Someone earlier said King had his sword back but can't see it anywhere
Honestly, wouldn't be surprised if King was just a full blown hand to hand combatant like Luffy/Katakuri/Marco. He straight up kicks Sanji, then chokes him, then uses his zoan form to try and impale him. I really wouldn't be surprised if Marco was brought in solely for him to take on King specifically.
I've really been thinking the F6 are more the range of Luffy's crew that we actually need to see. And that's not even to say some of them aren't around Calamity range:
- Who's Who is possibly a full blown Swordsman, and could be Zoro's battle.
- Sasaki entirely reminds me of Jinbe. He also has a sword but might not be his primary mode of fighting like King/Queen/etc. Still kind of hoping they know each other.
- There is still a possibility that Page One really didn't fight Sanji to his fullest or we don't really know what happened there. I still can believe in that fight.
- Yamato vs. Ulti seems to actually be a thing still.
- Black Maria and Drake I'm not sure yet, but Nami could definitely fight Black Maria considering how broken she is.
On the calamity side, I can entirely see the Minks or Law handling Jack, while Kid or Luffy (hopefully not) handles Queen due to Udon. Marco would handle King. I can also see Brook vs. Hotei and Robin vs. Fukurokuju, and Franky/Chopper vs. the Numbers.
Things are starting to possibly make a "little" more sense as we go in terms of matchups, but there is way more to be seen. We have no idea if the rest of the BMP will join in on the chaos, how Peros or Big Mom herself will factor into battles, and finally if Orochi/Kanjuro are still alive and actual threats.
Gonna be interesting, but I do think Luffy's top brass is still ahead of themselves here. I get that Luffy is supposed to surpass a Yonko this arc, but that doesn't mean his top member HAVE to surpass Yonko commanders (by name) when we have other Yonko with YC's that need to be fought in the future too.
Just my opinion though. Oda could very well be setting up a Sanji v. King fight here. Idk.
People just forget that the F6 were former pirate captains. That already is an achievement to Luffy's crew if his top crewmates are taking out former pirate captains. We don't need to have them specifically surpass Yonko Commanders this arc. Leave that Luffy's other Pirate Captain allies.