Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33290287-20180226033553/@comment-29825745-20190816072656

With verse equalization, most likely any Nen user who's had their eye shoukos/microphyles opened would be able to see Stands. If not, Gyo would definitely allow them to see through that. Most likely, nen baptism on a Stand user would be impossible since they'd be using their "aura" to transmute it into the stand, like a Specialization skill most of the time.

Now, I disagree that nen has a hard-coded tier list. That's not true. Killua is far weaker than Menthuthuyoupi in raw power, yet managed to beat him up in such a way there was nothing Youpi could do to defend from his attacks, and Knuckle could totally have won. Actually, Knuckle could only not defeat Pitou and Meruem from all of the ants. Netero was far weaker than Meruem, yet so smart and precise that he was able to hold his own for several minutes of intense fighting and Meruem only won because he was far smarter. Had Meruem only above average or gifted human intellect, Netero would have definitely won that fight, simply via progressively weakening Meruem through attacks he'd be able to do nothing against.

Hunter x Hunter isn't a dragon ball story. Versatility and hax often matter far more than raw power. So much so in fact that even between two basic enhancers using Ryu, one of them ten times stronger than the other, the ten times weaker side may still win by making the right play.

So, I believe Nen is a better power system than Stands. Stands are a great power system, mind you, but just not as good. Not as detailed, not such a high ratio of depth/complexity (Nen is really deep, but when you look at the concepts behind it, Dragon Ball already has in it most of the concepts used by basic Enhancers, Emitters and Transmuters), not such a well made system.

Nen is better, I don't really see a way around that. The two systems are comparable at best.