User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 654 - Deadman Standing/@comment-26091912-20151204015106/@comment-11293956-20151204023335

To be fair, both Pernida and Lille almost defeated the captains they were fighting so in my opinion that power boost is still there. Lille completely sharted all over Shunsui's Bankai and Mayuri was forced to modify his. To me the elites are still powerfull, but just like Kaido said deus ex machina > elite ritters.