King was a fucking idiot. Clearly Queen took up all the brain power of the Calamities.
This dumb mfer turned off his flames so he could recklessly attack and eat a Bird Dance fiorst, and then turned it off again for some reason when Zoro was LOADING UP his finisher lmao.
The only legitimate excuse would be King lacking the stamina to keep his durability after no-selling so many hits.
This dumb mfer turned off his flames so he could recklessly attack and eat a Bird Dance fiorst, and then turned it off again for some reason when Zoro was LOADING UP his finisher lmao.


The only legitimate excuse would be King lacking the stamina to keep his durability after no-selling so many hits.
He turned off flame mode to use invisible speed to increases his chances at hitting Zoro. Unfortunate for him, Zoro's reaction speed was too fast.
At the end of the battle he turned off flame mode because he was no longer confident it was strong enough to protect him from Zoro's AP. Zoro even called him out about it.

King response wasn't you can't damage me in flame mode. Instead it was you can't beat me because you're human.

King increasing his speed, increasing his distance, and attacking with a long range attack increase his chances of evading Zoro's attack. That was the smartest thing to do in that situation.
Oda set up for King flame mode to be less effective against Zoro's AP earlier in the chapter.
After Zoro obtained ACoC King called him a threat and avoided his KoH attacks. Even in flame mode.

