I don’t think Yamato experience with her dad helps significantly , kaido is a simple fighter , punch , kick , smash or a blast , you have to be tough enough to take the hits , powerful enough to damage him
It’s not like Yamato a trick fighter
Yamato has so far shown , she’s fought kaido the longest , I think she inherited kaido unreal endurance
Yamato has advanced armament and advanced conquerors , the latter a skill only the strongest of the strong can use
I’d say Yamato is YC1+ tier
in actual attack power and ability to damage people
Yamato > king >= Marco
raw physical strength
Yamato >Marco >= king
But haki skills
Yamato >> marco > king
people need to remember something , in regards to lineage and succession Yamato has inherited two of the top 10 strongest chacaters in universe , she’s the new “oden” and at the same time The Child of kaido that’s clearly inherited kaido’s strength
Yamato took a barrage from kaido in base and is still good enough to go around to disable the bombs
and lastly Yamato been a freak of nature in strength
The moment she took on gear 2 + gear 3 luffy who was trying to get past her and without Yamato really trying to go all out either , id say she’s very powerful
yamato was stronger than luffy (imo) till luffy got conquerors costing
Ehh, we'll just go on a circle about Yamato lol.
Like I've said before, I'm 100% sure that Kaido wouldn't have killed her at all. Throughout the fight, the dude was trying to talk her into giving up and becoming the shogun of Wano. Yamato has tried this several times with Kaido, he always beats her up. He would've simply beat her up again and locked her up in the cell or something, if Luffy didn't show up
Ulti, who I consider YC4 tier, was able to compete with base Yamato.
Of course her zoan and hybrid forms are a big buff. But I doubt it jumping her upto YC1+.
Overall, I consider Yamato a solid YC1
She's esp effective against Kaido because of advanced conqueror's. This is the area I agree with you, her haki is much superior to other two.
This is also the reason she can deal well with Kaido. Cause brute strength alone with no haki will accomplish nothing against Kaido
But, just because she can pull off more damage against Kaido doesn't mean she has higher damage output in general. Like I've said before, how each fare varies by situation. Kaido is a very specific case cause of his semi "invulnerability". But against each other, this specialty of Yamato is more of a bonus than a decisive factor
And no, I'm not considering her automatic top tier because of sharing genetics with Kaido. Out of all BM's kids (she has like what, 100 kids or something?), only Katakuri is special. And even he's more like Yamato special only, not BM special.
Yamato can be damaged by normal attacks, unlike Kaido.
As for inherited will from Oden, we'll have to see. For me, it's Momonuske than Yamato, Yamato is more like an extreme fangirl of Oden. The only confirmed carriers of inherited will so far are Shanks (of Roger), and Luffy (of Shanks/Roger. And maybe a bit of WB).
If we have to compare stats, this would be how I personally place them:
Pure attack power (disregarding haki):
Marco > King > Yamato
Marco was able to match the attack power of angry akainu.
Defense (i.e ability to negate damage all together):
King >> Yamato > Marco
King highest cause of what he showed in current chapter.
Armament haki:
Yamato > Marco > King
Conqueror's haki:
Only Yamato has this lol. Yamato >>>
Durability:
Marco >> Yamato >= King
Marco far superior cause his regen is broken
Speed/CQC:
Marco > King > Yamato
A lot of panels we saw of Marco vs King and Queen was Marco smacking them around, a big factor here was his speed. Marco also has his speed feat of keeping up with Kizaru.
King > Yamato here cause of flight, otherwise they're about equal
Overall, I only consider Marco a YC1+ among these three. Mainly because of his feats against admirals, portrayal of direct comparison to admirals in data book, portrayal of 2nd in command of the strongest pirate crew, and his feat of 1v2 against King/Queen for hours while simultaneously spending energy healing up thousands of soldiers.
Outside of Marco, I consider current Kid and Law YC1+ as well, and Zoro by the end of the arc (prediction)