Cause of the timelimit and Doffy managing to keep his distance with awakening.
No high tiers made a mockery of Boundman AP, they just found way to stall it and take advantage of Luffy timelimit.
Luffy also never fought any high tier with any decent Durability stats. He only ever fought people whose best stat was evasion and blocking. Hell, Katakuris power mochi was comparable to Gear 4 and that shit was face tanked by Ichiji of all people…
 
Really clutching at straws here..


And he could’ve easily done this without further disgracing Ifrit’s portrayal. Was egghead not enough?
Him using Diable jambe after saying "You deserve death" would have felt more off , i kinda get your point of minimizing the impact of Ifrit but i think that is what it was always gonna be , any serious fight and Sanji will use Ifrit like he used to do with Diable jambe. You can not like it sure but its different from things like KOH-Ashura.
 

HA001

World's Strongest Swordsman
People does not understand that Zoro using Enma count already as a power up. Having a stronger sword should count as a power up. Zoro get stronger not only by using haki or special technique (ashura) but also and more importantly by getting new swords.

So, I think that saying "this is base Zoro" is fundamentally wrong.

The fact that Sanji is using IJ more (still from the attacks he did after Queen power up I would not say that he is spamming IJ for now) means that he can use it now more frequently without issue. It's like DJ after the time skip. Even Luffy using more G5 means he is getting more comfortable in using that power up.

In other words, while Zoro seems like is always in "base form" in reality he is not because he already use new and more stronger swords and the power up is more subtle and concealed. Meanwhile Luffy and Sanji show their power up in a more obvservable way.
Enma isn't a better sword than shusui until its black
 
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