Future Events Smoker will be close to Luffy's level the next time we see him

#25
He will receive the same power-up as Law is about to receive (manhandled by Doffy but will jump above YC2 by the end of this arc)

Luffy said he wanted to fight him next time.

Smoker will be a toptier by the end of this series you can bet on it.
Or maybe Law was already commander level when he was being manhandled by Doffy and it wouldn't be a power up at all just normal progression
 
#27
The problem with Smoker overall is his performance in Punkhazard.
Losing too Law,Vergo and Doflamingo, let take these Ls out and speak about his feats, everything was poor and bad.
The only good thing was his speed and even then he get lose to Law in a speedfight. His haki was poor,his attack power was poor, he did nothing for his devilfruit in the two years. It was overall a bad performance. Such bad that even vets as Pageone/Perospero looking far better then Smoker. And Luffy is two/three stages above guys like Pero.

Smoker need better haki, future sight, new technique for devilfruit, adva CoA, better phsyical states. So many things left and it is hard to believe that Smoker reach YC lvl let alone someone as Luffy.
Doesn't Sanji have an even worse track record? And he is now considered as commander level.
So this line of reasoning doesn't really work.
 
#29
Doesn't Sanji have an even worse track record? And he is now considered as commander level.
So this line of reasoning doesn't really work.
Is real L record was against Doffy where he clearly lost. Since that Sanji had multiple battles, a powerup and training while Smoker was still bandaged and travelling for Kids.
Sanji get a powerup, had multiple fights while Smoker was sitting around. Now Sanji probably(at most) face a Commander. Yet we don't know if Sanji also show another powerup+ teamup with someone like Drake vs Queen.

In otherway Sanji is still leagues under Luffy, even after having a powerup and having multiple fights on his back(+training).
And Smoker who was just travelling with Kids, still injuried for weeks after his Doffy encounter, getting powerups and reaching Luffy lvl??

Smoker can be happy if he reach Sanji current lvl. Anything else would be a big bs if Smoker reach so soon Luffy lvl.
 
#30
Vegapunk will make Smoker jump that many tiers in such a short amount of time? That seems more like magic.
WCI and Wano proved that Oda can literally hand out power ups with Sanji's raid suit and Zoro's Enma.

Franky's improved weapons came from VP's lab . If I recall, he is also an expert in seastone and implemented them on Marine boats to avoid Sea Kings. For all we know, he may be able to give Smoker an improved Jitte.
 
#31
Is real L record was against Doffy where he clearly lost. Since that Sanji had multiple battles, a powerup and training while Smoker was still bandaged and travelling for Kids.
Sanji get a powerup, had multiple fights while Smoker was sitting around. Now Sanji probably(at most) face a Commander. Yet we don't know if Sanji also show another powerup+ teamup with someone like Drake vs Queen.

In otherway Sanji is still leagues under Luffy, even after having a powerup and having multiple fights on his back(+training).
And Smoker who was just travelling with Kids, still injuried for weeks after his Doffy encounter, getting powerups and reaching Luffy lvl??

Smoker can be happy if he reach Sanji current lvl. Anything else would be a big bs if Smoker reach so soon Luffy lvl.
He has had clashes not actually full on fights.
How do you know Smoker hasn't been training off panel. We really do not know what is happening with him currently so like I said it doesn't really work. Oda can still give him a power up however he likes.
 
#32
Doesn't Sanji have an even worse track record? And he is now considered as commander level.
So this line of reasoning doesn't really work.
Sanji was capable of One Shotting the likes of Bobbins and Sheepshead (both portrayed as big deals) and did a lot of damage to Vergo who was undeniably stronger than Smoker. Doflamingo also took him more seriously than he took Smoker.

There's also the fact that he got up quickly from the same attack that put Smoker in the Hospital Bed for days
 
#34
WCI and Wano proved that Oda can literally hand out power ups with Sanji's raid suit and Zoro's Enma.

Franky's improved weapons came from VP's lab . If I recall, he is also an expert in seastone and implemented them on Marine boats to avoid Sea Kings. For all we know, he may be able to give Smoker an improved Jitte.
At which level do you think Smoker comes back? Anywhere near luffy's level?
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Smoker will be as strong as Oda wants him to be.
Besides, he is not as weak as people think.
It's just people overwanking other characters.
How do you think these 6 rank the next time smoker appears? and at what exact levels.
Luffy
Zoro
Kid
Killer
Law
Smoker.
 

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You can't win
#35
Smoker had the advantage preskip due to the fact he had a logia, with Luffy not knowing haki at the time. Ever since the timeskip however, tables turned, not to mention the gap which grew further and further due to Luffy's timeskip training

Last time we saw Smoker was during the events of dressrosa and he was still injured, heading for Vegapunk


His only chance to still be relevant is if he somehow gets upgraded by whatever new invention Vegapunk could be creating

Luffy totally outclasses him though. He was already a level(or two) above in Punk Hazard. Then he gained future sight, leveling himself further, and now level 2+3 hardening during Udon's training, leveling him up even more

At best i could see Oda do some gag moments next time they meet due to his jitte countering devil fruit users(and eventhen, in Udon, Luffy was affected less, although the seastone cuffs were weaker against df users than ordinary seastone cuffs), but in terms of overall level, he left Smoker in the dust since PH, with the gap growing bigger and bigger, with unfortunately Smoker turning into irrelevancy power-wise
 
#37
We would need a year long flash back for smoker to catch up to luffy. Even on PH luffy was stronger with just g2/g3 not even showing g4. Smoker would need by far the fastest growth rate for it to make sense for him to be close to post wano luffy. Post wano luffy should be entering top tier status and smoker would have to jump from being weaker than vergo to being on par with someone like akainu. Hyping smoker to the max we could see him with a awakened df, better haki (doubt advanced), and better physical stats. Overall id say he could be a yc3 to yc2 which is still a huge jump.

Using luffy wanting to fight him doesn't mean smoker has to be equals with him. Throughout the story luffy has wanted to fight characters both weaker and stronger than him. Ignoring the sheer power jump smoker would need for him to be close to luffy isn't logical. I mean why does smoker even need to be close to luffy in the first place? If you say its because he's this gens garp then why wasn't already closer out of the time skip so luffy couldn't make this giant gap if they were supposed to have that relationship?
 
#39
1) In what fashion was Luffy vs Caesar comparable to Smoker vs Law? Hax?
2) Still nonsensical opinion. If Smoker could beat Vergo, he would have, instead of relying on a pirate. Beating Vergo would still get Law´s heart back. Neither works the excuse of "the heart could have been damaged" considering he was punching Vergo around a few panels prior.

Anyway, Smoker will be in the commander/high tier spectrum when we see him again, at that point Luffy is already facing top tiers though.
Coby did not take his spot, completely different dynamic regarding his character. He is one of Luffy´s inspired ones who will have their time in the future.
Yes, DF hax. Two smart users, arguably both doctorate level intelligence or above, using very scientific powers. Luffy actually looks worse because he started out with a huge lead and couldn't even lose the rematch. Law himself is extremely underrated or perhaps just misunderstood because of what happened with Doflamingo, who knew exactly how to fight him so as to make it look easy.

Beating Vergo, and I'm not necessarily saying he would have, wouldn't have guaranteed that they would get the heart back. It was something like a hostage situation and obviously the smart thing is to accomplish the goal as a priority. It's what separates smarter characters from a Luffy, who botches the capture just so he could whoop some ass.

Anyway, it's right there. He was beating Vergo, then Vergo comments on him being sloppy, and his only response is securing the heart. Not a crazy amount of reading comprehension needed.
 
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