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Kizaru destroys wtfLong post warning, sorry.
There's a very interesting thing I've been thinking about. I feel like Ace might be able to beat Kizaru. Marineford Kizaru for sure, since he wasn't as strong. However, Kizaru in general is at a huge disadvantage.
I don't think he can coat light in Haki, and fire isn't weak to light, nor light to fire. They both have fairly similar fighting styles, centered around overwhelming their opponent with speed, range, and mobility, while also creating constructs, but there's an issue. Ace has better physical tactics, and Kizaru uses ranged attacks, so Ace's fighting style is more relevant here.
First off, there's the question of power. Kizaru could hold his own against G5 Luffy, albeit only though his hax abilities. I don't think Ace could beat Luffy. Now, here's the issue about Ace's power. The only feats we have are clashing with Whitebeard for a small amount of damage while he was Oldbeard, and before Ace joined the crew fully, fighting Blackbeard(nearly beating him, with Blackbeard winning because Ace let him get back up every time he went down, and because Ace had no prior knowledge, and without us seeing the end. For all we know, Ace wrecked his shit, then everyone else jumped him with Haki on.), fighting Aokiji and Akainu(After being imprisoned, barely fed or given water, kept in stamina-draining seastone cuffs, etc.), and even then, he lost because the guy with an elemental advantage targeted his brother(Akainu lost his arm, too, iirc, and idk why). I think they might be pretty even here, especially considering Kizaru was only fighting G5 with pretty much no Haki, and never fought Boundman, which should be superior to no-Haki G5 in terms of Anti-Logia AP, just off the fact that he has Haki on in that state.
Next up is speed. Kizaru fought G5 Luffy, and the speed he showed is pretty much the only reason he kept up. Ace easily intercepted Akainu's punch(while weakened, as I said before), and could accelerate enough to dodge out casual Oldbeard when he joined the crew a long time ago. I don't really see much of an advantage either way, and the only guy who directly upscales off Ace's feats is Sengoku iirc, but that doesn't mean anything in terms of scaling. Weakened Ace was also roughly comparable to Aokiji in speed with normal attacks, so Egghead Kizaru and him should be even at full power. However, Ace's normal attacks are all very much FTL, and Kizaru's ranged attacks are almost all LS or just a little FTL.
Now, we get to the LS conversation. Kizaru wins there.
Next up is Durability. I'll give Kizaru this one, but it shouldn't be that much different.
Stamina is here to save the day, woo-hoo. I'll give it to Kizaru, but it should be noted that Ace scaled off fighting Jinbe for 5 days in his first fight with Whitebeard, he did it 100 times, then he got even stronger.
Range! Ace has 10km, he wins.
Equipment: Den Den Mushi vs knife, pretty even, but the Den Den Mushi not being fireproof means Ace has better gear.
Buso: Kizaru
Kenbun: Ace is really good with it, and Kiz has no feats.
Hao: Ace
Experience: Kizaru has more, but Ace has been in more fights where he actually had to try.
Skill: Unknown, we can't really quantify either.
Intelligence: Kizaru.
Basically, I think this is a really close fight, but Ace has the advantage in terms of powers, and his Haoshoku would give him time to actually land a hit in the middle of the fight.
He has far better AP: Clashing with Gear 5 Luffy and KOing Gear 4 Luffy with a single attack
Far better speed: Easily outmaneuvering Whitebeard, faster than Snakeman Luffy.
Better Buso
Relative Kenbun
Hao is a non-factor due to the lack of Advanced Hao from Ace
Far better durability: Nearly having his neck broken by a non-amped punch form Blackbeard, nearly getting knocked out by a Gura punch from Whitebeard vs easily blocking hits from Gear 4 and Gear 5 Luffy, and taking a Star Gun without much external injuries (seems to be unable to move because of Saturn?)
Far better Hax: Clones??? Danmaku??? Heat???
It's really not close here. Ace doesn't have a single stat above Kizaru, let alone a viable wincon.