Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-36006024-20181107190534/@comment-36006024-20181112162557

Timjer wrote: Look, this topic has been discussed to beyond death by now. I'm not going to repeat everything that has already been said, just that there is nothing to truly suggest the order of the Espada was anything beyond what Kubo himself said they were.

To clarify: the Espada were ranked purely by their level of raw spiritual power. Anything else, no matter what (skills, unique powers, intelligence, etc.) was NOT relevant to their ranking. That's why an incompetent idiot like Yammy was higher ranked than Starrk, Baraggan, or Ulquiorra, who were all a LOT more dangerous than him.

but even so, just the explanation that Tite Kubo gave us throughout the series, unless he pulled a Toriyama and didnt keep notes, then he retconned himself continuously.

example, he gave the idea of Hierro back all the way in the Soul Society Arc with ichigo's fight with Kenpachi. Zaraki explained that if a weaker reiatsu attacks a stronger reiatsu, then the weaker one will get damaged. Hierro is just a passive ability of Arrancar which is the exact same concept as explained by Kenpachi. With that reasoning, Ulquiorra is much stronger than Yammy bc ichigo's Hollow enhanced GT couldnt even REACH ulquiorra, whos Reiatsu put up a shield around him. While Yammy got toppled over and was actually cut

i understand this might be a repetitive topic, but i wanted to hear other peoples thoughts bc i truly coundnt find the thread where it was discussed