TLDR: Piccolo is not more skilled than Jiren. Jiren has accomplished far more and is overall much more impressive.
I do not believe that many of the people in this thread understand the level of skill needed to attain Jiren's level of power in Dragon Ball. There are some exceptions like Zeno for example. But other than those exceptions you cannot be a fighter in Dragon Ball and have Jiren's level of strength without being exceptionally skilled in combat.
Jiren is likely FAR more skilled than Piccolo in hand to hand combat. At one point he had a master. But after his master was gone. Jiren did nothing but train by himself and he was able to attain his current strength. Imagine how powerful Jiren would have become. Had he trained with as many skilled mortals, gods, and etc. Like Goku or Vegeta did? Vegeta and Android 17 are the closest thing to Jiren in Universe 7 and they definitely couldn't have gotten to where they are by themselves. Which says a lot considering both of them combined still do not possess more power than Jiren.
Piccolo is likely a more intelligent fighter. He has more unorthodox techniques that have been made in order for him to make up the difference between him and his opponents levels of power. These techniques were not made solely because of his skill in fighting. Piccolo can't find a way to overcome opponents stronger than him without them. Unlike Goku and Vegeta. He cannot push past his limits like Goku and Vegeta can for example.
Jiren on the otherhand has none of these issues and both his skill and power were praised by everyone in the tournament. Not a single fighter said that Jiren was all power. With skill and determination alone. Jiren surpassed his GoD in power while training all by himself. Piccolo is not capable of this. Jiren is also capable of fighting opponents that are more skilled than him and actually doing well. If MIU Goku didn't have a time limit he would have won. But with Jiren's skill, power, and willingness to push himself he was able to outlast the transformation. Even after all that was said and done. He pushed himself one last time to take on Goku, Frieza, and 17. Piccolo could not push himself that much.
Piccolo has always been known for being a skilled fighter in his Universe. But when you compare him to the other Z-Fighters his skill isn't as impressive. Goku and Vegeta are definitely more skilled than him. But this is a given. Roshi and Krillin are honestly more skilled than him. As great as Piccolo is. He could not pull off what Roshi did in the tournament of power. In the manga Goku watching Roshi fight is actually the reason Goku was able to learn Ultra Instinct. This isn't canon to the anime. But I think it goes to show where the writers see Roshi's level of skill. Even in the tournament he had more eliminations than most of the participants and took out a guy who was the strongest in their entire Universe. Piccolo did not take out anyone that notable. Everyone that Piccolo fought he practically one shot. Krillin is likely more skilled than Piccolo in my honest opinion. He can compete with current SSJ tier opponents with skill and techniques alone. Piccolo has never shown the ability to do that without being close to them in power. Then you have the likes of Android 17 and Majin Buu. 17 who considered Piccolo a rival at one point. Has easily gone far beyond Piccolo's league in both skill and power. Piccolo did get stronger. But because he doesn't try to push himself as much as the other Z Fighters. 17 was able to blow him out of the water. Majin Buu can copy nearly any Techniques he sees then do them perfectly after seeing them once. Piccolo might be better than the likes of Tien and Yamcha. But they have both fallen so far behind the current Z roster that they can't even survive sparring matches with them. I think Piccolo and Android 18 are around the same level in terms of skill. With Piccolo having an edge due to much more experience.
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