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"Hero? No! We're Pirates! I love heroes, but I don't wanna be one! Do you know what heroes are? Say there is a chunk of meat. Pirates will have a banquet and eat it. But heroes will share it with other people. I want all the meat!"
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- Luffy to Jinbe

"I've set myself to become the King of Pirates... and if I die trying... then at least I tried!"
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- Luffy

"I don't want to conquer anything. I just think the guy with the most freedom in this whole ocean... is the Pirate King!"
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- Luffy


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"I can do everything I wanted to do!! I think I can fight a bit longer... My heartbeat sounds so funny!! This is the pinnacle of what I can do!! This is... Gear 5!!!"
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- Luffy

Summary
Monkey D. Luffy, known as "Straw Hat Luffy", is the main protagonist of the manga and anime, One Piece. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered “The World's Most Dangerous Criminal”; the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a powerful Marine Vice-Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions; the sworn brother of late "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace and Revolutionary chief of staff Sabo; and the foster son of Curly Dadan. He seeks to find One Piece and become the Pirate King; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. He has eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi, which turned his body into rubber and gives him stretching powers; he's developed great mastery and creativity with his powers, creating two unique techniques with them: Gear 2nd, which makes him much faster, and Gear 3rd, which allows him to inflate any body parts for a stronger attack. During the time-skip, he has a new technique: Gear 4th, which makes him much stronger and faster than even the other two Gears, but with a considerable cost to it. During his battle with Kaidou in Onigashima, Luffy manages to awaken the true potential of his Devil Fruit, the Hito Hito no Mi: Model Nika, tapping into his Gear 5th, granting his rubber-like body increased physical strength and freedom, limited only by his imagination.

Luffy is quite notorious for battling powerful individuals and organizations wherever he goes, and regularly poses a threat to the balance of the world by challenging the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the World Government, and now the Emperors, and so far has managed to either win completely or escape by a hair's breadth. Through word of his various exploits and victories spreading around, he's already become one of the most infamous and feared pirate captains in the world after the timeskip.

Luffy has his own signature laughter style, which is "Shishishishishi~".

Following the events of the Wano Arc, the Straw Hat's victory over the Beast Pirates, Luffy's victory against Kaidou, and Wano's liberation, the news quickly spread across the globe. With Kaidou and Big Mom defeated and presumed deceased, Luffy was officially declared one of the Four Emperors, with the world now recognizing his power and status.

After the time-skip, and the events of Dressrosa, his bounty was 500,000,000 Berries. After the events of Whole-Cake Island, Luffy's bounty rose to 1,500,000,000 Berries. After the events of Wano, Luffy's current bounty sits at 3,000,000,000 Berries.

Powers and Stats
Tier:, higher with Gear 2nd, up to with Gear 3, higher with Gear 4th: Boundman, far higher with Strongest Attacks | , higher with Gear 2nd, up to  with Gear 3, higher with Gear 4th: Boundman, far higher with Strongest Attacks | , higher with Gear 2nd,  with Gear 4th: Snakeman, higher with Gear 3rd, far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman, even higher with Strongest Attacks | , higher with Gear 2nd, up to  with Gear 3rd, , possibly  with Gear 4th: Boundman, far higher with Strongest Attacks or Haōshoku Infusion | , possibly , higher with Gears, far higher with Strongest Attacks, up to  with Bajrang Gun

Key: Beginning of Timeskip | Early Whole Cake Island Arc | Post-Katakuri Fight | Post-Udon Prison Training | Post-Haōshoku Advancement

Name: Monkey D. Luffy, Straw Hat Luffy, Joy Boy

Origin: One Piece

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Classification: Human, Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Supernova, Yonko, Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit User

Powers and Abilities:
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Resistance to Electricity Manipulation and Blunt Force Trauma (Due to his body being rubber, he is highly resistant to lightning. He is also highly resistant to blunt attacks), Sleep Manipulation (Resisted Monet's ability to put him to sleep), Temperature Manipulation (Shown to be unfazed by cold temperatures, even if the temperature is below 50), Corrosion Inducement and Poison Manipulation (Can keep fighting even after being hit by Crocodile poison which also has shown to be able to corrode rocks. After surviving being poisoned by Magellan, Luffy developed an even greater immunity to poisons, causing him to be unaffected when Caesar Clown and Hyouzou, a blue ringed octopus fishman, targeted him with their poison. However, he did later fall victim to poison after consuming the skin of the Armored Stonefish; though the poison is stated to kill a giant on contact normally, Luffy's poison resistance merely put him in a coma despite taking several big bites), Animal Manipulation (Zoans are immune to Tama's Kibi Dangos, which can affect real animals and SMILE users), Madness Manipulation, Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation with Willpower (Through sheer willpower, he can resist losing his mind when absorbing shadows through the Kage Kage no Mi. Shadows belonging to strong willed people are difficult to control, allowing them to rebel against Moria's pact which usually immediately submits a shadow to his supremacy and orders. Spiritual energy is contained within one's soul/life; this energy is represented by the fighting power or the Haki itself. Those with strong souls, which are homologous to shadows, resist the effects of Brook's soul manipulation), Sleep Manipulation (Didn't fall asleep from Monet's sleeping technique), Heat Manipulation (Withstood and parry away Enel's high voltage spear, which could turn wood to ashes upon contact. By the time of the Paramount War Saga, he can withstand the boiling temperatures of Levels 3 and 4 in Impel Down as well stand near Akainu when he's attacking, where the heat coming off his body has been shown to vaporize enemy weapons around him. Can withstand the heat of the Burning Lands in Punk Hazard, where the heat is hot enough to melt and deform concrete buildings and bones), Fire Manipulation (Could withstand igniting his hands on fire with his Red-attacks, which is hot enough to burn even underwater), Limited Power Nullification and Stamina Absorption (Has been shown to been capable of moving regardless of being affected by varying densities of Seastone, while low densities have been shown to completely incapacitate and drastically weaken others and stopping them from using their abilities) Resistence Plot Manipulation (Able to delete stories from episodes 1 to 1000)
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Attack Potency: Large Mountain level (Fought and overpowered an Overdosed Hody. Can casually fight and damage Caesar Clown, who withstood the energy behind Nami's lightning shared with Baby 5 and Buffalo, making him at least 1/3rd as powerful as her lightning), higher with Gear 2nd (Far stronger than his Base State. One-shot a Pacifista), up to Island level with Gear 3rd (His Gear 3rd can vary in strength with the amount of air Luffy puts in his limbs. One-shot Monster Hody, who is 4x stronger than in his Overdosed state. Stronger than his Jet Gatling, which could destroy a Black Knight from Doflamingo. Much stronger than his Gear 2nd. One-shot Surume, and inflicted more damage to him than both Diable Jambe Sanji and 3 of Franky's Missiles, with 1 of Franky's Missiles being capable of severely harming Senor Pink), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (4x stronger than his Hawk Bazooka, which is twice as strong as a regular Gear 2nd punch. [[Media:Gear 4th vs Mingo.png|Fought and overpowered]] Doflamingo, [[Media:Gear 4th vs Threads.png|breaking his strings]]), even higher with Strongest Attacks (One-shotted Doflamingo using a [[Media:King Kong Gun.png|King Kong Gun]]. Stronger than his Leo Bazooka, which is twice as powerful as his basic Gear 4th: Boundman attacks, which in turn are [[Media:Gear 4th Compressed Force.png|4x stronger]] than Gear 3rd)

Speed: Relativistic (Much faster than his younger self, who dodged a laser. While tired, he kept pace with Cavendish), at least Relativistic+ with Gear 2nd or Soru (Blitzed a Pacifista. Using Soru, he blitzed a Smoker in Tashigi's body, who can keep up against Base Luffy), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Blitzed Doflamingo from hundreds of meters away)

Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Considerably stronger than his younger self, who could pull a massive golden ball with this much force), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Broke Doflamingo's threads with brute strength, which are capable of holding back the force of a meteor brought down by Fujitora)

Striking Strength: Large Mountain level, higher with Gear 2nd, up to Island level with Gear 3rd, higher level with Gear 4th: Boundman, even higher with Strongest Attacks

Durability: Large Mountain level (Took attacks from Jinbe), Large Mountain level+ with Busōshoku Haki (While weakened, he could block multiple stabs from Doflamingo aimed at his chest. Blocked many hits from Doflamingo's strings using his Octopus Gatling), Island level with Gear 4th: Boundman (Comparable to his Attack Potency. Withstood the impact of Doflamingo's "God-Thread")

Attack Potency: Large Mountain level (Can clash, harm, and fight with a regular 1 Armed Biscuit Soldier), higher with Gear 2nd (Superior to his Base State), up to Island level with Gear 3rd (Much stronger than his Gear 2nd. Slightly pushed back a 3 Armed Biscuit Soldier that overpowered a Hawk Gatling), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Stronger than before. At least 4x stronger than his base. Able to fight and overpower Katakuri), far higher with Strongest Attacks (Stronger than his Leo Bazooka, which is twice as strong as his standard Gear 4th: Boundman attacks. His Cannonball in Gear 4th: Tankman Stuffed Version was able to one-shot both Cracker and his Biscuit Soldiers)
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Speed: Relativistic with at least Relativistic+ reactions (Faster than before. Can dodge attacks from Katakuri. Can react to the speed of his higher forms), at least Relativistic+ with Gear 2nd or Soru (Faster than before), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Outsped Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers)

Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Stronger than his previous Base State), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Stronger than before)

Striking Strength: Large Mountain level, higher with Gear 2nd, up to Large Mountain level+ with Gear 3rd, Island level with Gear 4th: Boundman, higher with Strongest Attacks

Durability: Large Mountain level (Took hits from a 1 Armed Biscuit Soldier), Island level with Busōshoku Haki (Took many attacks from Cracker's 3 Armed Biscuit Soldiers), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (As durable as the power of his strikes), far higher with Gear 4th: Tankman Stuffed Version (Far more durable than Gear 4th: Boundman)

Attack Potency: Large Mountain level (Stronger than before), higher with Gear 2nd (Stronger than his previous Gear 2nd), Island level with Gear 4th: Snakeman (At least 4x stronger than his Base State due to the compressed force of his strikes. Far stronger than Gear 2nd. [[Media:Snakeman vs Katakuri.jpg|Fought with and matched]] Katakuri blow for blow), up to higher with Gear 3rd (Clashed evenly with a large Mochi punch from Katakuri, who could damage Luffy's former Gear 4th: Boundman), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Much stronger than Gear 3rd), Island level+ with Strongest Attacks (At least 4x as powerful as Gear 3rd due to the [[Media:Gear 4th Compressed Force.png|tensile force]] of his attacks)
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Speed: Relativistic with at least Relativistic+ reactions (Faster than before), at least Relativistic+ with Gear 2nd or Soru (Faster than his Base State), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Faster than before), even higher with Gear 4th: Snakeman (In this form, Luffy stated that he is faster than Boundman)

Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Stronger than before), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Stronger than his previous Gear 4th: Boundman)

Striking Strength: Large Mountain level, higher with Gear 2nd, Large Mountain level+ with Gear 4th: Snakeman, up to Island level with Gear 3rd, higher with Gear 4th: Boundman, even higher with Strongest Attacks

Durability: Large Mountain level (More durable than his previous Base State), Island level with Busōshoku Haki (Superior to his previous use of Busōshoku Haki. Blocked multiple hits from Awakened Katakuri, and handled them far better than he did before), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (More durable than his former Gear 4th: Boundman)

Attack Potency: Large Mountain level (Stronger than his previous self due to his training in Udon Prison while weakened with Seastone cuffs ), higher with Gear 2nd (Far stronger than his Base State), up to Island level with Gear 3rd (Stronger than his previous Gear 3rd), Country level, possibly Moon level with Gear 4th: Boundman (Capable of damaging Base and Dragon Kaidou with a Kong Gun and Rhino Shneider, respectively), far higher with Strongest Attacks (Pummeled Dragon Kaidou using a Kong Gatling, repeatedly making him spit out blood and shocking Big Mom with his power ) or Haōshoku Infusion ([[Media:Haōshoku Luffy vs Hybrid Kaido.jpg|Can block and]] deflect Hybrid Kaidou's hita. [[Media:Haōshoku Luffy Hurts Hybrid Kaido.jpg|Drew blood from Hybrid Kaidou]] with his own Haōshoku Infused attacks. [[Media:Haōshoku Luffy vs Hybrid Kaido.jpg|Clashed evenly with Kaidou's Haōshoku Infusion]] )
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Speed: FTL (Although inferior, he could [[Media:Luffy vs Hybrid Kaido.png|react to a strike]] from Hybrid Kaidou. Eventually grew to the point where he could keep up with Kaidou, [[Media:Haōshoku Luffy vs Hybrid Kaido.jpg|block his attacks]], and [[Media:Haōshoku Luffy Hurts Hybrid Kaido.jpg|land many hits on him]]), higher reactions with Kenbunshoku Haki ([[Media:Luffy vs Kaido Roof.jpg|Manage to barely dodge]] Base Kaidou's Thunder Bagua, which had previously [[Media:Kaido's Thunder Bagua.jpg|blitzed him in Gear 4th]]), higher with Gear 2nd (Faster than before), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Can keep up with and even overwhelm Dragon Kaidou, [[Media:Gear 4th Luffy vs Dragon Kaidou.jpg|landing dozens of punches on him]])

Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Stronger than before thanks to his training in Udon Prison), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (His strength was complimented by Eustass Kid wielding Punk Rotten, who could overpower a hit from Big Mom and flip Dragon Kaidou)

Striking Strength: Large Mountain level, higher with Gear 2nd, up to Island level with Gear 3rd, Country level, possibly Moon level with Gear 4th: Boundman, far higher with Strongest Attacks or with Haōshoku Infusion

Durability: Country level, possibly Moon level (Although not head on, he took part of a Thunder Bagua from Kaidou . Took a Heavenly Bonbon from Prometheus, and can take being sent flying by attacks from Hybrid Kaidou . Despite being caught off-guard, was relatively unharmed by a bite from Zoan Queen ), higher with Busōshoku Haki (Blocked a hit from Hybrid Kaidou, although it was noticeably superior ), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Tanked a Bolo Breath from Kaidou, with Kaidou stating that his attack didn't work )

Attack Potency: Country level, possibly Moon level (Using [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Busōshoku Haki.png|Busōshoku Haki]], he is able to severely injure Dragon Kaidou . [[Media:Awakened Luffy vs Hybrid Kaido.png|His Haōshoku Infusion clashed evenly]] and [[Media:Awakened Luffy vs Hybrid Form Kaido.jpg|separated the heavens alongside Hybrid Kaidou's Haōshoku Infusion]] ), higher with Gears ([[Media:Awakened Luffy vs Hybrid Kaidou.jpg|His Gear 2nd matched Drunk Hybrid Kaidou with a headbutt]] . [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Elephant Gun.jpg|His Elephant Gun]] knocked down Dragon Kaidou . [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Roc Gun.jpg|His Roc Gun]] damaged Hybrid Kaidou . [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Roc Gatling.jpg|His Roc Gatling]] clashed evenly against Kaidou's Gundari Ryuseigun . [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Jet Culverin.jpg|His Jet Culverin]] drew blood from and knocked back Base Kaidou. Gear 5th is Luffy's Awakening and grants him far greater physical strength than before. Gear 5th allowed Luffy to make Dragon Kaidou bleed by [[Media:Gear 5th Luffy's LS.jpg|slamming him into the ground repeatedly]]), far higher with Strongest Attacks ([[Media:Awakened Luffy's Over Kong Gun.jpg|His Over Kong Gun]] seriously hurt Dragon Kaidou. Pummeled Hybrid Kaidou using [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Hydra.jpg|his Hydra]] ), up to Small Planet level with Bajrang Gun (Luffy creates a colossal fist and launches it at a fraction of the speed of light. Combines Busōshoku Emission, Haōshoku Infusion, Gear 4th's compression, and Gear 5th's expansion to match and eventually overpower Flame Dragon Kaidou's Kaen Daiko, allowing Luffy to punch Kaidou hard enough to break his horn and [[Media:Bajrang Gun vs Kaido.png|send him flying deep into the earth]], ultimately defeating him , and causing [[Media:Kaido's Defeat.jpg|an underwater volcanic eruption]] )
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Speed: FTL with higher reactions (Faster than his previous self. Can fully keep up against Hybrid Kaidou), higher with Gears (Far superior to his Base State. [[Media:Awakened Luffy vs Hybrid Kaido.jpg|His Gear 2nd could react]] and avoid Kaidou's Thunder Bagua, with his Boundman and Snakeman [[Media:Snakeman vs Kaido.jpg|being even superior]]. Capable of overwhelming Kaidou [[Media:Gear 5th Luffy vs Kaidou.jpg|with his Gear 5th]]. [[Media:Gear 5th vs Kizaru.png|Can keep up]] with Kizaru's extraordinary speed with Gear 5th, where even Snakeman was struggling)

Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Able to restraint Hybrid Kaidou and [[Media:Luffy Restrains Kaido.jpg|prevent him from attacking]]), higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Stronger than before), Class Y with Gear 5th (Awakening provides Luffy with much greater physical strength than ever before. Capable of lifting and moving his Bajrang Gun fist, which is the size of Onigashima. Could lift Dragon Kaidou and [[Media:Gear 5th Luffy's LS.jpg|slam him from side to side]])

Striking Strength: Country level, possibly Moon level, higher with Gears, far higher with Strongest Attacks, up to Small Planet level with Bajrang Gun

Durability: Country level, possibly Moon level (Took numerous Haōshoku Infused attacks from Hybrid Kaidou, such as [[Media:Kaido's Ragnarok.jpg|Ragnarok]] and [[Media:Awakened Luffy's Roc Gatling.jpg|Gundari Ryuseigun]] ), higher with Busōshoku Haki (More durable than in his Base State. [[Media:Luffy Blocks Bolo Breath.jpg|Blocked a Bolo Breath]] from Hybrid Kaidou with his hand . Able to block numerous attacks from Hybrid Kaidou), far higher with Gear 4th: Boundman (Far more durable than before. Took Kaidou's [[Media:Thunder Bellow Bagua.jpg|Thunder Bellow Bagua]]) or Gear 5th (Withstood Kaidou's Destroyer of Death Thunder Bagua, which is Kaidou's strongest special attack in his Drunk Hybrid State) Stamina: Superhuman (Has an immensely high endurance and recovery speed. Capable of lasting in brawls for nearly a dozen hours with no rest. During his more serious fights, Luffy has suffered life-threatening injuries that gave him severe internal bleeding and damage to his organs, and he could continue fighting with only moderate lapses. He only stops fighting when it is physically impossible for him to even move. He took several strikes from Rob Lucci that affected all of his organs and left him in a large puddle of his own blood, yet he could stand back up shortly after and withstand the same attack immediately after. After the Marineford War, Luffy suffered from severe physical and mental trauma due to the loss of his brother, his life-threatening injuries, and having to use adrenaline-based drugs more than once to keep fighting, only to merely pass out and go on a rampage several hours later immediately after going through surgery, and being in perfect condition some time after. During his fight with Charlotte Katakuri, Luffy had only slept for a few hours for the last days, and was vomiting blood, barely conscious, and taking a beating, yet could continue fighting quite effectively, which surprised his opponent. He is capable of fighting for over 13 hours despite having suffering severe injuries all over his body and shrugging off a fatal injury that tore off one side of his torso. Able to persevere with highly lethal poison coursing through his veins and with grave wounds. His endurance can be nearly completely restored instantly if he eats meat. Despite dying during his battle with Kaidou, he was revived by his Gear 5th and was able to keep fighting, and even after taking many more hits from Kaidou and losing his Gear 5th form due to being on the verge of death, he managed to recover by beating his heart to the beat of a drum)

Range: Tens of Kilometers (Luffy should be able to reach much further distances than his younger self. The range of his Haōshoku and Kenbunshoku Haki is much greater than ever before. [[Media:Awakened Luffy vs Hybrid Form Kaido.jpg|Split the heavens in a Haōshoku clash]] against Hybrid Kaidou)

Standard Equipment: His Straw Hat.

Intelligence:  Above Average in general. Genius in combat. He has displayed a myriad of different qualities of intelligence ranging from unique creativity to quickly comprehending difficult situations and events. This was born from his training with his grandfather Monkey D. Garp, and his upbringing with his foster brothers Portgas D. Ace and Sabo. Alongside Garp, Luffy learned how to survive. Alongside Ace and Sabo, Luffy learned how to fight. Raised in the harsh environment of Mount Culubo with his brothers, he got stronger and smarter every passing day. After the timeskip, he trained with the legendary Silvers Rayleigh and learned Haki, but he also learned how to use his abilities more efficiently.

Luffy is extremely innovative and creative. As a child under the age of 6 years old, Luffy was forced to learn how to survive by getting thrown in ravines, being left in the wild alone and tied to balloons. Because of that, he taught himself how to hunt and cook meat to survive, showing his unnatural growth. When his ship was about to crash into Laboon, he shot a cannonball into the whale and used the recoil of its shockwave to stop his ship from colliding into Laboon. Luffy has been shown several times to create techniques on the spot by copying things that he has seen, whether it be an attack or an object. After seeing Genzo's pinwheel, Luffy made a technique inspired by it, where he uses all the force and weight of a sea beasts' huge body and spins it in a pinwheel formation to defeat several foes. He has great situational awareness, noticing a pole outside of a building in which he could stretch to dodge a plethora of daggers from Buggy. He used a rock in the ground to block a stab from Kuro. He threw a ship's mast at Krieg and stabbed Laboon with his own as well. He also stretches to retreat from fights occasionally, like when he took a small break from his raid on Enies Lobby to gain high ground in order to scout his enemies and his location, or when he grappled the top of Krieg's ship in order to dodge an explosion. He also noticed Buggy in a sandstorm and using him as a human shield in the heat of battle with the greatest swordsman in the world. He used a piece of a mirror in his hair to reflect Foxy's Noro Noro beams. During the wedding in Whole Cake Island, he planned putting a mirror inside a cake, and thought of the plan to superimpose his image on a bunch of animals to use as a diversion to confuse Big Mom and her children. While fighting Rob Lucci, he showcased this to a far superior extent, using large throwable objects like boxes to block his field of vision. He was capable of reading his fighting style, switching from long range to short range and vice versa whenever he preferred to use a specific ability, whether it was the close range tekkai and shigan or the long range soru and rankakyu.

Luffy created his own fighting style using the Gomu Gomu no Mi, which consists of several different types of techniques ranging from regular strikes to slams, deflecting attacks, making opponents dizzy, using snap-back attacks that redirect the force of opponents to use back at them, and more. He has a prodigious aptitude for battle and keenly seizes the developments of fights to his advantage and doesn't waste any movements during battle. He's learned to mix that fighting style with Haki to bring out the best of his abilities. He created Gear 2nd, a transformation activated by manually doping his blood by pumping his legs and speeding up the blood flow, and Gear 3rd, a technique activated by pumping oxygen throughout his bones, both techniques taking advantage of his rubber body. Later in Dressrosa, he created Gear 4th, a transformation activated by blowing air into Luffy's muscles and covering them with Haki. Over the timeskip, Luffy developed a technique known as "Red Hawk", which is a tribute to his late brother who manipulated fire, where he could move his arm fast enough even while underwater for friction to light his arm on fire and burn victims from the inside.

Luffy has the attitude of surpassing his enemies instead of just defeating them. This is attributed to his ability of reading the emotions of others, dubbed an "Absorptive power", allowing him to do many things from anticipating attacks to copying techniques by sight alone. He fights enemies by meeting them at full strength, and he uses their fighting style as food for growth. He was capable of copying the Soru technique just by seeing it once, even though the movement was superior to his reaction speed. He was able to dodge Blueno's attack from fresh out of a portal by anticipating his direction of movement.

Luffy is capable of switching back and forth from his regular strikes and rubber attacks. He is great at guarding barrage attacks, like when he blocks several kicks from Rob Lucci with a single arm, and he excels at exploiting openings in his enemies attacks. As his regular strikes are weaker than his Gomu Gomu attacks, he takes advantage of it to use it to land quick and effective strikes.

Luffy is an extremely skilled fighter, battling and defeating characters more durable than the attacks he could dish out (Krieg), faster than him (Kuro) and can predict his movements (Enel), with unorthodox skills that take years to master (CP9 like Rob Lucci), and can see the future (Charlotte Katakuri). He's also fought against/alongside Roronoa Zoro, an extremely skilled swordsman in his own right who, while extremely injured, has been shown to block and dodge 6 swords coming from all directions. He fought and defeated Captain Kuro, the character with the second highest IQ in the East Blue, While he fought Don Krieg, to avoid his explosive spear he grabbed onto the shaft so he wouldn't be in the range of the explosion, then he destroyed it by punching it 5 times in the same spot. He has great precision rivaling Roronoa Zoro, who could cut a booger in half while drunk. Luffy quickly thinks of effective ways to get himself out of sticky situations and make the best of them, like when Don Krieg held him in a net, and Luffy used Krieg's weapon to create a new move where he used the net to shape his new technique, then he spun him several dozen times and slammed him into a boat. He's shown a larger variety in techniques than Don Krieg, who's fighting style revolves around manipulating weapons. During his raid on Enies Lobby, he defeated thousands of heavily armed and trained Marine Soldiers. He worked very efficiently, defeated hundreds of soldiers every few seconds by using several different methods of fighting:


 * He used their numbers against them and made opportunities for them to friendly fire.
 * He used his surroundings to his advantage, shown when he destroyed a building and used its fragments as ammo to punch towards the marines.
 * He used wide spread AOE attacks. He used his own attacks to harm several people at once, or he used other peoples' weapons to attack multiple victims.

When Luffy was on Rusukaina, Rayleigh taught him how to use his abilities better. Luffy lost the weakness to Gear 2nd and 3rd and could now use them in short, quick bursts. He taught him how to efficiently reflect attacks back at the opponent with double the force instead of letting them rebound in random directions.

Luffy is also an extremely quick learner. During the East Blue Saga, he adapted to Captain Kuro's unpredictable fighting style in only a few minutes. In Alabasta, while focusing on surviving a stab wound and trying to save Arabasta from Crocodile's sandstorm, he figures out Crocodile's weakness to liquids and used it to defeat him. In Skypiea, he analyzed Enel's Kennbunshoku Haki and found ways to deal with it: Clearing his mind completely so his movements couldn't be read and sending shots into a wall that rebounded randomly so that their movement couldn't be predicted with telepathy. In Enies Lobby, he analyzed the Soru ability after only seeing it once and mastered the ability, incorporating it into his fighting style and created Gear 2nd based on it without any prior practice. In Whole Cake Island, he merged using Future Sight in his own fighting style without any prior use of the ability. In Wano, while training to learn Advanced Armament Haki, he accidentally learned an even more advanced version which could destroy targets from the inside, and in a few days he mastered the ability. During the Onigashima raid, after seeing Kaidou using Haoshoku Infusion, he instantly mimicked and mastered the ability without even knowing of its existence prior to the battle. Weaknesses: Standard Devil Fruit users weaknesses. Excessive usage of Gear 4th renders Luffy unable to use Haki for 10 minutes. Gear 4th greatly increases Luffy's metabolism, making his body burn calories much faster and greatly lowers how long he can remain in combat. Gear 4th: Tankman can only be utilized when Luffy has consumed a sufficient amount of calories. | Same as before. However, after improving his Haki in the Wano Arc, he no longer suffers the same drawbacks when using Gear 4th, being able to activate and deactivate it at will without any notable toll, and even being capable of using his King Kong Gun without losing too much stamina in the process.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Gomu Gomu no Mi (Rubber Rubber Fruit): Originally known as the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform into the legendary "Sun God" Nika and gain his attributes, namely a body with the properties of rubber. The fruit's major strength, as demonstrated by Luffy, is that the user's body permanently adopts the properties of rubber: their body can stretch, bend, bounce, inflate, and twist like said substance, even when the user himself is nullified. It also makes them almost entirely immune to blunt attacks, including hand-to-hand combat, bullets, or even cannonballs (this mechanic is further explained here). Thanks to Luffy's own creativity both in and out of combat, this fruit has consistently proven to be one of the most formidable, versatile and unpredictable of its kind. The user's rubber-like body also allows the user to survive falls from massive heights and collisions that would kill a normal person. Stretching also allows the user to drastically increase the range of what would otherwise be considered a powerful close-range attack, turning it into a devastating long-range attack. A stretched limb can also be used to store potential energy like a stretched spring, increasing the velocity by stretching his arm back resulting in increased power. Combined with Haki, his power is increased even more. Owing to rubber-like natural insulating properties, the user is also immune to electrical attacks and is also able to hit an electric Logia user without Haki. Once the fruit is awakened, the user undergoes a drastic transformation. Their hair becomes fiery and white, their eyes become more manic-like, and they gain a strange wisp around their body. They also gain the ability to freely alter their physique however they desire, being able to inflate their muscles without the need to blow air into them. In addition, they can alter the environment around them in a similar way, such as using the ground to deflect oncoming attacks.
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{{#tag:tabber| {{!}}-{{!}}Gears= {{#tag:tabber| {{!}}-{{!}}Gear 2nd= This technique consists of Luffy accelerating the blood flow in all or some parts of the body to provide them with more oxygen and nutrients, making him much faster and powerful. It can be used to achieve a full body effect, or an effect on any single area of his body (e.g. the arm). The techniques in this mode are basically the same as the regular attacks, but greatly increased by his enhanced attack speed and, consequently, attack power. The known Gear 2nd specific techniques are listed below. }}
 * Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol: Luffy delivers a Gomu Gomu no Pistol so fast that his fists movements are invisible, and it truly seems like he is shooting at his opponent with enough power to send the opponent several meters away.
 * Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk: Luffy uses his Busōshoku Haki in conjunction with Gear 2nd to ignite his arm and strike his opponent, creating an explosion upon contact.
 * Gomu Gomu no Eagle Bazooka: Luffy hardens both his arms with Busōshoku Haki and stretches them backwards, and then he delivers a great impact to the opponent after he blasts his arms forwards.
 * Gomu Gomu no Hawk Whip: Luffy imbues his entire leg with Busōshoku Haki, and then swings it towards the target as an elongated kick.
 * Gomu Gomu no Hawk Gatling: A Haki enhanced version of Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling. Luffy uses Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling while using Busōshoku: Koka on his arms to further enhance the power of his punches.

Others

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Trafalgar Law (One Piece) Law's Profile (Post-Katakuri Fight Luffy and Dressrosa Arc Law were used)

Scizor (Pokémon) Scizor's Profile (Post-Katakuri Fight Luffy and High 7-A Scizor were used. Speed was equalized) Lucario (Pokémon) Lucario's Profile (Post-Katakuri Fight Luffy and High 7-A Lucario were used)

Usopp (One Piece) Usopp's Profile (Beginning of Timeskip Luffy and Onigashima Raid Usopp were used)

Ben Tennyson (Ben 10) Ben's Profile (Beginning of Timeskip Luffy and Ultimate Alien Ben were used, and Ben had access to Master Control)

Blackbeard (One Piece) Blackbeard's Profile (Post-Udon Prison Training Luffy and Pre-Timeskip Blackbeard were used)

King (One Piece) King's Profile (Post-Udon Prison Training Luffy was used)


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Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece) Doflamingo's Profile (Beginning of Timeskip Luffy was used)

Whitebeard (One Piece) Whitebeard's Profile (Post-Udon Prison Training Luffy and Old Whitebeard were used)

Big Mom (One Piece) Big Mom's Profile (Post-Udon Prison Training Luffy was used)


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Whitebeard (One Piece) Whitebeard's Profile (Post-Haōshoku Advancement Luffy and Prime Whitebeard were used, and Luffy had access to Gear 5th)