It was mentioned in "Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo" that Junko fought the lunarians before she met Hecatia
Junko, who has a grudge against the moon goddess Chang'e, has often attacked the Lunar Capital for a long time, but she gained an overwhelming advantage once she partnered with the goddess of Hell, Hecatia
(Even though she did a poor job) This statement alone would be enough to consider her high up in scaling imo due to her not getting sh*t-stomped by Lunar Capital's forces.
But there are statements that support Junko's purification not being very effective (if not outright useless) against people that are already pure. Meaning during her battle with the Capital, she relayed on raw AP.
(Tbh my knowledge is faint regarding LOLK's plot, so if I'm mistaken I accept the big fat
L on this one).
Also a reminder that
Life &/ Death = impurity, and
Pointdevice mode = using Ultramarine Orb Elixir
for the ppl who aren't familiar.
Junko:
A human so completely surrounded by the
stench of death can never hope to defeat me.
Reimu, Marisa, Sanae story If playing on Legacy Mode (with deaths)
Junko:
This earth rabbit bears impurity
beyond what is necessary.
Like this, she is powerless against my strength!
Absolutely powerless
Reisen's story If playing on Legacy Mode (with deaths)
Note that Junko only threatens the protagonists with her ability only when they face her impure (didn't take the elixir and made deadly/impure mistakes).
However she admits defeat if the protagonists face her pure (used the elixir or haven't made any mistakes)
Junko:
And you've even reached here without even a single mistake.
For now, I shall admit defeat.
Marisa's story If playing on Pointdevice Mode (or on Legacy with no misses)
Junko:
...You have not a single blemish.
I admit defeat.
Sanae's story If playing on Pointdevice Mode (or on Legacy with no misses)
Aside from that, in "Grimoire of Usami" when the festival takes an unexpected turn and participants decide to use lethal danmaku, the judges (Reimu & the crew) rush to the audience to protect from the danmaku by blocking it.
Until it was Junko's turn...
Sumireko:
Even Miss Yukari got up to help defend the audience. Does that mean this lady is so dangerous that even Reimers isn't enough? Shiver
Okina:
Yes, this is the power I wanted to see! I knew inviting the goddess of Hell was the right decision!
(It's also worth mentioning that Okina didn't react this excited to the other high tier participants such as;
Utsuho, Koishi, Yuugi, Nue, Byakuren and Clownpiece while some of them weren't holding back.)
When Junko's turn was over Yukari returns to her judge's seat.
Even if we ignore all that, after Reisen defeats Junko in LOLK she admits her inferiority in power.
Reisen:
I wonder what was I thinking not using the 'Ultramarine Orb Elixir?" That evil spirit was strong, unlike me.
LOLK ending no.8
Which means no one except high tiers would scale from this anyway.
Yes I had a lot of free time today
