Honestly curious when yall think the final fight between the 2 will happen
Luffy needs to the WSS to become PK, so I think it will be before the final war. There's also a quote from Mihawk at the Baratie where he says becoming PK is more difficult than becoming WSS, so I think Zoro will get the title before the final war.
How he will get the title is still up in the air for me. He's probably not going to fight Mihawk to the death, but he has to surpass him somehow. I don't really like this theory, but what if Zoro masters a technique that Mihawk couldn't? Would he then become the default WSS? I would really like to see a fight between them, but since we don't really know how the title is given or what criteria there are to hold the title, there's a chance that the title could be decided without a 1v1 battle. I would rather see a fight though.
btw, Mihawk never called DFs "dirty tricks." I think this must be the quote that's getting referenced:
่ฝๅใๆใใใชใ
ใผใผใใฎๅ ดใซใใ่
้ใๆฌกใ
ใซ่ชๅใฎๅณๆนใซใคใใ
ใใฎๆตทใซใใใฆใใฎ็ทใฏๆใๆใในใๅใๆใฃใฆใใ.........!!
It's no ability or skill (The word for "ability" here is the same word used for "ability havers" i.e., DF users)
To gain allies one after another
That man has the most formidable power on the sea!
So I don't think he's really making a judgment about whether or not he thinks DFs are good or bad or dirty. He's just impressed with Luffy and he's saying that Luffy's tendency to recruit allies is BETTER than a DF.