Talk:Vol.2 Ch.195: 38F - Hell Train: The Dallar Show (24)/@comment-26850068-20160328091607/@comment-26484417-20160329165902

@Tony: I think your perception of Laure has been warped by the overall lack of capable Wave Controllers. No matter how outstanding Regular Laure may be, I highly doubt he could manage to fit among the past selves of Irregular Wave Controllers and one metaphorical—and possibly even literal—freak of nature like Baek Ryun.

Moreover, you cannot both disqualify Baam, and claim that Laure can compare to the past selves of the most powerful Irregular Wave Controllers on record. Unless you're suggesting that Laure can compare to "right before the soul infusion" Baam, who was able to hold his own—even if only for a moment—against 4/5 White at the same time as he was trying to rescue hostages, then Laure is way out of the league you peg him to be.

Laure is incredible and—when he's awake—he can be quite badass, but he's no Irregular... And even as far as Regulars go, while many praise him, I cannot recall anyone who expressed surprise at his "monstrosity" like basically all Rankers do when they see Baam in action.

PS: I'm well aware of Enryu's Shinsoo controlling prowess, but if you include him despite his position, you will have to include basically every High Ranking Irregular, and at least some other top20/30 High Ranking non-Irregulars. They all probably possess Shinsoo controlling prowess beyond the imagination of most Rankers.

@Anon: We know that there are multiple variables that make up the rank, but so far the two most pronounced variables are the political influence and the power.

When you imply that someone is considerably weaker than people of similar ranking, you imply their political influence is considerably greater; it's a counter weight mechanism. So Baek Ryun (ranked #9) cannot be much weaker than people of similar rank, because the balancing mechanism might elevate his political influence to the point where it's greater than Zahard's (ranked #3), and that's not possible within the Zahard Empire.

In other words, Baek Ryun cannot be ranked that high because of his political influence alone; in fact, comparing someone to Baek Ryun should be no different than comparing them to an Irregular Wave Controller (be it Blossom or Hana).