Yonko First Mate Speculation

[SSJ2]

So we know that the Pirate King's first mate was on par with an Admiral well out of his prime, so we can assume that he'd be a lot stronger 26 years ago. Is putting prime Rayleigh between Akainu and Old Whitebeard accurate?

With that in mind, I'd only imagine that the first mates on the current Yonko ships would be weaker than prime Rayleigh. Marco the Phoenix was able to hold off the Admirals very well, but was slightly outclassed by them. We don't know a lot about Jack, but we do know that he's strong enough/reckless enough to challenge 4 Marine ships with strong Marines on them (was there an Admiral on board?).

So yeah, is near or around Admiral level a good place to put the first mates?

 

[Uchiha]

Rayleigh is an exception. I think he was stronger than Roger when he first joined his crew. I don't see Marco or Jack straight up beating Akainu or Kizaru. Jack is just crazy. He attacked the boats despite knowing Garp and Sengoku were on board.

 

[SSJ2]

Agreed, I think Marco can hold his own but not win.

Jack though... Reckless or not, how would he expect to escape with Doflamingo if he couldn't take on the ships?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

He attacked the boats despite knowing Garp and Sengoku were on board.

To be fair, Garp and Sengoku seem to have aged a lot in 2 years. It's highly likely they've gotten a fair bit weaker since their semi-retirement.

On topic though, I'd say scaling most of the 2nd in commands from Marco would be a good idea, so most of them should be Admiral tier. Kizaru did seem to show some respect to Ben Beckman, making this even more likely, though he could've been just trolling based on him using the Yasakani no Magatama on Law's ship mere seconds later.

 

[Uchiha]

I agree with the first part.

I think they'd be in Admiral tier in the sense that they can counter and hold their own against Admirals but lose out in a 1v1 fight without question.