One Piece: Huge Unexpected Battle Proves Gear 5 Isn’t Enough for Luffy

Highlights

Gear Five may not be enough against
One Piece’s powerful Five Elders.
Saturn’s powers suggest that the rest of the Five Elders are equally powerful with strong devil fruits.
Luffy’s battle against the Elders could lead him to unlock more of Gear Five’s potential.

Although Nika’s powers have helped Luffy overcome any obstacles in his path thus far, the unexpected upcoming battle proves Gear Five alone may not be enough for Luffy to become the Pirate King.

The battle at Egghead finally forced Luffy to get serious; However, the latest chapter suggests that his next opponents may be more than he can handle, even with Gear Five, as the rest of the Five Elders descend from the Red Line for what may be the first time in One Piece history. .

Chapter #1109 of One Piece reveals that Saint Saturn has summoned the rest of the Five Elders to Egghead in an attempt to get the situation on the island back under control.

Most importantly, although Kizaru is out of the picture, Saturn is still not taking damage from Luffy’s Gear Five attacks, which could spell disaster for Luffy if this is the case with the rest of the Five Elders as well.

As powerful as Gear Five may be, it still has its shortcomings and Luffy’s inability to damage Saturn proves this.

Gear Five may not be the last of Luffy’s power-ups in the series. The impending battle against the Five Elders could prove to be the catalyst that drives Luffy to become even stronger or unlock more of Gear Five’s hidden potential.

Luffy’s next battle against the five elders could be problematic

One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, chapter #1109

Although Gear Five was powerful enough to defeat Kaido, even its ridiculous powers could fall short of the Five Elders’ full power.

As suggested in chapter #1085, the rest of the Five Elders appear to possess powerful devil fruits, just like Saint Saturn, if not even stronger.

Saturn not only has incredible regeneration, but also durability and resistance. Worst of all, even Haki appears to be useless against him, making him immune to damage.

Saturn wasn’t bothered even after being completely flattened and thrown across the island in the last chapter.

Luffy would be too busy dealing with Saturn alone, so having to fight all Five Elders at once might be impossible, even with Gear Five.

Additionally, the summoning Saturn performs creates magic circles similar to those Saturn appeared in Egghead from, suggesting it may be the same ability.

If so, the rest of the Five Elders will arrive at Egghead in short order, leaving Luffy unable to avoid the confrontation.

Luffy hasn’t perfected Gear Five yet

One of Gear Five’s biggest weaknesses currently is the time limit and debilitating consequences.

In that sense, Gear Five isn’t much different from Luffy’s previous Gears. While the Five Elders are certainly tough opponents, defeating them is not entirely impossible.

That is, if Luffy can identify his weak points and figure out how to deal damage to them in time.

A key factor at play here is whether Luffy can do this before his stamina runs out, as Luffy will certainly be at a disadvantage in a prolonged battle .

Luffy will lose if the fight against the Five Elders becomes a battle of resistance.

That said, perhaps the impossible battle in Egghead will take Luffy’s skills to the next level.

The Nika fruit has recently awakened, so it makes sense that Luffy would need time to unlock his full potential or at least become more efficient at using Gear Five.

As threatening as the Five Elders may be, far worse adversaries await Luffy in the New World.

Either way, the Arrival of the Five Elders in Egghead kicked the Final Saga into high gear and is likely just the first of many shocking developments to come.