Speculations Did pre gear Luffy defeat a villain with YC bounty?

[griffindidnuthinwrong]

He defeated crocodile!!


Bounty dont mean much but hear me out. Which YC had the lowest bounty? Ace his bounty was 550 mil but i think he became yc because of potential he had and the position was open.
So who is next? Sweet commander snack he is 600 mil. Now what was crocodile's bounty after being striped off his WL title? Definitely not 1.950 bil cause he probably earned it later. But even half of that would give him yc level.
Most former WL after being striped off their title had bounties in 1 bil except for maybe jinbe.

So a former wl after being striped has yc level bounty. That means if crocodile was striped his title in alabaska he could have been 450 mil like jinbe or 1.656 bil like boa hank

 

[IsaziSempi]

Moria. Moria in his prime was probably a pirate worth over 1.5 billion. Enel would have had a bounty of 500 million.

edit just noticed you said pre gear. so just enel.

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

After East Blue saga where Luffy and his crew enters the Grand Line and beyond, most of Luffy's opponents should have a higher bounty than expected, like Croc would easily reach 400 mil if he wasn't a Warlord, Moria would have been 1 bil due to history with Kaido. Then you got Enel who was supposed to have 500 mil if he were to be a pirate.

 

[uyuu]

He defeated crocodile!!


Bounty dont mean much but hear me out. Which YC had the lowest bounty? Ace his bounty was 550 mil but i think he became yc because of potential he had and the position was open.
So who is next? Sweet commander snack he is 600 mil. Now what was crocodile's bounty after being striped off his WL title? Definitely not 1.950 bil cause he probably earned it later. But even half of that would give him yc level.
Most former WL after being striped off their title had bounties in 1 bil except for maybe jinbe.

So a former wl after being striped has yc level bounty. That means if crocodile was striped his title in alabaska he could have been 450 mil like jinbe or 1.656 bil like boa hank

If i wanna wank Luffy, yeah. Since Croc said "nostalgic New World" and he didn't train or had relevant fights (so no haki bloom) since that moment until now.

But according to narrative, i don't think so. It's just that Croc got stronger gradually until now. That doesnt change the absolute rule that Luffy is always nerfed and restricted by plot tho, i will STILL wank Luffy the chosen one even tho it's getting boring since Nika moment

 

[Egghead]

Bounties are irrelevant.

 

[Sir Tuna Sandwich II]

He manhandled Hancock in Marineford war.
Source - fodders that been there.

 

[IsaziSempi]

Bounties are irrelevant.

Tell that to buggy.

 

[Herrera95]

This is the same mental gymnastics politcs apply during elections.

 

[Kiiro]

Nah, with a YC bounty no, but with some YC abilities yeah.

There is Lucci and Crocodile. With Lucci, he barely got it and had enough power to be respected by Vice Admirals.

Oda said that if Crocodile had earned a Bounty after Alabasta it will be just the double. That is just speaking about his feats, not his power. Crocodile at that point was damn strong, he could control environment, could use ranged attack, is lethal, could already cut steel, he can even fly. He was just broken when Luffy defeated him

 

[Egghead]

Tell that to buggy.

he’s still a weakling getting bullied by people who don’t care about bounties so what were you getting at?

 

[griffindidnuthinwrong]

Nah, with a YC bounty no, but with some YC abilities yeah.

There is Lucci and Crocodile. With Lucci, he barely got it and had enough power to be respected by Vice Admirals.

Oda said that if Crocodile had earned a Bounty after Alabasta it will be just the double. That is just speaking about his feats, not his power. Crocodile at that point was damn strong, he could control environment, could use ranged attack, is lethal, could already cut steel, he can even fly. He was just broken when Luffy defeated him

Sometimes i think he was introduced too early. I get the same feeling with kaido arch. The two arch parellel each other. Both defeated and almost killed luffy, both were members of one of the 3 great powers in OP

 

[Just a member]

No. The point of this whole mess is that Oda doesn't make sense with Crocodile bounty. This is the only real explanation.

At that point Oda was introducing villain with an higher and higher bounty: Buggy 15M, Don Krieg 17M, Arlong 20M.... Croco was a former 80M, 100M? Anyway that was his range and at that point it was perfectly fine. Then Oda reintroduced him in Marineford and suddenly he was capable of flipping Impel down best guardians and be a major player in Marineford war. We have to remember he was defeated by gearless Luffy and after that he spent 2 years chained in prison. Also Oda cared to add in he at some point had a fight with WB, a guy who got beaten by gearless Luffy can not even clean the shoes of the last grunt on WB ship but this is the story. Now he suddenly jumps again, out of the blue and with no explanation, to almost 2B bounty. The only explanation is that Oda is making things up don't giving any face to logic.