Prime Garp vs Prime Whitebeard

[SSJ2]

Who wins?

 

[Symbiote]

I’m going to say WB because of his title.

 

[SSJ2]

Yeah I'd probably agree. I think it will be a fight similar to Akainu/Aokiji that last for many days. These two should be very close in power. WB's fruit will give him the edge.

 

[Warmmedown]

I'd say WB. He fought evenly with Roger many times apparently and was Garp gave Roger trouble and was able to "corner" him, but as far as I know nobody's said he was able to fight on par with him, so I'm guessing it was more that he chased him down and then Roger would have to fight a little to escape. More like Fujitora at Dressrosa or Smoker at Arabasta, rather than the proper fights we see Luffy in vs other pirates. There is still the possibility he was strong enough to properly rival Roger though and just have let Roger get away because of other distractions. I just don't think thats the case, although it'll be cool if it is.

Also, just going by how Akainu vs old, weakened WB went, I think the strongest marine was probably always below the WB, assuming they're a similar amount away from their lifetime peak. So young (pre-skip) Akainu is weaker than old WB and peak (post-skip) Akainu will be weaker than WB to a similar degree. That's just guessing how the story will be written though and not based on in-story evidence. Garp could be a little OP though, since he's Luffy's grandfather and has the will of D (not that that helped Robin's friend Jaguar D Saul).

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Along with WB having more credentials as a dead-even rival to Roger, his DF is also someone who fights mainly with brute force like Garp will be at a disadvantage at when it comes to both damage and range. Whitebeard wins with high or extreme-diff depending on how smart Garp chooses to go about fighting him.

 

[SSJ2]

Didn't Garp and Roger beat Rocks, WB, Kaido, Big Mom, Shiki + more not long before Roger reached his prime? Naturally that should imply that WB was near his prime at that point as well. I think Garp can be seen as a near equal to them based on that.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I wouldn't deny Garp is a near equal in power, though clearly lacking some of the advantages WB's DF provides. As for the Rocks example, I wouldn't say it really suggests WB had reached his prime at that point when considering Shiki was able to give Garp and Sengoku a lot of trouble a few years later despite it being 2 V 1 and it's not as though characters in the main storyline haven't underwent great leaps in power in little time.