Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-124.125.30.235-20131224210256/@comment-5693502-20150416004509

I've gotta agree with the people that say Baam's power is overrated, but only when people compare him to Rankers.

For his current level as a D-rank Regular, Baam is indeed very powerful (as he's shown multiple times). Without the Thorn's power, I'd say Baam is relatively strong but not quite Top 10 level (as we saw in his fight with Daniel Hatchid). With the Thorn's power, I'd say Baam is definitely one of the strongest D-rank Regulars if not the strongest D-rank Regular (again, this is shown when he began to unsettle Daniel after activating the Thorn). Because as we all know, the Thorn massively augments Baam's shinsoo control and general powers. As for how Baam would fare against C-rank, B-rank and A-rank Regulars is unknown since we've never seen those level of Regulars in battle.

Now for those that think Baam can compete with Rankers, with or without the Thorn, there is no way on Earth that Baam could currently beat a Ranker 1-on-1 if the Ranker was fighting seriously. Baam nonchalantly got just over 134,000 in the Strongest Regular Test but Mule Love (a Ranker) nonchalantly got ten times his score. Love even stated that while Baam can copy any skill or technique, he lacks the power and experience that a Ranker would have. I've said it many times before, but they're not called Rankers for no reason; Rankers are the rare few who have successfully climbed the Tower and have made many powerful contracts with various Guardians of various Floors on their way. And, excuse my language, all this crap about Baam being powerful enough to withstand Urek's technique is utter bullshit. You're trying to tell me the person ranked as the fourth most powerful person in the Tower somehow failed to destroy a mere Regular when only moments later he effortlessly annihilates two Rankers ? Really ?? I mean I'll give Baam credit, surviving Urek is a pretty decent feat but you can't compare the power Urek used against Baam to the power Urek used against the two Rankers and Noma. It's inane.

tl;dr In comparison to the D-rank Regulars, Baam is not overrated at all (possibly even underrated). In comparison to Rankers, Baam is overrated as.