Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5693502-20140510161053/@comment-5693502-20140510171439

@Mirro143 I do think Baam has the potential to beat a Ranker whilst he's still a Regular, but not until he has at least passed the 100th Floor (by which time he would have gained more experience and power). And even then, I only think he'd be able to beat a low-mid level Ranker (and it wouldn't be an easy fight either).

I also think Baam would have to at least become a Ranker himself before being able to challenge High Rankers (by which point he'd have a lot of experience and his power should have matured quite a lot).

@Prince of zahard When Urek came into the Tower, he already possessed god-like monstrous overwhelming strength. Now, you've got to imagine that Urek's already immense power and strength would still be growing as a result of climbing the Tower. To him, climbing the Tower would've been a breeze. So, by the time Urek got to the 100th Floor, it really doesn't seem surprising that he could draw with Arie Hon (no-one else would have been close to his level of power by this point).

Baam, on the other hand, entered the Tower as an absolute weakling. Yuri mentioned it, Evan mentioned it. At first glance he was a normal little human. Even by the end of Volume 1, Baam was probably one of the weakest Regulars that had passed to the final test. Baam has had to gain his strength like more-or-less every other Regular (except that thanks to his Irregular status he has an easier time doing so). And while Ha Jinsung did say that Baam was growing fast, he also mentioned before that Karaka was growing fast.