77 mil bounty is quite opposite of "low key status". If this was before his bounty I wouldn't mind agreeing with you. And as I have said, before Sanjis is without a doubt smarter than Zoro and Luffy. Only Sanji is capable of doing the things he does. However, those things do not mean in a fight hes on par with them. Is he useful like them? 100% , because Zoro nor Luffy would've thought about opening the gates of justice.
Sanji is the "smart" guy of the trio, the Monster trio is monster because they work well perfectly. Where Luffy and Zoro can fight OP dudes, Sanji can fight and do other stuff on the side that the other 2 can't do. Sanji has more roles than Luffy and Zoro. Where Zoro and Luffy are pretty much useless outside of fighting, Sanji isn't.
Just because I don't believe Sanji isn't on the same level with Zoro , doesn't mean I'm bashing him. I perfectly acknowledge the mere fact he is more useful than Zoro, who is pretty useless outside of fighting, unless it comes to crew decisions.
I suppose
sounding like a low status bounty is subjective, so I'll just use facts; if the government was aware of the things Sanji did, he would arguably have a bounty = to, if not
just under Luffys. And by that, I mean 1,000, possibly 2,000 below his.
And Sanji fights op guys too, this much was made apparent in Arlong Park.
He fought the Karate guy, who was the 3rd strongest, but still miles ahead of Usopps opponent.
In Alabasta, he fought Mr. 3, a direct comparison to the ranking of the M3 and his fighting ability.
Skip a few where he fights the 3rd in other arcs, and we get another
direct comparison to his power to the other 2. The same power that you're claiming he lacks, is the power that he is
directly given through scaling via Furuko.
It doesn't make sense that you say he does not fight on par with him when that dead myth was put to rest in Enies Lobby. You act as if a character can't be both intelligent and powerful.
And I didn't mention anything about Zoro, I'm only speaking M3 in general since you think he's lacking in the fighting department.