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Originally Posted by sayde
A lot of the translations I've come across either directly state or heavily imply non-arrancar VL's to be even stronger than the average captain. This seems to be the source for all the disappointment. If normal VL's were supposed to be superior to "average" captains, then the arrancar VL's should've performed much better than they did. But a lot of them ended up being defeated in 1-on-1 battles against captain lvl opponents. The top 3 were really the only ones to sort of live up to the expectations in that regard.
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Likely the top 4 (or 5 depending on how you view Yami) were the only VL. These are the ones forbidden to release underneath the dome. We also know Aaroneiro was the only gillian in the group, but Noitora mentioned that a VL wouldn't be defeated by him in combat meaning that he's probably not a VL and likely no arrancar ranked under him would be either.
That'd mean Ulq was the only VL (assuming he is one) defeated in 1-on-1 battle, but I definitely wouldn't call the form Ichigo was in at the time "average" captain-level.
Still, after such a big deal was made about the vastro lordes, it was a huge disappointment to learn they made up a part of the Espada after nearly all of them been killed off. And that it was only pointed out in the anime and databook