Well I think Sanji is likely less durable than King wings protection or not, he even affirmed that Zoro could kill him so I bet Asura can bypass his Exo and destroy so that Sanji cannot recover which makes perfectly sense.
If Lucci tried to strike Sanji he may be quite effective depending on Lucci' Current level.
Yeah, I doubt he's more durable than King ofc. And he does seem certain that Zoro could actually kill him somehow. You might be right on the ball about Asura especially ofc, if it's not overkill to use it.
Oda is probably doing this on purpose to milk the Zoro vs Sanji part of the community which is pretty much the biggest or at least most active and long lasting part of it? Finally giving us a real Zoro vs Sanji fight? I was one of the people who expected them to fight but over the events of WCI instead.
Yeah I agree, who knows how strong Lucci actually is now, he's been shown to be clashing equally with Sabo a few times now I believe and he must be stronger than before ofc. I was thinking Sanji might face Stussy and face a Shigan from her, but Lucci a possibility given he's targeting Robin and Luffy is busy with Kaido ofc. Zoro is surely gonna be facing the medicine wearing off soon and the consequences of that too? So he'll be busy as well? I doubt he's gonna be well enough to fight again straight away after beat King but maybe?
I wonder if Shigan, Rokugan and the other techniques are stronger now and if they are haki related after all or can blend with haki? And thus more dangerous and powerful naturally?