User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-77.188.219.183-20170424210635/@comment-31137559-20170425205500

I forgot about Rizevim because he's dead now. But like I said gods are the strongest species in DxD. Don't say dragons because if you look at the Top 10 most of the guys on that list are gods. And it has been stated that a god surpasses even a Satan-class devils. Now if it was more than one Satan-class devil, that's a different story. There's a reason all the gods and god-class beings competing in this tournament are worth 2 knight pieces, 2 rook pieces, 2 bishop pieces, or 8 pawn pieces. And Grim Reapers are a subspecies of gods. If they were actually really gods then Vali wouldn't have been able to kill an Ultimate-class Grim Reaper that easily and Issei wouldn't have been able to take on all those Grim Reapers.