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This has spoilers of the manga but I have to take it out of my chest.
You have been warned
people who actually think deku vs class 1A at the end of the dark ark would have been an easy win for him are total idiots.
In one side you have a beat down as fuck deku who didn't sleep for days nor did he eat or drink anything, and on the other side let's start with the ' weakest '
Mina managed to hurt that giant pet of all for one with her acid when no one else could scratch it
Tenya was so fucking fast he broke the sound barrier
Tokoyami had prime all for one shitting his pants out of fear
Ochaco literally saved the entire arc from being over very early by toga with her awakening
Then katsuki is the biggest mf of the whole pack; first he beat down PRIME all for one to non existence, and was the only one beside izuku to keep up with shigaraki and even overwhelm him completely at some point.
Then you have another 15 members who are in Same level as most pro heroes at least so deku was basically going to be beat down to a pulp if they really got into a serious fight
My point is the fandom doesn't give them their credit at all except for shoto and katsuki who are still so damn underrated compared to deku let alone the others.