How strong is Piccolo during the Buu Saga?

I go over various feats and statements regarding Piccolo during the Buu Saga to find out how strong he really is.

[wallywest]

To find out how strong Piccolo was in the Buu Saga we have to use Vegeta, Goku & Cell as benchmarks. I'm also going to be using the HBTC (room of spirit and time) as source material. Now this is all going to be hypothetical, and my own opinion, so i'm not gonna be 100% right but give me some leeway to work with here.

ANDROID SAGA:
- Vegeta, before entering the HBTC, was slightly weaker than Android 18.

- Piccolo, after fusing with Kami, was equal in strength with Android 17. (So Piccolo is stronger than SS Vegeta, but not by a crazy amount at this time)

- Vegeta, after spending one year in the HBTC, was far stronger than Semi-Perfect Cell.

- Piccolo enters the HBTC, before the Cell games, and it is unknown how strong he is afterwards, but Goku does comment that he still doesn't stand a chance against Perfect Cell. Now even though Piccolo doesn't get Zenkai boosts like Vegeta, and he doesn't get the same power increase after fighting/training like Saiyans do, for the sake of simplicity, lets say Piccolo (Post HBTC) is about the same strength as "Super Vegeta" (Vegeta after one year in HBTC)

- Now Vegeta goes into the HBTC a second time, before the Cell Games, and it is unknown how strong he is afterwards. But it is confirmed he is still weaker than SS Goku & Gohan (Post HBTC) And they are both confirmed to be weaker than Perfect Cell.

- Now there's a 7 year time-jump between the Cell Games and the Buu Saga. Keep in mind these are 7 years of peace, Gohan actually grew weaker in this time because there was no need to train. But lets assume Piccolo kept up with his training, even though he wouldn't have been training like he was in the HBTC and he would've been taking it a lot easier. So at the end of the Cell games Piccolo is roughly even in strength as 'Super Vegeta' (The buff Vegeta that beat up Semi-Perfect Cell)

- After 1-2 years of training (In peace time) he was probably around the same strength as Vegeta was in the Cell Games (Vegeta post 2 years in HBTC)

- After another 1-2 years of training he was probably as strong as Goku & Gohan were in the mastered SS forms.

-After another 1-2 years training he was probably as strong as Perfect Cell. (That's roughly 6 years of training in peace)

- Throw in one extra year of training to put Piccolo somewhere between Perfect Cell and Super Perfect Cell.

So that's how strong I'd say Piccolo was in the Buu Saga, somewhere around Perfect Cell level, maybe a little stronger, maybe a little weaker i don't know. And just to put a little more facts down. Vegeta did nothing but train in those 7 years (intensely) And he told Gohan he was confident he'd closed the gap between their power levels. So Vegeta, after doing nothing but train for 7 years, was somewhere around SS2 Kid Gohan level, probably slightly weaker. So I highly doubt Piccolo was stronger than Vegeta, or even close, and Vegeta was, at MAX, as strong as SS2 Kid Gohan. So there's no way Piccolo is was stronger than SS2 Gohan in the Buu Saga.

[mohsinshah]

Vegeta wasn’t struggling at all and if you hadn’t realised he wasn’t using his full power in base

[makingmoneywithmj]

Piccolo was living on the lookout while Vegeta had gravity rooms and Trunks to train with, Goku had the afterlife

[abizzy.]

Piccolo trained on king kai's for 5 days and went from a power level of less than nappa's to around 200, 000 i think and thats only training for 5 days way less than goku.Imagine piccolo had his potential unlocked by guru like gohans or grand elder kai or both

[SonGoku]

i was searching for a answer to this, and i got it from a Lady, nice.. and thanks :D

[LiveKillers]

Lets get simple piccolo in buu saga is inferior to goku, vegeta, gohan and every buu form and he is stronger than 18/ tien and yamacha vídel etc ....picolo is probably inferior to dabura about shin i tink if piccolo hes inferior i tink is only by a litle bit