Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26005711-20151226104253/@comment-14902757-20160717035430

Hisoka is stronger.


 * When Illumi reacted to Hisoka's taunts during the CE arc, the former was merely reacting based on his protective instincts for his younger brother. Hisoka didn't cower in fear, he merely didn't want to fight there since he knew it was his fault Illumi reacted in that manner. Plus they were on a mission of some sort. But if they went for a battle, Illumi's bloodlust and intimidation won't be enough to defeat Hisoka.


 * There's this comment I read a while back in one of the forums suggesting that the power rating that Hisoka uses scales to 100 where he stands at 100. He gave Illumi a rating of 95. I think that makes sense.


 * Why they haven't fought yet is because as suggested in earlier comments, Illumi does not want to fight Hisoka. That's why Hisoka even contemplated on killing Killua to earn the ire of Illumi so he would fought him. Maybe, just maybe, the reason Illumi won't fight Hisoka is because strength wise, they both know that Hisoka is stronger and as suggested earlier, assassins were brought up with that instinct to avoid conflict when win is not a 100% guaranteed..

But still, it doesn't mean Hisoka would always win in a fight given what Biscuit explained to Killua during CA arc. But inherently, Hisoka is stronger.