User blog comment:Godisme/Exorcism/@comment-5894890-20130927221323/@comment-7740542-20130927231354

i dont think flames need to be as strong as the flames they are countering to offset them, though they probably do need to be somewhere in the same league in terms of strength. also i think you are not giving the sternritter enough credit, i mean yes Yamamoto was considered to be the strongest mothaf*cka in bleach but these guys (and girls) all appear to be a bit stronger then an average captain class soul reaper when using shikai, as seen when about half of them immediately went to bankai when they first encountered them.