This is a question that has been coming to my mind recently or whenever I come across that Roger vs WB video.
We have taken this for a fact based on general shonen trope that the heroes will surpass previous record setters/legends the most notable of which is Naruto surpassing all previous Hokages (there are probably many more examples but idk). There are obviously others where the heroes dont surpass like Edward in FMA (I think his father was still an overall stronger alchemist, idk though maybe I am forgetting things I watched it way back).
But in case of OP we are certain that Luffy will surpass all previous legends like Nika, Joyboy, Roger etc.
The problem though is that the crew that reached Laugh Tale would decimate, utterly destroy current SHPs. You have three ACoC swordsmen (they are all pretty much relative/equal/in the same tier), not to mention all the others like Gaban, Crocus etc. I know most dont want to count Oden as part of RPs but the crew that reached Laugh Tale included Oden and without him they could never reach Laugh Tale.
As of now only Zoro is an ACoC swordsman in the crew and given that Luffy is weak to slashes he is very susceptible to fall to the likes of top tier swordsmen like Roger. Even high balling Luffy and Zoro and saying they can stalemate Roger and Ray, that still leaves Oden who I think would wipe the floor with the rest of the SHPs alone. We dont even need to add Gaban or Crocus in the conversation.
Even if we go by setting things in a 1v1 way, the Roger Pirates had like 40+ crew members IIRC and you can be pretty sure that these guys would be at the minimum Vet level if they are part of the PK crew. How will the mid trio and weak trio deal with these numbers of vet level characters.
Now lets add Yamato to equalize the number of ACoC users and still it doesnt tilt in favor of SHPs as I think nobody ranks Yamato equal to Luffy/Zoro much less Roger/Ray/Oden.
The other thing is that we are being drawn towards more and more very strong core crews like RHPs and BBPs but even if we compare to those the rest of the SHPs still look weak in comparison (at least against RHPs).
We have taken this for a fact based on general shonen trope that the heroes will surpass previous record setters/legends the most notable of which is Naruto surpassing all previous Hokages (there are probably many more examples but idk). There are obviously others where the heroes dont surpass like Edward in FMA (I think his father was still an overall stronger alchemist, idk though maybe I am forgetting things I watched it way back).
But in case of OP we are certain that Luffy will surpass all previous legends like Nika, Joyboy, Roger etc.
The problem though is that the crew that reached Laugh Tale would decimate, utterly destroy current SHPs. You have three ACoC swordsmen (they are all pretty much relative/equal/in the same tier), not to mention all the others like Gaban, Crocus etc. I know most dont want to count Oden as part of RPs but the crew that reached Laugh Tale included Oden and without him they could never reach Laugh Tale.
As of now only Zoro is an ACoC swordsman in the crew and given that Luffy is weak to slashes he is very susceptible to fall to the likes of top tier swordsmen like Roger. Even high balling Luffy and Zoro and saying they can stalemate Roger and Ray, that still leaves Oden who I think would wipe the floor with the rest of the SHPs alone. We dont even need to add Gaban or Crocus in the conversation.
Even if we go by setting things in a 1v1 way, the Roger Pirates had like 40+ crew members IIRC and you can be pretty sure that these guys would be at the minimum Vet level if they are part of the PK crew. How will the mid trio and weak trio deal with these numbers of vet level characters.
Now lets add Yamato to equalize the number of ACoC users and still it doesnt tilt in favor of SHPs as I think nobody ranks Yamato equal to Luffy/Zoro much less Roger/Ray/Oden.
The other thing is that we are being drawn towards more and more very strong core crews like RHPs and BBPs but even if we compare to those the rest of the SHPs still look weak in comparison (at least against RHPs).
