Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-124.125.30.235-20131224210256/@comment-26315500-20150415185018

Imo Baam is overrated to some extent. However, he deserve most of the hype he is getting.

For a person who knew nothing about the tower, shinsoo and everything else, he has achieved a lot in a very short tym. Almost every other regular in Baam's generation excluding Rachel, have had a lot of tym to train and perfect their fighting style. They also had help and guidance from their families seeing as most of their families are know for a particular skill they posses which is passed down the family.

He has managed to injure the strongest active person in the tower. This is not a feat to be looked down upon even if Urek was holding back. I believe this has to do with him being an axis. As we know even the weakest axis can defeat the strongest non axis. In this case Baam being the axis while Urek is the non axis. I am not implying that Baam could have defeated Urek when they clashed.

He is undoubtably top 5 in terms of erankers during the workshop battle. The only possible candidates who could beat him are Maddog and probably Androssi.

He is even foreshadowed to be the strongest character in the future. Seeing as he has Enryu's thorn and he has the most number of bangs compared to the rest of his generation. He might also be an axis since he managed to harm Urek and he managed to injure Hwa ryun who should have been able to predict his movements. Since axis can manipulate environment and it is not possible to negate their power in their territory, it would explain how a guide and the strongest active man couldn't avoid his attack.

With the thorn he was able to defeat a b ranked person. Thus putting him on the b rank as well. He did this without even knowing how to use the thrown. If we take into consideration that he can now control the thorn and that it reacts to his state of mind his power can increase exponentially.

His ability to copy is really impressive. He can gain a skill in mere seconds. He can't copy the technique down to the exact power output however he can perform it none the less.

IMO he can't beat rankers at the moment thus why I stated that he is overrated to some extent. He could give them a decent fight but he stands no chance. Rankers al l managed to get to the top thus they have a lot of experience which will allow them to win. With the fact that he can copy the technique, it will enable him to prolong the fight.