User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 6/@comment-190.164.227.239-20161201033222/@comment-30048084-20161207211712

Um has no one noticed that we have reached an apples and oranges debate?

Apple = Boosted Gear

Orange = Divine Dividing

We cannot use a comparison between the Sekiryuutei and the Hakuryuukou because they are polar opposites ability wise and therefore the traits required to determine the strength of their respective wielders will differ

In Issei's case though he has a body composed of Great Red and Ophis he cannot actually truly draw out and use said power if we want to use possible reasons why Belzard would be stronger than Issei without Boosted Gear using human characters as examples

Physical capabilities: Vasco Strada, Even at 86 he is on equal footing with Sairaorg and Arthur stated that if Vasco Strada was 20 years younger he would have been even stronger so we can assume at his prime Vasco Strada was on a totally different levels.

Intelligence: This is a bit vague but Cao Cao would be a good example he analyses his opponent and exploits their weaknesses quickly and with limited wastage of energy.

Magic: Le Fay Pendragon, She possesses a massive pool of magical knowledge and we can tell that she is skilled in combat if she can keep up with Vali and the rest of them in combat.

Technique: Arthur Pendragon, Ewald Cristaldi and Cao Cao, each has shown that they can easily take on enemies far superior to them in all fields with no real effort

Issei falls short in all these fields. Issei is also a pretty sad excuse for a dragon he still cannot produce a decent amount of fire without the Boosted Gear and beyond that possesses no other magical abilities without the Boosted Gear considering his body is made up of Great Red's flesh why should he be limited to only breathing fire. We know that different dragons can breath other elements.

We also already know that he can not perform dragonification passed a certain point without requiring someone to help him release the dragon power so that is not some kind of secret weapon for him.

Though Sun Wukong commended him on his power remember the situation they were in where Issei was doing the absolute most basic form of training in controlling his power output and we don't know if that training ever produced results.

Regardless of what powers he gains for a short time(Balance Breaker) the second his armour vanishes that is it for him.

also the situation with the stray magicians we don't know the strength of the magicians in question so that defence is null and void.