General & Others What are you thoughts on the Holy Knights so far?

DonWick · 2026-03-22T12:23:19+0000

I’m thoroughly dissapointed in them. They don’t seem to have any real combat capabilities. Gunko was impressive even pre possession her fruit is also impressive. However, Killingham and Sommers are trash so far. I have hope for Shamrock still. Garling was abused by Xebec which made him look weak. Their careless because of their regen more than likely but it appears as if they just can’t fight.

What do you think of them?

Luffy is the mc · 2026-03-22T12:28:01+0000

I didn't expect much of them but they're still below my expectations.
They are regen merchants and nothing else so far. Problem is that regen is very boring.

Shamrocks might be the exception, but just because he is Shanks lookalike and not because he is a HK.

milluki · 2026-03-22T12:31:45+0000

sommers is funny

Dragon777 · 2026-03-22T12:38:54+0000

I enjoy shitting on the HK as much as anyone and I have discussed endlessly with haters saying HKs>Admirals, but truth to be told they have no problem.

We called them Holy Roppo because that's what they are: third tier enemies for people who won't go against Imu/Gorosei + they were introduced as Rev's enemies.

They are fine for what they are: enemies of weaker mugis (Robin, Usopp, Nami, etc.), Revos (Belo Betty, Morely, etc.) and maybe some SHGF guy.

Shamrock aside, who will get Sabo.

Loki D. Terror · 2026-03-22T13:21:29+0000

They are so so. I am indifferent towards them.

BattalGazi · 2026-03-22T13:41:34+0000

I think they have one more mode which makes them really strong killing machines cause if not why are they so weak. :kayneshrug:

Djordje · 2026-03-22T14:40:44+0000

Not bad as characters but terrible in power levels. Fandom expected more from them.

Sir Yasheen · 2026-03-22T14:45:14+0000

I never had any expectations of them. Shamrock is the only one I have hope for

FutureWarrior123 · 2026-03-22T14:57:52+0000

They had aura when they started using their abilities to completely dominate the island inhabitants and the straw hats.

I don’t know why Oda struggles to maintain a characters presence after their initial portrayal. First Ryokugyu, then the Gorosei, now the Gods Knights…

PuckTheGreat · 2026-03-22T15:07:23+0000

Never really had high expectations for them as it has always been obvious where they lie in Imu's hierarchy from a PL standpoint.

They are effectively Imu's Tobi Roppo so expected them to be in and around yonko commander level on average (i.e. a level above Kaido's Tobi Roppo) considering enemies get progressively stronger the deeper we get into the story so from a PL perspective they're pretty much as strong as I expected. Regular members can flex on the mid-trio and below but won't have enough to tango with the monster trio.

They only look so underwhelming because they've been set up as the big bads of Elbaf alongside Imu even though they clearly not equipped for that role.

Prior to the M3 joining the battle we had them wreaking havoc on Elbaf and the weaker SHs which was their level but not that the M3 and Loki have joined the battle they look out of depth which was kinda expected given their performances against competent combatants so far.

That said, as fun as it is to clown them the latest chapter, particularly Sanji’s disbelief on how underwhelming the knights of Marijoea are gives me the impression that there could be more than meets the eye to them. Of course I'm not talking a resurgence of the likes of Bummers and Bellingham but rather stronger members potentially and the only reason why I say that is coz of the ‘Supreme Commander title Garling has.

Don’t see the point of that title if he doesn’t have several divisions beneath him.

In which case there could potentially be several units with a captain each, Shamrock being one of them and these guys might be the real reason for the holy knights notoriety.

Harald was a Holy Knight capable of CoC coating which compensated for the weakness against CoC Users. Reckon Shamrock will be the same and would be dope if there are more characters like coz nothing short of that is gonna make the Holy Knights are more formidable force than they currently appear to be.

Roo · 2026-03-22T15:28:31+0000

I didn't expect all of them to be admiral level, but the fact that the top two outside of Shamrock are nothing but regen merchants is extremely disappointing

Sparda · 2026-03-22T15:32:54+0000

I'm actually glad that they sucks
They are, after all, just Celestial Dragons
The only power they have is their immortality, and privileges

Dan D. Manne · 2026-03-22T15:38:50+0000

When the protagonists themselves begin to wonder why the opponents are so uncharacteristically weak, you know something is going to humble them very soon. I think there's something about the Holy Knights we still don't know, and the Straw Hats are not going to like this "something".

soultrain · 2026-03-22T15:53:40+0000

I always had the impression that they were gonna be fodders and I was right. detestable fodders to serve as punching bags for our delight

BlackLegFring · 2026-03-22T16:08:08+0000

I’ll be honest, Gunko impressed me. I did not expect any of them to be able to take out all the Strawhats outside of the Monster trio like she did.

I expected that only their leader would be a top tier, then the rest would fill out the typical lower roles like lower Yonko Commanders. So far they’re within expectations. I don’t blame them for Oda forgetting how the regeneration is supposed to work either.

gz89 · 2026-03-22T16:12:54+0000

More waste of our precious time.

kekaro · 2026-03-22T16:15:08+0000

Sommers was an entertaining villain, so while he also is not a big threat i think his inclusion in elbaf was good
Only god knows why the fuck NPC-Ham exists now bro came has 0 panel time and got 0 diffed and proven that everyone than the cook is a retard in-universe not trying the idea that they sued on Buggy

Could make some other reason why he was even there with the MMA monsters

TheD. · 2026-03-22T17:01:58+0000

Very underwhelming so far,probably more in part with Oda having them rely on their regen and not haki to defend themselves idk.
but they haven’t been impressive.

And I honestly I think shamrock is overrated,I could get proven wrong but he’s too overrated as for right now, I do wanna see him fight Loki. But that’s very unlikely

kumae · 2026-03-22T17:23:32+0000

Except shamrock they all seem pretty weak and overrated just regen merchant they can easily go down without conqueror haki
I wasn't wrong when I said these dudes are just revos victim or Shanks crew EOS

DonWick · 2026-03-22T18:51:36+0000

I really want to see Shamrock fight because right now the Figerlands are 1 for 2. Shanks is a beast be their dad was all reputation lol. He did fight Xebec though so maybe he deserves some grace.