Yes it does. Pacifistas were shown as Terminator sort of robots who were only defeated by Kuma and Boa pre Ts.
Urogue n Drake couldnot beat one shows how strong those things were.
Yes its because they are getting strong and he was becoming habitual to those hits.
if u want to compare it then go back to Arlong Park arc where he even fought Arlong and Arlong himself said how he was even alive.
So it shouldn't make a difference if he use large blade or katana or if he uses one hand or two hands.
thats why its not a difference. You basically stated there swordplay.
Well you are trying to compare Pacifista with Diamante. So why you are bringing post TS SHs.
Thread is only about Pre Ts SHs who can fill the roles of guys who were in Dressrosa.
Also your comparison of Pacifista n Diamante is way off. I will explain it below.
No the lil bout you talking about is covered in the links and that video is anime BS. it never happened.
Diamante only beat these guys at the start of the fight
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This was the only time he tried to attack Sabo and Sabo basically broke his sword(lil Sabo and Diamante bout)
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After that Diamante only fought with Rebecca
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And Sabo was busy with Burgess
Sabo destroyed the arena and stole Mera mera no mi
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The End.
Forget about struggle Sabo didn't even cared about Diamante.
Now the only part where Diamante showed his power was when he rain spikes and Kyros fend it off quite easily
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its after diamante shoot kyros he stopped defending himself from those spikes. they had a small bout where he break his sword and Diamante lost.
now compare it with Pacifista. Urogue praised his strength(lets also not forget Urogue had used his iron mace too)
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Urogue tried to counterattack
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and he was shot by that laser
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even Drake zoan form couldnot beat it.
So pre ts pacifistas were shows like robots which weren't easy to beat. And Diamante never displayed anything which puts him above Pacifista.
Film Z is post TS movie if i m not wrong and its not fully canon as You can't really expect Luffy to beat an Admiral lvl guy.
You cant compare Boa with Diamante and why will Doffy replace Diamante? He was one of the founders and Doffy cared about his family. Diamante never betrayed him.