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Originally Posted by Evil Dark Knight
Fine. Disregard the filler instance, since it does disarrange the power balance. - But use it as a visual example as to how Byakuya can combat using his weapon (including its techniques) and kidou attacks.
Yes, Byakuya would suffer severe damage if he were to collide head-on with Getsuga Tenshou. However, Ichigo would suffer similar damage if he were to collide with a kidou attack such as Soukatsui, or Byakurai. (Intensified damage if the incantation is used)
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Renji managed to generally avoid Hadou #33 - Soukatsui, by his own admittion, and even though he was in Bankai, the gap between him and Byakuya (shikai) was still quite noticeable. Ichigo (post-Bankai training) is evidently much superior to Renji, and thus I can conclude he would be able to largely avoid the blast.
Either way, disregarding kidou and Getsuga Tenshou, it is still the most probable conclusion that Ichigo (shikai) > Byakuya (shikai).