User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Volume 25 discussion blog/@comment-82.160.23.173-20180626202008/@comment-28884330-20180704030338

It can make a difference but it's not everything. And considering you have to take away the flags from the enemy directly then it's actually not that strategic in the first place, compared to something like Object Break. And there's also no mention of Mahabali being of a particularly strategic mind, or Zeno and his team lacking in that department. Zeno's team also had the element of surprise on their side from having a total of four additional members, all higher than Satan-class which Mahabali's team didn't have a chance to prepare against.

You are misunderstanding this as saying that power is not important. Of course it's important, but with proper strategy a weaker team can still defeat a stronger team.