Talk:Holy Might Supreme Kai/@comment-27996636-20160927115658/@comment-30362807-20161001211815

Keep in mind that Kaioshin  is more of an assist character than a straight-up melee fighter like Goku and co. Many of his abilities, ie, Magic Materialization, Teleportation, Telekinesis, Mind Reading, Life Transfusion, etc, are all mostly geared towards assisting others than outright fighting with punches and Ki blasts.

It isn't that he's weak, he's just often perceived as weak because he's terrified of Majin Buu. As shown, Kaioshin clearly took more hits than a SSJ2 Gohan did and even recovered more quickly. In the original Japanese manga, Piccolo also states that his and the Supreme Kai's powers are dimensions apart, further illustrating how strong Supreme Kai actually is.

But the fact is, Kaioshin was never meant to be a strong character. Unlike Beerus, he's a God of Creation, not a God of Destruction. His duty is simply to peacefully oversee the universe and to create new planets for the emergence of life.

So, while it makes sense that he has enough power to support his position as a God, it also makes sense why he isn't on the tier of Beerus or Whis - it's because he simply was never intended to be so.