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Thanks to @Eminiteable for letting me use his proposed additions to Awakened Lucci's justifications.
So now that 1072's official translations have just come out, there are some revisions that should be made for not just Lucci (since his chapter 1070 feats never got approved by staff), but also Kaku.
1. For his justifications, I would first like to discuss his Base form.
First off, his base is at least comparable to Base Kaku (who will also be discussed), who clashed with Nitoryu Zoro. Lilith even said that they were in the midst of fighting, so their bases were definitely fighting outside of that one clash, meaning that the clash we see is not an outlier.
Even if we say that Nitoryu Zoro isn't as strong as the Santoryu No-Haki Zoro who blocked sword strikes from King and a strike from Hybrid King that sliced Zoan Queen's hide, (even though post-TS there really isn't that much of a power difference between Nitoryu and Santoryu), Nitoryu Zoro should not be that much weaker than his Santoryu, since post-timeskip the gap between the 2 without either using Busoshoku Haki hasn't been shown to be as large as it was pre-timeskip.
Lucci in base should be at minimum comparable to this Base Kaku, although he's likely superior due to nothing saying that their pre-timeskip dynamic has changed, and the fact that Lucci was shown as kind of the leader of the group that went to Egghead (although this doesn't include Stussy since we don't know what the heck her true intensions are).
A good support for High 6-A Base Lucci is how he was kind of implied to be above Guernica, as he was the one giving Guernica orders via Den Den Mushi when the latter was in Wano, and was shown as closer to the Celestial Dragons (considering he was one of their bodyguards during the Reverie). While giving orders doesn't directly mean that one person is stronger than the other, we know that in groups like the WG and CP9, strength and authority are usually correlated.
Nico Robin even said all the masked CP0 agents are among the elite, so they should all probably be on a similar footing to each other.
This would also make Lucci comparable to Maha, who asides from enduring a Kazenbo attack with only moderate injuries, tied with a wounded Izou. A healthy Izou should've been comparable to other WB commanders like Jozu, Vista and Ace (and Izou also fought the Roger pirates when he was younger), and we know that in OP that people are capable of fighting at near max ability even when severely wounded (Look at Zoro using Asura with 20-30 broken bones, an incredibly exhausted Marco [who was exhausted as Izou was when he fought Maha] still capable of blocking attacks from King and Kaido, and a very exhausted Ace who just got free of his seastone cuffs holding his own against Aokiji and Akainu), so while he was definitely nowhere near his peak when he and Maha killed each other, he was definitely not fodder either.
Also, Awakened Lucci, asides from his own feats, should definitely be comparable, if not superior to Awakened Kaku (who I will discuss below).
So, Lucci's AP would look like this:
Tier: High 6-A, higher with Hybrid Form, even higher with Awakening
Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Comparable, if not superior to Base Kaku, who matched Nitoryu Base Zoro, who should be comparable to his Santoryu. Should at least be comparable to other masked CP0 agents, such as Guernica and Maha, and was implied to be superior to Guernica, as he was shown giving him orders while the latter was in Wano and was shown to be closer to the Celestial Dragons than Guernica), higher with Hybrid Form (Far stronger than his base), even higher with Awakening (Equally matched Gear 5th Luffy using Busōshoku Haki in a clash, and could counter his attacks. Likely superior to Awakened Kaku), can negate durability with Rokugan (One-shot Atlas, who damaged Base Luffy with a punch)
Speed: FTL (Comparable to Base Kaku, who clashed with Base Zoro and dodged lasers from S-Bear), higher with Hybrid form, even higher with Soru and Kamisori, far higher with Awakening (Dodged and countered attacks from Gear 5th Luffy)
Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level, higher with Hybrid Form, even higher with Awakening
Durability: Multi-Continent level (Should scale to his AP), higher with Hybrid Form, even higher with Awakening (Withstood a Mole Pistol and Dawn Whip from Gear 5th Luffy)
2. Base Kaku, as stated above, matched Nitoryu Base Zoro, who shouldn't much weaker than his no-Haki Santoryu.
As for his Awakened form, his main feat is clashing with Buso Haki Zoro and pushing him back, even forcing Zoro to get serious in order to overpower him. You can even see when Kaku is pushing Zoro back that there are little bursts that show that they clashed repeatedly while Zoro was being pushed back.
Zoro did manage to push him back once he got serious (as shown by the large pumped vein on his face), but Kaku was shown to have not taken any visible damage from the attack before Stussy bit him.
Also, Kaku in chapter 1069 definitely seemed to imply that he and Stussy were capable of damaging the Seraphim (though it's best to assume that he was referring to his Awakened form and not his base), which means they could probably harm the likes of S-Shark, who was barely damaged by an enraged Post-Exoskeleton Sanji's Diable Jambe, and S-Hawk, who emerged unscathed from a clash with Blackbeard.
He should also get the same additional abilities as Lucci:
Haki (Kenbunshoku, Intermediate Busoshoku)
Regeneration (A faster recovery rate is granted to awakened Zoan users, allowing them to recover from injuries more quickly)
His Post-Timeskip write-up would look like this:
Tier: High 6-A, higher with Hybrid Form, even higher with Awakening
Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Matched Nitoryu Base Zoro, who shouldn't be much weaker than his Santoryu self. Should be comparable to other masked CP0 agents, such as Guernica and Maha), higher with Hybrid Form (Far stronger than his base form), even higher with Awakening (Far stronger than his Hybrid Form. Clashed with Zoro when both of them were using Busoshoku Haki, even pushing him back and forcing him to exert more energy in order to push him back. Kaku also heavily implied that he and Stussy could harm the Seraphim, which would include the likes of S-Shark, who was relatively unharmed by a kick from an enraged Post-Exoskeleton Diable Jambe Sanji, and S-Hawk, who emerged unharmed from a fight with Blackbeard)
Speed: FTL (Clashed with Base Zoro and dodged S-Bear's lasers), higher with Soru, even higher with Hybrid form, far higher with Awakening
Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level, higher in Hybrid Form, even higher with Awakening
Durability: Multi-Continent level (Should scale to his AP. His leg and foot were unharmed by a clash with Base Zoro), higher with Hybrid Form, even higher with Hybrid Tekkai, far higher with Awakening (Took an attack from a Zoro using Busoshoku Haki and was visibly unharmed)
3. Incredibly minor addition, but Zoro matching and pushing back Awakened Kaku is a feat for him as well, since as I just mentioned, it was definitely implied that Awakened Kaku could harm the Seraphim, so Buso Zoro scales >= Awakened Kaku.
The addition to Post-Mink Buso Zoro's AP entry would just look like this:
(Matched and pushed back Awakened Kaku).
Thoughts?
Once again, thanks to @Eminiteable for letting me use his additional justifications for Lucci's chapter 1070 feats.
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