I think that fan-made word has conflated Conqueror Haki and Armament Haki into a single unifying term. Therefore, Conqueror Specialist abilities are being confused with Armament Specialist abilities.
Adcoc is a catch-all term for high tier Conqueror abilities, and started as a way to refer to Conqueror Coating. However, at high levels of mastery, Armament Specialists can also access the use of Conqueror Coating. The difference is that their ceiling with the use of it is lower than with a Conqueror Specialist.
A Conqueror Specialist's ceiling with the use of Armament Haki is lower than that of an Armament Specialist, so when we consider things like Black Blades are likely formed by repeated use of Armament Haki, it makes sense that Conqueror Specialists don't often use them. Instead, they use Supreme Grade weapons. Color of the Supreme King, and Supreme Grade weapons, it's almost like they were made for each other, isn't it?
This says that Luffy is a Conqueror Specialist, Zoro is an Armament Specialist, and Sanji is an Observation Specialist. They have different ceilings for different things, but they each have an understanding about the other types, except with a lower ceiling for types they don't specialize in. As such, they're essentially in balance with one another, but since Luffy is a Conqueror Specialist he's the one with overwhelming power. If they were rock, paper, and scissors, Luffy would be the rock.
Luffy Vs. Zoro? Sanji Vs. Zoro? Luffy Vs. Sanji? Those arguments are silly. They're all almost the same.
The next issue is swordsmanship abilities are being conflated with Armament and Conqueror abilities with the framework that the strongest adcoc users are swordsmen. As a result, people suggest that Mihawk being stronger than any swordsman implies he must have the strongest adcoc. This statement is untrue because it's not "adcoc" at all, it's Conqueror Coating and the people who use it the most are Conqueror Specialists and not Armament Specialists.
Is Mihawk stronger than Shanks? Nobody actually knows! What we do know is that Conqueror's Coating is an ability that is more fit to be used by Conquerors themselves. Although, Black Blades are exclusive to Armament Specialists, so Mihawk has an edge of his own as a result of his high mastery of Armament Haki. It is no coincidence that Mihawk is said to have greater swordsmanship than Shanks because he's not an Armament Specialist. It's practically the same thing as Zoro fighting Luffy.
Mihawk Vs Shanks? It's a silly argument. They're almost the same.
Why did Oden have such a tough time fighting Roger or Whitebeard? Obviously, it's the same damn thing. He's an Armament Specialist against Conqueror Specialists. He was comparable to Kaido, but it relied almost entirely on his limited use of Conqueror Coating along with masterful Armament abilities.
Nuance implies things like Conquerors have powerful wills and this translates to a massive increase in haki. It is no coincidence that it is captains who are able to do things like reverse Devil fruit abilities using an over-abundance of it. An example of Conqueror Specialist traits include such things as when Kaido and Big Mom were unable to be moved by Trafalgar Law's ability. Furthermore, Law demonstrated that he could also nullify a Devil fruit by using an over-abundance of haki like they did.
Another example of Conqueror haki mastery is when Shanks used Conqueror's haki from a distance to force Greenbull out of his Logia form. They don't often directly state it's Conqueror's haki that does those things, but it is implied through context like how Shanks knocked out his newcomers when he affected Greenbull with it.
The reason why this must be discussed is because the more we learn about Conqueror abilities, the more we end up conflating them with other abilities from other types of ability users. If we suggest that everyone with the ability to use Conqueror Coating has the same abilities as Conqueror Specialists do then we have to consider that they can do all those other things. However, can we expect people like Rayleigh, Zoro, and Mihawk to do the same things the Emperors do given that we are likely speaking about Armament Specialists Vs. Conqueror Specialists? I don't think so. They're comparable, but not the same.
Is Shanks a Haki Wizard? Kind of, yeah. We all saw the guy lift his sword in the air and basically cast a spell. If that's not magic then idk what is. Of course, it's explained as just powerful will, but it was red light that paralyzed a guy. I'm certain we're not going to see Armament Specialists pull off that kind of nonsense. They're more realistic - if you can call cutting a mountain in half realistic.
Now, we have people who can't be killed unless Conqueror Coating is used. Alright, it can be used by Armament Specialists and even Observation Specialists if we assume Sanji and Gaban are similar in that respect. However, were Rayleigh or Gaban at the real fight in God Valley? No, they hauled ass back to their ship to wait for Roger. The big fighters there were the Conqueror Specialists: Big Mom, Kaido, and Whitebeard, who got eliminated by the more powerful Conqueror Xebec while he was empowered by Domi Reversi, and who, in turn, was defeated by Garp and Roger. Likewise, what's probably going to happen later is Zoro and Sanji will be able to fight Holy Knights and the Five Elders, but there's likely no way they'll be stepping in the ring with Imu or at least not for long. They'll probably have to leave that to guys like Luffy and Blackbeard.
Adcoc is a catch-all term for high tier Conqueror abilities, and started as a way to refer to Conqueror Coating. However, at high levels of mastery, Armament Specialists can also access the use of Conqueror Coating. The difference is that their ceiling with the use of it is lower than with a Conqueror Specialist.
A Conqueror Specialist's ceiling with the use of Armament Haki is lower than that of an Armament Specialist, so when we consider things like Black Blades are likely formed by repeated use of Armament Haki, it makes sense that Conqueror Specialists don't often use them. Instead, they use Supreme Grade weapons. Color of the Supreme King, and Supreme Grade weapons, it's almost like they were made for each other, isn't it?
This says that Luffy is a Conqueror Specialist, Zoro is an Armament Specialist, and Sanji is an Observation Specialist. They have different ceilings for different things, but they each have an understanding about the other types, except with a lower ceiling for types they don't specialize in. As such, they're essentially in balance with one another, but since Luffy is a Conqueror Specialist he's the one with overwhelming power. If they were rock, paper, and scissors, Luffy would be the rock.
Luffy Vs. Zoro? Sanji Vs. Zoro? Luffy Vs. Sanji? Those arguments are silly. They're all almost the same.
The next issue is swordsmanship abilities are being conflated with Armament and Conqueror abilities with the framework that the strongest adcoc users are swordsmen. As a result, people suggest that Mihawk being stronger than any swordsman implies he must have the strongest adcoc. This statement is untrue because it's not "adcoc" at all, it's Conqueror Coating and the people who use it the most are Conqueror Specialists and not Armament Specialists.
Is Mihawk stronger than Shanks? Nobody actually knows! What we do know is that Conqueror's Coating is an ability that is more fit to be used by Conquerors themselves. Although, Black Blades are exclusive to Armament Specialists, so Mihawk has an edge of his own as a result of his high mastery of Armament Haki. It is no coincidence that Mihawk is said to have greater swordsmanship than Shanks because he's not an Armament Specialist. It's practically the same thing as Zoro fighting Luffy.
Mihawk Vs Shanks? It's a silly argument. They're almost the same.
Why did Oden have such a tough time fighting Roger or Whitebeard? Obviously, it's the same damn thing. He's an Armament Specialist against Conqueror Specialists. He was comparable to Kaido, but it relied almost entirely on his limited use of Conqueror Coating along with masterful Armament abilities.
Nuance implies things like Conquerors have powerful wills and this translates to a massive increase in haki. It is no coincidence that it is captains who are able to do things like reverse Devil fruit abilities using an over-abundance of it. An example of Conqueror Specialist traits include such things as when Kaido and Big Mom were unable to be moved by Trafalgar Law's ability. Furthermore, Law demonstrated that he could also nullify a Devil fruit by using an over-abundance of haki like they did.
Another example of Conqueror haki mastery is when Shanks used Conqueror's haki from a distance to force Greenbull out of his Logia form. They don't often directly state it's Conqueror's haki that does those things, but it is implied through context like how Shanks knocked out his newcomers when he affected Greenbull with it.
The reason why this must be discussed is because the more we learn about Conqueror abilities, the more we end up conflating them with other abilities from other types of ability users. If we suggest that everyone with the ability to use Conqueror Coating has the same abilities as Conqueror Specialists do then we have to consider that they can do all those other things. However, can we expect people like Rayleigh, Zoro, and Mihawk to do the same things the Emperors do given that we are likely speaking about Armament Specialists Vs. Conqueror Specialists? I don't think so. They're comparable, but not the same.
Is Shanks a Haki Wizard? Kind of, yeah. We all saw the guy lift his sword in the air and basically cast a spell. If that's not magic then idk what is. Of course, it's explained as just powerful will, but it was red light that paralyzed a guy. I'm certain we're not going to see Armament Specialists pull off that kind of nonsense. They're more realistic - if you can call cutting a mountain in half realistic.
Now, we have people who can't be killed unless Conqueror Coating is used. Alright, it can be used by Armament Specialists and even Observation Specialists if we assume Sanji and Gaban are similar in that respect. However, were Rayleigh or Gaban at the real fight in God Valley? No, they hauled ass back to their ship to wait for Roger. The big fighters there were the Conqueror Specialists: Big Mom, Kaido, and Whitebeard, who got eliminated by the more powerful Conqueror Xebec while he was empowered by Domi Reversi, and who, in turn, was defeated by Garp and Roger. Likewise, what's probably going to happen later is Zoro and Sanji will be able to fight Holy Knights and the Five Elders, but there's likely no way they'll be stepping in the ring with Imu or at least not for long. They'll probably have to leave that to guys like Luffy and Blackbeard.
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