Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Gouki has never demonstrated anything greater than what Gill has in Third Strike, both in-game and cinematics.
If we went by your logic than Gouki has everyone beat besides Ingrid. Considering Gill has done nothing showcasing that he's a superior fighter for Gouki (Gill parting the sea isn't a "fighting power" feat, and if you equate that into fighting prowess then you must also believe that Moses must have been a powerful fighter as well).
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
In-game:a. Gill is the only character in SF with an unblockable Super Move (Seraphic Wing).
b. Gill is the only character who who can resurrect.
c. Gill can summon a swarm of meteors (Meteor Strike) which is > Shin Akuma's meteor-busting kick.
In-Game mechanics is the biggest load of crap here which showcases nothing to how the supers would truly be like.
A. Gills Seraphic Wing being an unblockable is in In-Game mechanic not from a storyline perspective. Outside of the game, we don't know what it's potential is period, so speculation is all there is which proves nothing and doesn't mean anything as well.
B. Being able to resurrect is great, however having multiple bodies as back up shows he's not as durable as the powerful elites (Gouki, Oro, etc, etc whom only use one single body, and who's durability must be ridiculous).
C. Summoning Meteor's is nice, however we don't know for sure "how powerful" this move is as it has not been demonstrated within the storyline. I would absolutely conclude that it's very powerful indeed, however more powerful then Gouki's own supers? The real answer is...we don't know. We've at least seen a few of Gouki's feats when he unleashes them, so we can at least gauge them, but Gill's have never been demonstrated within an ending, or such that we can calculate his potential.
Gouki meteor-busting is umm...not even canon considering I believe it was done by Udon, not Capcom themselves, so unless they come out officially stating that this feat is legit, I'm going to decline it isn't.
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
a. Gill can split the ocean and the skies apart. That feat alone is greater than anything Shin Akuma has demonstrated.
"Parting" the ocean and skies are indeed great feats, but they show nothing of Gill's fighting capabilities. Also, what "feats" of Shin-Gouki are you talking about, considering all of the Canon feats done by Gouki was himself not being Shin-Gouki. We have yet to see feats done by a 100% full Gouki.
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
b. Gill can manipulate people's hearts and emotions by will (like what he did to Alex)
Your comparing Alex's mental capacity to Gouki's? Not to mention the most important part is that this isn't a true power of Gill, so unless you have some credible evidence showcasing that he's a telekinesis then I'll believe you. So far he's done absolutely nothing to the magnitude of what Dictator has done to make me a believer.
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
I'm no fan of Gill, but he is stronger than Shin Akuma.
Again, what evidence do you have to say so otherwise? We have no real hard evidence of Shin-Gouki's capabilities since everything he's shown capable doing is an in "training mode" or a Gouki not using his full power. Did you forget the fact that when he sunk his island he was weakened by his fight by Gen, also fought Ryu, and just simply smashed his fist to the ground, and mind you A2 Gouki is nowhere near as powerful as SFIII Gouki.
We don't know a whole lot about Gill's capabilities either other then what is shown in bits and pieces. However what we do know is that Gouki landed the Shungokusatsu on Gill, and had it not of been for Resurrection, he would have been dead. That much is known, and with that indication it actually favors Gouki's case then Gills.
Again, I find it very puzzling that you would claim Gill>Gouki when Gouki has actually killed Gill once already, and more importantly Gill has shown nothing to prove he's the superior fighter. By the time SFIII comes around only Oro has been proven to put a draw stalemate to Gouki, and "if" I was to rank the list then only those two would stand together with Ingrid above them.
To end, I believe it's incredibly "hard" to gauge the Top-Tiers of the SF world because either many are missing feats or anything showcasing their powers, they have never fought one another or all of the above etc, etc.
However "if" I was forced to put a list of the Top-3 I would say again Ingrid is #1, again, it's hard not to argue this, when she stated that being punched by a SFer is like being tickled and we know characters like Ryu can punch hard enough to send out sonic boom shockwaves, while Gouki can sink islands and split mountains. She also has telekinetic powers, she also can time travel, she's also a Goddess (Higher class then the "Demi-God" status given to Gill).
Gouki/Oro, simply because Gouki was able to land the Shungoksatsu on Gill and kill him out right and his feat demonstrations surpass anything anyother SF character has been shown capable of doing. While Oro was able to fight into a stalemate with Gouki so he is at least on par with Gouki in potential. <--- All of this being based from what we DO know of the characters at this point.
Yes, thus far, from a storyline and evidence standpoint, I would consider Gouki stronger then Gill.