In their final battle, Luffy used his own blood so that he could actually hit Crocodile, and he won because of his fighting skills and endurance. This means the only advantage Luffy had was being able to land his hits. If Crocodile was really that much stronger, he would have still beaten Luffy despite that. And even if you argue that Crocodile is more vulnerable to sea water than other Devil Fruit users, that doesn’t automatically make Luffy weaker than him, especially considering how their final fight turned out.
Spectrum
2025-09-05 23:20:30 +0000 UTC
i disagree that luffy can just beat croco no problem. it was shown in Alabasta that Crocodile was several level above him. just luffy knew his weakness of water. most df user are 2x weak to it. Croco was like 4x in terms of pokemon terms