Talk:Deep Sea King/@comment-24430782-20190518050301/@comment-27381100-20190610061635

^ DSK was dehydrated, but let's also acknowledge that Genos was also 1-armed fighting DSK, and Genos was the one kicking DSK's ass, flinging him around and comboing him until DSK played dirty (firing acid to civilian). The acid is tiny (very easily dodged), but Genos has to save a civilian anyway.

ONE confirms that Sonic (at that time) would be able to beat dry DSK with weapons. Genos is always considered equal with Sonic by ONE so Genos would be able to beat dry DSK too that time. Genos later got upgraded to be G4 Genos in which in VGS (ONE made it so it's canon) he 2 shots hydrated DSK. This G4 Genos later struggles against more powerful monsters like Awakened Cockroach which are considered...Demon (means it still go long way for DSK to be Dragon).

And Sonic after more training fought evenly with G4 Genos means Sonic that time would be able to beat even wet DSK (and like G4 Genos, Sonic STILL cannot defeat Dragons).

> DSK was slightly stronger than Genos at that point.

Only by that he deserved to be a Dragon (even low one)? The only good feat he's done before Genos is beating PPP, which is by far the lowest tier of s class. Genos is also quite low tier s class that time (low tier in power, NOT in rank). You see the gap between low and mid tier s class power-wise (barring JC Staff's bad animation, more clear in manga). TTM (on par with PPP) got trashed by Garou, while Metal Bat (mid tier) fought evenly with Garou.

Beating the others? only those A to C Classes, they are always powerless against Demons (except Amai Mask and the disciples, even then the disciples are only fit against low Demons).