How Luffy Evolves Beyond Yonko Level from Elbaf

This article contains spoilers for One Piece ‘Elbaf Arc’.

Key Takeaways

• Luffy will need to improve his Devil Fruit control and Haki, especially Conqueror's Haki, to surpass his Yonko level.
• Fans expect Luffy to become the most powerful character in One Piece by the end of the series.
• Luffy must gain the power and control of Joy Boy's Haki to defeat powerful enemies such as the Five Elders.

Luffy is one of the most powerful characters. one piece Fans know that he ascended to the position of Yonko after the Wano Country Incident. This is what many readers expected, but after defeating Kaido, Luffy was officially recognized by the world as one of the Four Emperors of the Sea, along with Shanks, Blackbeard, and Buggy the Clown.

Now Luffy is a figure that cannot be ignored and is feared by the whole world. Luffy's power is such that even people like a Marine Admiral cannot take him in battle without much difficulty, and people like the Five Elders will stand up to him as equals. But what fans know is that Luffy still has much more potential to achieve and should eventually grow beyond the Yonko level. If Luffy is to achieve what Joy Boy cannot and reach a much higher level of power, Luffy's goals must be much higher.

Oda highlights the level Luffy must reach

• Luffy couldn't harm the elders in Egghead
• Emmett showed Luffy how to do it.

Yonko are, quite simply, some of the most powerful individuals. one piece. In fact, the Yonko are consistently considered the most powerful, with the exception of individuals like Roger, who have reached a very special tier in terms of power and notoriety. In general, Yonko are powerful. Their power is considered stronger than that of the Admirals and there is a consensus among fans that they are the most powerful in One Piece. Now Luffy is one of those Yonko. However, in recent matchups, fans could easily see that Luffy still has room to grow. First of all, despite his powers, Luffy does not have perfect control over his Devil Fruit. Even after achieving Awakening, Luffy still has room to grow in terms of his Devil Fruit abilities.

Listen, Emmett! You probably have my strongest hockey in you. – Joy Boy

Of course, he can't grow beyond Gear 5, but Luffy's control over Gear 5 and other aspects of his fruit still needs to grow. In his current state, Luffy cannot maintain Gear 5 for too long and the side effects of this Gear are too harsh for him. As time goes by, Luffy will have to work on this and control it better, and clues about this have already been dropped in the Elbaf arc, where Luffy is starting to control his Devil Fruit abilities much better.

Oda clearly showed Luffy's shortcomings in the Egghead Arc. Although he is very strong, he is not strong enough to defeat the five elders on the border of immortality. But while Luffy couldn't beat them, someone else certainly did and that person was none other than Joy Boy. Of course, the real Joyboy died 800 years ago, and with his death the empty century ended. But at the same time, fans also know that Joy Boy saved his hockey in Emet. When Emmett unleashed this Haki, its force was so strong that the sky split itself apart. In addition, it neutralized the demonic transformation of the five elders and pushed them back to Marie Joa, while also inflicting a lot of pain just by detecting Imu.

What Oda means here is that Joyboy's Haki is on a completely different tier and is much stronger than Luffy's at the moment. This is Oda's way of telling fans that Luffy must become much stronger in order to defeat the Five Elders, and subsequently Immu, and liberate the world.

How Luffy Grows Beyond Yonko Level

Luffy will train in hockey to become stronger

Naturally, after the events of Egghead Island, fans will wonder how Luffy can grow beyond the Yonko level. The answer is very simple. In fact, Oda himself emphasized that for Of Egghead. Luffy must focus on two things in particular if he is to defeat the Five Elders and, more importantly, Imu. First of all, Luffy needs to put more effort into his devil fruit. As it stands, Gear 5 is depleting too quickly for Luffy to be able to defeat powerful individuals.

Of course, Luffy can always push his body beyond all its limits, like he did against Kaido. However, while it's interesting to watch, it always portrays Luffy as the underdog. Luffy must be on the same page as these individuals, and his confrontation with Kaido, whom he lost about four times before winning, cannot be repeated.

Just as most top fighters are able to maintain their greatest strength for long periods of time, Luffy will need to improve his control over Gear 5 to make it last for long periods of time in battle. So this should be Luffy's main focus.

Hockey reigns supreme! – Kaido

That means Gear 5 alone can't help Luffy conquer his enemies. The key to defeating Imu at the same time as the Elders is Haki. Luffy has already awakened all advanced forms of Haki, but he still needs to improve them significantly. Like Luffy's Haki, he can't do what Joy Boy did. He needs to control this ability better, as his strongest Haki cannot compare to Joy Boy's Haki. More specifically, Luffy needs to greatly improve his Conqueror's Haki. As already mentioned in Rayleigh's story, Conqueror's Haki becomes stronger with the user. This means that as Luffy improves his control over Gear 5 and increases his overall power level, his Conqueror's Haki will also improve.

With more training and fighting, Luffy's use of Haki Great will also improve. That means he can learn more about the application of hockey and communicate it much better at the same time. First and foremost, fans know that Luffy is a visual learner. That means that if he were to fight a Haki master like Shanks, as fans know, Luffy would figure out advanced applications of this ability and learn how to do them. In the battle itself.

Series End How strong is Luffy?

Luffy should be the strongest character at the end of the story

at the end one pieceLuffy must reach a very high level. In fact, it won't be a surprise to fans that the finale of One Piece will see Luffy as the strongest character of all time. The reason is very simple. Luffy has to do what Joy Boy can't do. He must surpass Roger and succeed where Joyboy failed. This means that Luffy is destined to surpass both Roger and Joyboy. Considering that Joyboy was the strongest character in One Piece, and based on what Oda showed fans recently, Luffy will inevitably end up being the strongest character in the entire series. This also makes sense, since Luffy can only maintain absolute freedom in the sea by becoming the strongest, and Luffy's goal is to become the freest person in the sea.

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