As one of the Four Emperors, Teach is one of the four most powerful pirates in the world. proof of this would be having received a bounty of 2,247,600,000 during the timeskip[16] and would later increase to 3,996,000,000 for unknown reasons, which is the second highest among the current Emperors. Also, as the admiral of the Blackbeard Pirates, Teach has absolute authority over the crew, with the crew itself staffed with extremely powerful and infamous individuals. Furthermore, as the current ruler of Hachinosu, he has dominion over the entire island.