#2 – Monkey D. Luffy
Luffy is the son of the Revolutionary leader Monkey D. Dragon, the grandson of the Marine hero Monkey D. Garp and the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates.
After consuming the Gomu Gomu no Mi, Luffy’s body became like rubber, giving him the ability to stretch and attack long distances. Having undergone intense training for over ten years, Luffy is now able to supplement his stretching powers with immense strength, agility, and creativity in combat.
He has also developed several peculiar methods of combat as time passed, adapting new forms by manipulating his elastic body(Gear 2 and Gear 3) and using Haki in conjunction with the fruit’s powers (Gear 4).
Since training with Silvers Rayleigh, Luffy have gained incredible proficiency in Kenbunshoku Haki, allowing him to tell what an opponent intends to do. After pushing his Kenbunshoku Haki to its peak during his fight against Katakuri, Luffy gained the ability to see into the future to a limited extent. Katakuri himself even noticed that Luffy’s level of Kenbunshoku Haki was reaching his own.
Luffy has advanced his Busoshoku Haki, allowing him to project it from his palm as well as progress even further by destroying objects he touches from the inside at will.
During the Battle on Onigashima, he advanced his Busoshoku Haki to where he could hurt Kaido using his hardened Gear Third, whereas he previously could not, even while using Gear Fourth.
Additionally, his stronger Busoshoku made it so he was able to endure a hit from Kaido’s kanabo while he was in his standard form and Kaido was in his Human-Beast Form, whereas he was previously defeated by a single strike from the kanabo while he was in Gear Fourth form and Kaido was in his Human Form, though Luffy’s arms were hurt after blocking the blow.
Anyway Haoshoku Haki is Luffy’s main expertise concerning Haki.
While fighting Kaido on Onigashima, Luffy came to understand that he could use his Haoshoku Haki to infuse his arms and legs and exponentially increase his attack power, becoming one of only a handful of Haoshoku users known to achieve this advanced technique. With this new skill, Luffy dramatically enhanced the destructive capabilities of the advanced Busoshoku Haki attacks that he recently learned, becoming capable of striking Kaido with immensely powerful blows without even making direct contact with the Emperor’s body. Much like other people shown using this advanced application, thin streams of dark energy are shown emanating from Luffy’s arms when he infuses them.
Not long after, when Luffy and Kaidou clashed again, the two of them split the clouds in the sky with their conflicting Haoshoku, a feat previously only seen achieved when two of the Four Emperors fought each other. This may indicate that Luffy’s Haki has ascended to the same level as that of the strongest pirates in the world.
#1 – Marshall D. Teach
Marshall D. Teach, also known as Blackbeard, is an immensely powerful pirate even for a (former) member of the Whitebeard Pirates and Shichibukai. Ace once stated that Blackbeard could have been a commander when he was recommended for the position, thereby proving that his strength was equivalent with any of the other commanders, which is extremely notable, as he had not yet eaten a Devil Fruit. The most prominent feats of Teach’s power was defeating three commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates: Portgas D. Ace, Thatch, and later during the Payback War, Marco, the new Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Teach has become the first and, so far, only user to wield the powers of two Devil Fruits at the same time.
He first ate the Yami Yami no Mi, a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to create and control darkness at will, making the user a Darkness Human. This fruit is considered “unique” even for a Logia-type, and the ability it grants is said to be the “most evil”.
Then he ate the Gura Gura no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to create vibrations, or “quakes”, making the user a Tremor Human. This fruit is fearsomely reputed to be able to destroy the world, and is considered to be the strongest Devil Fruit within the Paramecia class.
With the power of darkness, which “reduces anything to nothingness”, and the power of quakes, which “brings destruction to everything”, Blackbeard claims himself to be truly invincible and the strongest of them all.
As a member of the Yonko that rule over the New World, Blackbeard is recognized as one of the four strongest pirates in the world. He possesses tremendous physical strength and an immense amount of superhuman endurance and durability.
According to Marco, Teach has a unique body structure that is different from other normal humans, which could even explain how he was able to possess two Devil Fruits, when an individual would have normally ended up dying. This is further shown when Buggy stated that Teach did not need to sleep like other people.
