One Piece: Luffy’s Most Improvised Fights That Proved The Future Pirate King Has a 9000 IQ, Ranked

Monkey D. Luffy, the recently crowned Emperor of the Sea in One Piece, is currently battling one of the series’ most powerful adversaries.
Luffy has progressed significantly since the beginning of the series.
Luffy has improvised his bouts several times, relying on his intelligence and resilience rather than his power.

Monkey D. Luffy, the newly recognized Emperor of the Sea in One Piece, is currently in a battle against one of the strongest villains in the series, the Five Elders. All the Five Elders have reached the Egghead Island arc and trying their best to stop Luffy from escaping the island and capture him while also stopping Vegapunk’s announcement.
Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece
Luffy has come a long way since the beginning of the series. When he was initially introduced in One Piece, fans could have never assumed in a million years that with his powers, his physical appearance, and his attitude, he would be one of the strongest characters in the series and would be the only individual who is the closest to being the King of the Pirates.

However, one thing that Eiichiro Oda has taught us is that the strongest doesn’t always win the fight. Luffy being the prime example of this, has improvised his fights multiple times and instead of his power, used his brain and his resilience to overcome many villains who in theory are stronger than the future King of the Pirates in One Piece.

1. Crocodile

Luffy vs Crocodile
Sir Crocodile of the Baroque works who was introduced during the Alabasta Saga was the first powerful villain who was able to defeat Luffy not once, but twice. His Devil Fruit Suna Suna no Mi allowed him to control sand and even transform himself into sand. This proved to be a big hurdle for Luffy as he still couldn’t use Haki and had no idea how to deal with Logia-type Devil Fruit users.

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After the first fight, Luffy used his brain and figured out that sand can be hardened using water. Thus he coated himself with water and tried to beat Crocodile. Although he was able to do some damage, the idea was shortlived and Luffy was defeated again. However, he used his brain again and realized that blood can also make sand hard enough. Thus he used his own blood and ultimately beat Crocodile.

2. Rob Lucci

Rob Lucci Fighting Luffy
Luffy’s fight against Rob Lucci before the time skip is considered to be one of the best fights ever. Rob Lucci was significantly stronger than Luffy as he proved during the Water 7 arc. However, Luffy was hellbent on saving his crewmate Nico Robin, which is why he not only declared war against the World Government but also took down two CP9 agents.

It was during the Enies Lobby arc that Luffy used his brain to develop the Gear 2 and Gear 3 forms which became his best attacks against the Rukoshiki style of the CP9 agents. Although Lucci defeated Luffy in Enies Lobby too, Luffy used his resilience and his brain to finally beat him using the Jet Gatling attack.

3. Magellan