Powers & Abilities If swordsmanship is so powerful why there are characters who don't use the sword?

[Johnny B. Decent]

There is a dire lack of great axemen and spearmen.

 

[ConquistadoR]

 

[Johnny B. Decent]

Joke aside, the main reason why the sword is the main melee weapon is that the aesthetics of One Piece are based on the Age of Sail, and weapons like spears or maces had fallen by the wayside, both in armies and navies (who still had a practical use for cutlasses)

Now, that said, boarding axes were still in use.

 

[Robin swan]

Because characters have different fighting styles. Some just may not be good with swords at all like luffy. Why would someone like luffy try to force himself to become a swordsman when he's a natural brawler.

 

[Albino 👑]

Hidden shanks wank

 

[ConquistadoR]

Hidden shanks wank

Same swordstyle as Roger, beloved blades Ace & Gryphon...

 

[comrade]

People who don't use swords or other weapons are outliers. Roger and Rayleigh used one, Xebec used one, even Whitebeard used a supreme grade blade, just as Big Mom used a sword. Because majority of the time you are stronger with a weapon than barehanded. That is especially true if you are proficient with a weapon/sword. Alternatively, you have a busted Logia fruit which replaces the weapon.

Garp basically is the exception since he is an exceptionally good hand to hand combatant. For guys like Luffy, a weapon wouldn't really compliment his abilities.

 

[Albino 👑]

Same swordstyle as Roger, beloved blades Ace & Gryphon...

Using a sword doesn’t mean you have a style or school of swordsmanship
Them appreciating their blades doesn’t change that

 

[Blax Blah]

With swordsmanship you trade endurance, and the ability to take hits, for more damage, swordsmanship is a different fighting style than brawling or shooting, not a direct improvement in everything, it has it owns advantages and disadvantages, =],

 

[ConquistadoR]

Using a sword doesn’t mean you have a style or school of swordsmanship
Them appreciating their blades doesn’t change that

They use the exact same swordstyle... the one where their basic move is Divine Departure like Zoro has Onigiri.

 

[comrade]

With swordsmanship you trade endurance, and the ability to take hits, for more damage, swordsmanship is a different fighting style than brawling or shooting, not a direct improvement in everything, it has it owns advantages and disadvantages, =],

Zoro would disagree. Nami labeled him as the toughest guy. And indeed, that guy can take a shit ton.

 

[Albino 👑]

They use the exact same swordstyle... the one where their basic move is Divine Departure like Zoro has Onigiri.

Zoro usually says 3 sword style before using onigiri
They don’t

 

[comrade]

Zoro usually says 3 sword style before using onigiri
They don’t

I guess because Zoro has different styles. Oden didn't introduce Togen Totsuka with Nitoryu, despite calling his style Oden Nitoryu.

 

[Albino 👑]

I guess because Zoro has different styles. Oden didn't introduce Togen Totsuka with Nitoryu, despite calling his style Oden Nitoryu.

Checkmate hermano


Bonus

 

[comrade]

Checkmate hermano

Damn. It's over for Hawk-Boys.

 

[zenox]

They don’t

neither does brook

 

[ConquistadoR]

neither does brook

Neither does Diamante.

Does Dorry/Broggy scream Elbaf 1 sword style before using Hakoku?

 

[Albino 👑]

neither does brook

I guess brooks just built different too
He doesn’t need a school or style but his sword skill still that good

 

[zenox]

Neither does Diamante.

Does Dorry/Broggy scream Elbaf 1 sword style before using Hakoku?

its hilarious to me that these retards think roger doesnt have a school or style when shanks literally learned swordsmanship from him
cause if it doesnt have a school or style then practically any acoc swordsman can replicate kamusari with a single sword slash

in an alternate universe, zoro actually said kamusari here

 

[ConquistadoR]

its hilarious to me that these retards think roger doesnt have a school or style when shanks literally learned swordsmanship from him
cause if it doesnt have a school or style then practically any acoc swordsman can replicate kamusari with a single sword slash

in an alternate universe, zoro actually said kamusari here

Its called being obtuse on purpose.

The very fact that Divine Departure is an attack thats inherited between Shanks/Roger shows that Shanks inherited Roger's swordsmanship.