Zoro goes hell mode. Tries a blitz attack which King even manages to dodge in his slower form (your take)
So obviously the most natural continuation and follow up is
“Now my attacks don’t work because he is in flame mode”
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wasn’t he already in flame mode and he dodged (your take) so why does Zoro need to make that comment?
Shanal: Zoro is an idiot.
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He didn't try a blitz attack. He went for a ranged slash which was dodged on-panel lol. He just decided to not attack anymore in flame-mode, he did say he was running out of energy and was probably close.
I mean, his reasoning does make less sense, just like how it makes little sense for King to just not use flame mode at all when in air, or for Queen to go "Man, I'm in middle of a fight. I should lose all my focus and go beat up this random civilian whore instead all while creaking wooden floor boards real loud to give up my presence!", etc.
Point is we still saw King dodge it. And we still know King is afraid of ACoC Zoro's AP- and that no one knows his durability better than him. And that King never implied he was tired or close to his limits.