Yup. And Egwene says Bode's potential is little short of her own. Meaning Cadsuane is just a step below Egwene. Merise's statement also confirms this.

But Metaraa was mentioned as soon as a PoV character met these WF!
And we know much noise has been made about Nicola, Bode and Sharina. Anyone else in this range would have been mentioned as well.

*Shrugs*
We could go on about this. All I can see is that among the huge number of Wise Ones so many PoV characters have come across, only Tamela and Viendre have been shown to be stronger than Aviendha for sure. And the Wise Ones are not sitting in the Waste. They are all in the Wetlands now.

Moggy said Elayne was strong enough to be trouble, and Elayne wasn't even close to her potential at this time.
Given how the Forsaken tend to downplay others, this statement that Elayne can be trouble needs to be revisited. What exactly does it say about Elayne that Moghedien think she can be trouble?
What does it mean that Be'lal thinks Elayne and Egwene can serve as very useful pawns? He dismisses Moiraine, after all.

Yup. But since Merise is near the top of the current AS strength tree, she is not, say, as weak as Elza, compared to Cadsuane.

Six times as strong as Moiraine and co.? I don't think so. Four times as strong, maybe, for the strongest of them. The Aes Sedai are weak, but not that weak.
And the point I was trying to make with the Egwene-Moiraine comparison is that Egwene linked with Lelaine and Romanda should be comfortably able to take on any of the Forsaken. I point again to Verin's circle against Graendal.

But neither of these are strong angreal. Verin is much weaker than Egwene, and it is doubtful if her angreal boosted her much above Egwene.
And Shalon and especially Kumira are weaker than Lelaine and Romanda. Yet, a link of three women individually only equal to or much weaker than Egwene's circle managed to fend off Graendal with an angreal.

We have seen her against the Senachan. Though the sa'angreal of course makes any conclusion impossible.

She calls them imitation Aes Sedai, continuing her show of conempt for them. But she doesn't include Cadsuane in that list. Maybe that was just because Cadsuane had broken her. But it might also indicate that Cadsuane is not so weak as to be laughd away by the Forsaken.

I never thought they could contest any of the Forsaken. Only the weaker ones. But the fact that two in a weakened state can match one of the Forsaken says a lot about their eventual strength.

Egwene is able to shield Sheriam without a thought, but Nynaeve is unable to shield Elayne at a pinch. Seems to me the difference is not so great.