Luffy tag teaming Teach doesn't make any sense to me
I can clearly see Luffy 1 vs 1 Teach but given Xebec was tag teasing and Oda loves repeat Coby or Smoker can be in the party.
Teach's importance as an antagonist when it comes to power is really no more than Akainu's, simply when you look at how they're portrayed at end
Teach is more important than Akainu in the antagonist ladder.
Teach is the main rival to reach and obtain the One piece. And that guy has two DF and the two most powerful in their category.
Teach power and ambition is hyped to be beyond others. Only Imu will be able to compare. Akainu will be weaker than Teach.
But I’m not sure Luffy will be stronger than Teaxh even after beating him. Luffy wasn’t stronger than Enel, wasn’t stronger than Moria, wasn’t stronger than Doffy, wasn’t stronger than Kata, Cracker or Kaido even at the end of the fight.
Luffy won’t fight Akainu. It’s not his fight.
simply when you look at how they're portrayed at end of MF war & start of post-TS. And even now during the post-timeskip where Teach is loading up his squad, Akainu is loading up the marines with SSG.
The problem is Akainu is the main villain and the main problem of his side : CD, Gorosei and obviously Imu are. Akainu can fall and the WG would still be here. Not saying Akainu isn’t important and powerful. He is both.
But Teach is more important in his own plot line. He is the one who will block Luffy from reaching his goal.
n the other hand I don't see Luffy surpassing Dragon without Dragon witnessing it happen or being involved with it, as Oda has treated Dragon as a PK-level entity since his introduction (if not superior).
Dragon can witness Luffy power during the final war against imu.