really.

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Yeah you right 👍

[@architectpiperr4918]

I totally agree with rayleigh being around that top admiral to low yonkou level...in his prime he could give almost anyone a high difficulty fight if not win

[@Nathan24634]

Agree this is finally a good rayleigh take he's strong but he isn't beating any of the old Gen yonkou nor Luffy as they are the strongest though where would you personally place akainu

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@Nathan24634nah, prime Ray would prob beat current Luffy. Imo, the ranking of strength goes: Rocks Prime WB Roger Prime Garp Kaido Shanks Prime BM = Prime Rayleigh Current Blackbeard Luffy Big Mom Old WB Oden (vs Kaido) Old Garp Old Rayleigh

[@Nathan24634]

@@yanyanzhang5813 yeah no prime ray is not that high and current Luffy is stronger than big mom prime ray at most is on par with current screwing around big mom if not closer to characters like Zoro or black beard as he is now

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@Nathan24634 current Luffy is not stronger than Prime BM who even Roger feared and was the first ever emperor, ruling during the same period as WB, Shiki, and Roger.

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@Nathan24634 nah, BM who faced Law and Kidd isn’t even Low Yonko level. And current Luffy isn’t that strong. Clashed with Lucci Struggled against Kizaru (Kizaru was also holding back) Struggled against Saturn Has to escape the Gorosei Needs Ancient Haki to save him Needed to raid boss Kaido and still nearly lost (only reason he didn’t was because Kaido was completely spent). Current Luffy loses to BB, Shanks, Mihawk, etc.

[@MachoSquatcho]

I feel there’s another level to haki that luffy hasn’t unlocked yet. There seems to be three tiers basic advanced and mastered haki. Ryu seems to be advanced, what would the mastery of that be ability

[@haremking7256]

You were doing so well until you said shanks can beat mihawk and take the title WSS

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Admit it's a possibility for sure even if you disagree

[@Ramonnnn]

Ofcourse it is a possibility

[@Ramonnnn]

No doubt

[@haremking7256]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH I would bet money shanks has never beat mihawk in his life... everything in the story indicates this

[@morodehrutvij584]

​@@MARSHALLDPREACH possibilities are countless even donuts being real God is possibility

[@omarwrighy731]

Great video preach but the ranking is mihawk>shanks>prime ray and is your ranking prime ray and yankos>gorosei>admirals>old ray ?

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

I think Old Rayleigh is on par with many admirals. But yes I think Prime Rayleigh is stronger than Gorosei

[@omarwrighy731]

​@@MARSHALLDPREACHok so if you have an old rayleigh at low yanko level givimg a yanko high diff and you have admirals and gorosei over old ray dont that mean that admirals and gorosei are comparable to yankos giving them high diff+ right ?

[@omarwrighy731]

​@@MARSHALLDPREACHso how would shanks beat all 5 gorosei ?

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

@@omarwrighy731 no because I think Old Rayleigh is around Greenbull's strength and I don't think Greenbull is comparable to a yonko

[@omarwrighy731]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH around gb level are you saying all admirals are not relative

[@GalaxyCatPlays]

Rayeligh still op for an old man :)

[@jtdachief]

He said Oden spent 5 years twerking in the streets lol😂😂😂

[@kurtisvandermiller4507]

I think reyligh is the only person in the one piece series to have seriously scared Blackbeard and made him go "oh shit!". The look on his face and reaction was priceless. He did not want to F around and find out.

[@FTL_SAN]

The main contention I have with oden fans believing that oden was the second strongest on the Roger pirates, is that they think as if Oden was the only one growing and no one else progressed in all that time. And that it's the same argument that Shanks fans make when discussing Shanks vs Mihawk. Also we should factor in their purposes on the crew. Roger recruited Rayleigh purely for his combat ability, sure oden is really strong but he recruited Oden purely for his translation skills. To assume Oden is the only one who got stronger is so short sighted.

[@Tatsuya-]

Why do u only have 55 k sub??????

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Spread the word :) I appreciate the support

[@Spide581]

wouldn't it be crazy if right before the one piece was revealed we get the full version of Gold D. Rogers story and how he got there lol. approved filler? or arc?

[@YayoHernandez-b1j]

Marshall d preach when do you think you can make how strong is prime gold Roger please man you promised us

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

If this video reaches the like goal I will drop everything and do it

[@YayoHernandez-b1j]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH ✌️👍

[@MaskedMic]

He actually trained 3 of the current Yonko 🤯

[@bradmartin5946]

So many people underetimate rayleighs strength

[@boogafilms0001]

nice background dragon ball music

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Dragon Ball is so good!

[@saidbachlil2612]

​@@MARSHALLDPREACHdid you see Rayleigh in pirate warriors 4 game

[@wildguardian]

I think when Akira Toriyama created the it's over 9000 broken scouter moment is because even he was sick of powerscaling..

[@Shabba-rp1vs]

Rip

[@Grayson_Baker]

He had no qualms about fighting Oden. It was only Roger wanting to have fun that he didn't get the chance too.

[@ronin6967]

I think if roger had power level of 40 than Rayleigh must be 38 or 39 extremely closed and i think whitebeard roger Rayleigh garp were in extremely close in terms of power and strength with little ups and downs as they weren't able to beat eachother

[@zoeking95]

Roger, ray, and garp are the only three pure haki users from the previous era. Sengoku and whitebeard both had fruit power. Rayleigh is a straight up monster. Even the gorosei are scared of him. The only person who had stronger haki then Rayleigh was joyboy. Garp, Roger and Rayleigh were all at the same level of haki masters.

[@aleksiejlublov7995]

Marines were very much aware that Ray lives on Sabaody.

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

They were aware in the sense of rumors, but not really because they never went after him/never knew exactly where

[@Genji-Agito]

Since Rayleigh's a very versatile fighter, I really hope it's the same for Shanks and Roger. I really don't like the idea of three of my favorite characters being strictly swordsmen due to how limited it is.

[@ricardovelez1725]

Swordmen are not limited. They can still punch or kick if needed (Mihawk karate chopping Zoro back in baratie) . They can even still be Swordmen while being DF users (Fujitora, Law , Kaku) . They can use other methods as long as swordmanship is their primary fighting style.

[@Genji-Agito]

@@ricardovelez1725 oh....... good to know.

[@trehubb6144]

Rayleigh like Garp are two characters I won't accept downplay on. Especially with the series showcasing his renown ... He was in my belief top 5 when Roger was pirate king. I truly only saw Roger, Whitebeard & Garp stronger then him. Especially being a comparison for a future Zoro it especially makes sense for him to have been that strong. I hate when folks tried to say Oden was on Rayleigh level, or hell even Big Mom or Kaido during that time.. I keep saying there was literally no proof of this in the story. The anime even showed Oden being comparable to Scopper ... Rayleigh being a old man and still being able to tango with a admiral is crazy. What folks need to remember is that the Marines know exactly where he is but *Won't* go after him😅💯. We already know marines need permission to engage Yonko which as we know Rayleigh wasn't. So to put him on that lvl is something I feel he deserves. I'm praying Oda gives us some Prime Rayleigh & Prime Garp action..

[@trehubb6144]

Also interesting to note is that I feel (atleast in my headcanon) that going by the personalities we seen so far Rayleigh more than likely was the person actually training Shanks. I feel Shanks simply learned by watching Roger but actually was physically taught by Rayleigh. Seeing as how strong shanks is now I feel we partially owe that to Rayleigh.

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

I can see that! Roger doesn't seem like the guy to train anyone@@trehubb6144

[@Nathan24634]

Rox is stronger Oden is likely stronger along with kaido big mom and other of those yonkous tier character sengoku shiki they would all beat rayleigh even if it's high diff at most

[@zoeking95]

Kizaru admitted in both manga, anime and vivre card that he couldn’t beat or capture Rayleigh.

[@tylerramirez1739]

Rayleigh is just goated fr

[@Atharva_vyas17]

Rayleigh vs figarland would be 🔥🔥

[@Trickey2413]

Prime ray mid diffs kaido

[@RPINCo]

I feel like Rayleigh will tell Luffy he is JoyBoy.

[@xteddxick1]

I think shanks will if he doesn’t know before that.

[@saidbachlil2612]

Rayleigh is mid yonko lvl prime but mihawk surpass him

[@theconductor2969]

You had me up until this point 13:26 . Mihawk is stronger than Shanks. That's a fact.

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

opinion

[@ZZ-ex8py]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH🤡

[@theconductor2969]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH Not really

[@Nathan24634]

​@@MARSHALLDPREACH yeah there are many statements putting mihawk above shanks and if you're going to use an older statement to put rayleigh near shanks in haki then there is no reason for any of these mihawk over shanks statements to not be viable

[@Mrvoid180]

Bro you don't get that mihawk has call shanks a hasbin and not as fun anymore plus mihawk is the greatest sword man for a reason that makes him better than everyone who has picked up a blade

[@rachidwasthetitlegiventome]

Do Aokiji people don’t put him at Yonko tier for some reason

[@christatum3045]

He's not a Yonko why would he be Yonko tier lol

[@johnsharod]

Do we think Rayleigh can beat Prime Garp?

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

I don't think so

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

But I think it's closer than most say

[@ZZ-ex8py]

Ofc

[@Letsgo1234-iz1dy]

@@ZZ-ex8pyhe can’t 😂

[@kylespecter6580]

Shanks beating Mihawk is Sacrilegious. Marshall B Preaching rubbish

[@neonboy8752]

hot take rayleigh has better haki mastery than whitebeard how I'd rank the best are 1) roger 2) shanks 3) garp 4) rayleigh 5) WB 6,7,8,9,10 ( any order ) kaido, rocks, luffy, dragon, bigmom/sengoku

[@runescape33433]

Did bro just casually put shanks above mihawk? 🤨

[@ronin6967]

Mihawk is Rayleigh son mark my words

[@saidbachlil2612]

Mihawk surpass his father

[@TuckerBowChicka1]

Mihawk currently is factually over Shanks, both over Rayleigh, stop with the bs

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Factually?

[@GoddessNoaPWI]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH Yes factually where Oda says it.

[@YassinPlanspro]

I mean if u count rocks whitebeard is the strongest right hand man

[@piratekingzoro7386]

Scaling is horrible, Rayleigh was definitely yonko level and above Garp and any other admiral.

[@Nathan24634]

No garp and characters like sengoku were stronger than rayleigh and would beat him in a high diff fight and every old Gen yonkou would also beat him throw Luffy into this list as well shiki wins rocks wins rayleigh is at the top of the average admiral lvl

[@jungle_punk]

17:37 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SON_ZER0_7]

Ray speed >garp speed

[@saidbachlil2612]

Rayleigh is skilled swordsman top 3 he is mid yonko lvl

[@leprawnchannel9405]

Rayleigh is as powerful as Mihawk.

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

yes

[@xteddxick1]

Wdym?

[@Nathan24634]

Yeah no rayleigh is not that strong mihawk and shanks are both at the very least beating prime rayleigh at high diff

[@leprawnchannel9405]

*extreme diff*

[@150_harshavardhan_bbab2]

Prime Rayleigh is stronger than mihawk

[@JE.1985]

To me Prime Rayleigh is just current Shanks but levelled up

[@DonMhata]

One piece specu-lists waitin on shanks to pull an aizen😅😂

[@ZZ-ex8py]

Shanks > Mihawk was cringe in 2022 It’s 2024 now, grow up

[@green-legacy]

ben beckman level strength maybe slightly stronger

[@jollybrrr2507]

>>> Shanks can just take the title from Mihawk? Damn I guess someon should tell Zoro he has been chasing a bum? Do you just want Zoro's dream to be a fake? Like alright Zoro you are now the WSS, "oh except for Shanks, he could totally beat you anytime he wanted, is just that he doesnt care about having the title" This is honestly a horrible take that had no reason to be on the video. Hell even if you want Shanks to be stronger than Mihawk why would you want it to be in swordsmanship??? Whatever, have a nice day. >_>

[@FTL_SAN]

It's gonna be so embarrassing for you when Oda shows us how strong Mihawk is smh. Zoro is already scaring yonko and we know he nowhere close to being as strong as mihawk because zoro doesn't have a black blade. And we know zoro's not close to getting a black blade because he has to learn to wield enma as light as a feather. And even then, he would only be able to continue where oden left off and who knows how long that will take.

[@jitenderkharb1991]

Dark king = shanks

[@SON_ZER0_7]

YONKO LVL

[@ZZ-ex8py]

Stronger than Garp Mihawk and shanks

[@jovanowens9145]

Shanks will have the strongest haki

[@DuharaNirwan-yz8pe]

Rayleigh < Shanks

[@samjohnson609]

Obvious

[@rachidwasthetitlegiventome]

Real

[@jeanpeuplu9801]

For me 3,5 is the best prime for Rayleigh.

[@nasimskmain9860]

Shanks Mihawk Akainu> Roger Garp WB .

[@Unknown-si8yx]

​@@nasimskmain9860can't be more wrong. Old and wounded white beard almost killed akainu. Prime one would destroy him.

[@KING-sf4lt]

Mihawk is top one ☝️. Then shanks..

[@christatum3045]

Prime Rayleigh = Current Shanks Prime Roger = Current Shanks if he kept both arms

[@calliefalls3325]

I was a fan until I heard you try say the second ever black blade user in the history of the world is weaker than Rayleigh/Shanks. Unsubscribe sigh it was a good run wish you well

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

I think he’s = to Mihawk, but I have Shanks above both

[@calliefalls3325]

@@MARSHALLDPREACH Ok so just to be clear. Worlds strongest swordsman = Loses to Pirate King swordsman, Loses to Emperor Shanks another Swordsman, Loses to Pirate King right hand man another swordsman. Now do you start to see your notion is a bit ridiculous? Zoros dream means nothing?

[@GalaxyCatPlays]

So you unsubscribed because he had an opinion which could be or not be true ? Lol. God bless btw 😊

[@calliefalls3325]

@@GalaxyCatPlays yes can’t trust an opinion I deem as incompetent, means I can’t trust any thing else he says.

[@MARSHALLDPREACH]

Zoro's dream doesn't mean nothing. Zoro should be stronger than both by the end of the series. If he can surpass Mihawk, he should be able to also defeat Shanks. Titles aren't absolute. They are how the world views someone's legacy and reputation. Like calling Michael Jordan "the GOAT". Whitebeard was not still the "STRONGEST MAN" when he held that title during Marineford even if he once was.@@calliefalls3325 Also, Roger was the strongest swordsman of his era but you don't hear anyone call him that. So Roger is the reason why Rayleigh could never have that title.

[@kylespecter6580]

Shanks beating Mihawk is Sacrilegious. Marshall B Preaching rubbish