Powers & Abilities Does Orochi's devil fruit has any special ability other than turning him into a giant multi-headed snake ?

#1
We know that Orochi has eaten the most fitting devil fruit for him, that is the Hebi Hebi no mi Model : Yamato no Orochi, a mythical devil fruit that allows him to turn into a giant Orochi snake with eight heads.
Since the other Mythical Zoan shown this far have special abilities outside of the transformation they grant such as Marco's regeneration, Sengoku's generation of shockwaves or Kaido being able of breathing fire and walking on clouds in his dragon form; do you think that this devil fruit gives a special ability to Orochi in addition of him being a giant multi-headed snake ?

For example could Orochi regenerates from wounds to the point that even his heads could grow back like the Hydra of Lern ? Could it give him a control of poison at least similar to Magellan or Reiju ? Could it be something else ?
 
#3
Tbh, I'm legit open to the idea..

I mean, if we review all the DF's of the kurozumi people we know so far, all of them had devil fruits that allowed them to perform some sorta trickery:

- Old man had Bartolomeo's fruit.. which he used to stop even Oden from harming Orochi
- Old hag had Mr 2's fruit, which allowed her to trick others by disguising herself and shit
- Kanjuro literally painted an exact replica of himself to fool the scabbards.

So I'm thinking there could be something with Orochi as well.

For example could Orochi regenerates from wounds to the point that even his heads could grow back like the Hydra of Lern ? Could it give him a control of poison at least similar to Magellan or Reiju ? Could it be something else ?
Yeah, kinda what I was thinking of.. The Hydra of Lerna, which had poisonous breath/fangs, and heads could literally grow back, making him sorta immortal... but a) if it's poison, Hiyori would not have lived when he bit her, b) immortality, it could be actually that, really.. but him scared of Oden about to kill him is well.. idk.


Here's what I think: what if Orochi is immortal only when he uses his DF?? But in human form, he's no longer immortal, and could be killed?? I mean, idk.., and I don't have much to prove, but all I have is this:

  • When Oden was about to kill him, he was taken by surprise... and couldn't act; he couldn't switch to zoan form out of fear -- like when Zoro attacked Monet... Monet froze stiff, unable to act.
The next chapter after that, he was wheezing and crying, expecting his life to end, before he realized the old guy protected him and he regained his composure... meaning he could've transformed there, but he was too scared to even move that the old guy had to help.​

  • When he talked to CP0, he transformed into his zoan form immediately when things were getting tense (Orochi says "give me vegapunk", CP0 said "that's impossible!!"). it was as if Orochi felt his life was threatened, so he switched into zoan form, staying in guard... in case CP0 would attack him.

So I'm thinking, the only way to kill Orochi is to lower his guard, so that he won't use his DF to transform into the YnO, and kill him when he least expects it.... I know, it's kinda dumb, but there's gotta be a reason why Oda gave a powerful, mythical fruit to a dude who's useless at combat... so, it's all I have.

:kayneshrug:


EDIT: Seastone could work too I guess, preventing him from transforming into the YnO, hence can't go immortal as he can't use his DF power, and can be killed... and since Wano has craftsmen that could produce small seastone needles, someone might've probably prepared something like this for Orochi too.
 
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