Such great use of haki was even lauded by Whitebeard. In an interview, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda confirmed Shank's conqueror's haki is twice as powerful as Luffy's. That means Shanks could make over 100,000 people faint with his powers instead of the roughly 50,000 people Luffy knocked down.
Shanks is possibly the strongest Conqueror's Haki user alive in One Piece. He paralyzed Admiral Ryokugyu, one of the strongest Marines in the entire world, with his Conqueror's Haki from miles away.
As such, Luffy awakened the true abilities of the Nika fruit. With its powers, Luffy was able to topple even Kaido and if he could defeat the man who was the Strongest Creature Alive, he can certainly defeat Shanks as well.
He is a specialist of Observation Haki, Ryuo, and also Conqueror's Haki. Among all the Haki types, however, Luffy is especially skilled at using Conqueror's Haki, which is his best Haki type. In Wano Country, he reached Yonko level and is currently fighting Kaido in a one-on-one battle.
Monkey D. Luffy has mastered all three types of haki, including Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki), Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), and Haoshoku Haki (Conqueror's Haki). He can even use several subforms of the hakis, which makes him one of the most powerful haki users in the One Piece world.
Conqueror's Haki is one of the rarest powers to exist in the One Piece world. Unlike the other two Haki forms, this power isn't accessible by everyone but exists within only a chosen few. Its basic level allows the user to intimidate and overwhelm those who have weaker wills.
So, Luffy's Gear 5 is the latest gear technique in his arsenal. It is the awakened form of Luffy's Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika devil fruit (not Gomu Gomu no Mi, as revealed by Silvers Rayleigh). Gear 5 is even considered to be the peak form of Luffy, unlike any other we have seen before.
However, physical blows without Haki don't work on him due to his rubber body, and the only slashing-style ninjutsu Sakura is shown to know is a scalpel-like blade. With that being her only weapon to hurt Luffy with, it's likely she will lose this fight in embarrassing fashion.
It is evident that the only person capable of surpassing Roger is Luffy. Even though Luffy still has a lot to achieve, he is the only person who can transform the entire world.
Whitebeard ate the Gura Gura no Mi, which gave him the power to destroy the world. The devil fruit allowed Whitebeard to create quakes. At Marineford, viewers finally got to see what Whitebeard was capable of doing — making it pretty clear that Shanks won't be able to beat Whitebeard in a fight.
Blackbeard is the greatest pirate rival of Luffy. He'll certainly be the final obstacle of Luffy.
Garp possesses Haoshoku Haki, which is the rarest form of Haki for those who holds the qualities of a "King". He once remarked on how Luffy inherited it at Marineford. More than most, he has mastered it to the fullest, being able to perform feats beyond knocking out weaker-willed opponents.
Zoro was the first person who accepted Luffy's invitation and joined the latter on his journey to become the Pirate King. Zoro is a very powerful fighter and he possesses all three types of Haki. Zoro was able to use Conqueror's Haki unknowingly against Kaido.
Despite being at a clear disadvantage, Enel was able to defeat Luffy once. His mantra, along with his tactical prowess in battle made him quite a foe for anyone. In the end, Luffy had to seek help from all those around him to take Enel down.
During this arc, Zoro and Luffy, having lost their memories, confront each other and engage in a fight. It is during this fight that Zoro lands a strong surprise attack on Luffy, slicing his chest and thus giving him the X-shaped scar.
Everything suggests that this Gear 5 could be the final transformation of the man destined to become the King of the Pirates. For that reason alone, it had to be up to the task, and boy, was it up to the task. You could say that Luffy has become the strongest character in One Piece.
In fact, Nami has already demonstrated abilities similar to Haki. During the Alabasta Saga, she has shown the ability to tell even the slightest of changes in weather which, according to Vivi, is beyond human comprehension.
50 at the ln-game shop. White Haki spirit color is the rarest color and cannot be obtained with robux.
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2 Devil Fruit Beat Haki: Law Vs.
During his fight against Vergo, Law was able to slice through his body, bypassing his Haki in the process, despite not using any on his own blade. In doing so, Law was able to beat Haki with pure Devil Fruit power.