Not true & we saw this with Aokiji in that very same MF arc when he evaded WB’s bisento attack which showed extremely good mastery of his DF in combination with CoO.
We also saw admirals utilize barrier Haki in that very arc. Not to mention that they have high base stats and are also extremely competent in CQC.
Even Greenbull has shown that’s he’s can adequately counter fire which is his direct weakness.
I’m aware I’m measuring Croc against the very highest standard for Logia but these are Logia that were never over dependent on their DF even at that point in the series. MF Croc doesn’t hold a candle to them.
With regards to Croc’s name, there’s no denying his infamy. Simply being a Warlord gives you that sort of gas in name recognition. It’d have been the same if we replaced Jinbe with Croc for example (I mean we saw how Kidd & Law reacted to him joining Luffy) yet we know where Jinbe is at PL-wise. Moreover we can’t really ignore that Cross Guild are literally putting bounties on marine soldiers heads which has even lead to some high ranking officials dying so it’s no surprise that his bounty is that high. Even compared to burning down towns, that is a lot more grave imo. On your comment on Pekoms, I mean given how powerful Ace and Croc’s dfs are it is no surprise that they were flexing in the new world . Ace was flexing till he got crushed by Teach. Was it ever mentioned that Croc faced any significant foes in the NW post-ts? I don’t think that fact has any bearing on him being over dependent on his DF.
I’m not saying Croc is gonna be outchea getting low diffed by Pekoms coz of it, his DF is simply to powerful for that but against some of those high tiers that have much higher base stats than Croc in addition to some hax like him, it’s hard to imagine him beating them without much better showings from him.
Yeah, but MF was like nearly a decade after Crocodile lost in Alabasta. In MF he was just a minor player, not with the focus or time to show off like the Admirals, the villains of the arc.
Jimbei definitely has respect in his own way, but let´s be real, the warlords aren´t like the Yonko or admirals, they´re not all close. Kidd and Law are shocked to see Jimbei working for Luffy, but Law thinks having Crocodile work for you is Yonko shit. I also don´t see Jimbei being offered a partnership from Doffy, or to actually have a partnership with Mihawk of all people. Jimbei was working for Big Mom during the timeskip, and it wasn´t made to be some *crazy* thing.
We don´t know if he fought someone strong during the TS, but I don´t think he was doing nothing for 2 years in the timeskip, especially to get a super high bounty. Plus, the idea/norm is you can´t even be a pirate in the NW without being forced to work for the Yonko. We saw this with the supernova. CG has a role in his bounty, sure, but when he got the bounty, CG had *just* formed, CG hadn´t even accomplished anything yet.