User blog comment:Friendlysociopath/Ask the FriendlySociopath/@comment-27243753-20151208191915/@comment-3463132-20151208220722

Complicated to answer- in general powerscaling is frowned on for fictional debates because it is speculation; not hard proof. That's why DB is always using feats for analysis.

For example:

Date overpowers Hideyoshi in a fight, with both charging and hitting one another at full power. That's a solid feat of Date overpowering Hideyoshi.

Sephiroth when fighting Zack was constantly speedblitzing him, Zack was repeatedly startled and unprepared for the attacks. That's a solid feat of Sephiroth being faster than Zack.

^These are feats, not powerscaling; powerscaling's premise is that you aren't using feats.

For example:

Percy Jackson can cut cleanly through solid stone, a feat for him. You can powerscale the other Camp Half-Blood children to his level but none of them share this same feat.

Summons in FF7 move at X speedand output Y force, therefor Sephiroth must be faster/stronger than they are.

^These are powerscaling, giving feats to relatively featless characters.

It's a case-by-case thing, not an overall thing.