#top notch

The irony of Aizawa losing his own power is hilarious.

Shota's feelings about his powers are complex and we see this kind of zero to hero storyline with him. In Vigilantes, we meet a teenage Shota with a lack of self-confidence and he is exceptionally hard on himself. He even verbalizes that his power isn't enough to be a hero.

During an attack on Aizawa's students, Tomura Shigaraki even tells Eraser that his quirk really isn't all that impressive and he's 'as weak as a quirkless child'. But he does recognize that it's Shota's resilience and tenacity is what makes him so 'cool'. Therefore, Shota doesn't put as much faith in his quirk as he does his technique. He scores a 6/5 for it within the Ultra Archive, and 6/6 on the Ultra Analysis scale.

We even see Shota teaching his students work arounds of having their quirks disabled. During an exam, Shota specifically picked himself to be the opponent to two of his students who rely heavily on the strength of their quirks. He wanted to make sure they could hold their own even with their abilities being temporarily stripped from them.