User blog comment:Zack Tan/Volume 9 Intermission./@comment-70.160.109.135-20150825014122/@comment-178.153.111.137-20150827054908

No, it hasn't been confirmed at all that he played a part in the eight greed kings downfall, as for comparing raw power and levels, yes it's true that using various items and equippments as well as strategy and tactics can help you greatly, however it can never let you overcome sheer difference in powers and levels, as in there is simply no way in hell a lvl 10 could possibly beat a lvl 50 no matter what they do, Zaryusu won because he had an entire team helping him throughout the entire ordeal, even he himself said he would've never won or had a chance of winning if it wasn't for others helping him to do so, not only that but difference in levels and powers between them is not that vast, as in Iguvua is about 22 to 30, while Zaryusu is 20 and his comrades are about above lvl 15, a perfect example of sheer difference in levels and power would be when the strongest lizardmens fought against Cocytus, no matter what they did they lost simple as that. as for PDL going against Nazarick, I have said it before and will say it again, even if he is lvl 100 and fully prepares himself in everyway shape and form at the very best he will provide a decent fight and that's it, if 1500 I repeat 1500 lvl 100 players and npcs fully prepared, equipped and optimised were crushed in the 8th floor and never made to the end then there is simply no way a single lvl 100(if he even is) would be able to do anything remotely similar, unless he has an army of over a thousand lvl 100 people with him.

Oh and I forgot to mention another thing, which is that while it's true that having better equippment can drastically increase your  stats  it does not however give you access to spells, skills and abilities of a higher level, so somebody who is lvl 20 with much better and higher quality equippment may grant him much more higher stats that is comparable to say a lvl 30,  however   it doesn't mean that now he is on the same grounds as a geniune lvl 30 who has and would use higher tier spells and skills against him.