And Base Luffy with FS is keeping up with Hybrid Kaido. Luffy has always been fast.
And again, you don't need COC levels of AP to hurt King especially in his "speed" mode
And again, you don't need COC levels of AP to hurt King especially in his "speed" mode
Your argument that u don't need aCoC to hurt him is baseless.
If COA was enough then Oda would have given Zoro a CoA improvement that's how Shonem battles work.
For the speed mode to happen you must push him to use it otherwise he has no reason to change .
Like think it this way if the enemy can't hurt why would you go into a mode that reduces your defense?
Only if the enemy can hurt your defense then going for speed is more wise so you can evade the damage completely.