RedRoseFring said:
What the heck? So it was made clear long ago that abilities are useless if the opponents reiastu is greater than the attackers, so does that imply that this stern ritter's reiatsu is up to par with the zero guards'?
It is true that the cardinal rule of Bleach is "reiatsu trumps all", but the Sternritter have already been shown to have Spiritual energy comparable to that of a captains or even greater, and these are the Elite themselves.
Besides, the Royal guard weren't promoted to their position for the extensiveness of their Spirit energy, but for the achievements and contributions they made to Soul Society. So they really should have only high captain-level Reiatsu at best. Nothing godlike. That hax aspect of reiatsu only applies to Aizen, really.