Luffy D. Monkey

* Post-Timeskip
* Pre-Timeskip

**Luffy D. Monkey**, also known as "**Straw Hat**" **Luffy**,, is both a fictional character and protagonist from the *J-Star's* *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda. He is the founder and captain of the Straw Hats.

He is also the most powerful of the top fighters of the increasingly infamous and powerful Pirate-Wizard unity. He desires to find the legendary treasure that was left behind by the late Roger and thereby become the King of the Pirates.

A dream which would help facilitate an unknown dream of his that he has told only to his father, Shanks, his sworn siblings, and friends. He truly believes that being the King of the Pirates means having the most freedom in the world.

Born in Windmill Village, he grew up there before Magnolia, where his family carries the initial of D. Ridiculed and rejected at age 7, Luffy accidentally ate a Devil Fruit, which turned his body into rubber and gives him rubbery attributes.

Growing up under the care of between Makarov and Dadan at Magnolia, Luffy befriended and became sworn siblings of the late "Fire Fist" Ace, Revolutionary Chief-of-Staff Sabo, and the Fairy Tail guild's wizards Natsu, Gray, and Erza.

His father also gave Luffy the very straw hat that has become Luffy's signature accessory, having gifted it to his own son as part of a promise for a father and son to meet again someday once that he became a great pirate, good as Roger.

Luffy has gone up against numerous global powers around him, starting with fighting the most powerful pirates and moving to clashes against the government, and even the sea, emerging victorious in a majority of these battles.

Not only has been winning various battles, but he also imposes unmeasurable feats as well. He invaded and indirectly caused the annihilation of Enies Lobby, escaped the impregnable Impel Down, and was a focal figure in the huge war.

He has also either defeated or befriended the known Warlords prior to the organization's dissolution. Furthermore, Luffy has invaded the territory of the Emperors themselves on multiple occasions and eventually managed to defeat one.

The accomplishments and heritage have caused him to be labeled as a "Dangerous Future Element" while in the process gaining a reputation for being "reckless" and, in some cases, "insane," earning the wrath of Fleet Admiral Akainu.

Luffy also has a penchant for attracting followers and has also unwillingly been named one of the co-leaders of the Grand Fleet, consisting of wizard guilds and pirate crews who swore to come to their aid whenever either wishes.

After learning of this and his exploits, the press labeled him the "5th Emperor," though many prominent figures initially considered this to be exaggerated. However, after the raid, Luffy & Buggy replaced Kaido and Big Mom as emperors.

"*It's my dream, and nobody's going to stop me! I'm gonna find One Piece and then I'll be King of the Pirates!*"

—Luffy D. Monkey.

## Appearance & Biography

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### Appearance

Luffy is a young man of average height with shaggy/spikey black hair, round black eyes, and a slim muscular build. He is renowned for his trademark straw hat (from which he gets his nickname "Straw Hat Luffy"), which was lent to him when he was young by his father, who in turn received it from Roger. He wears blue shorts with cuffs, sandals, and a sleeveless red vest. Luffy also has a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye, which he earned as a child by stabbing his face to show Shanks and Rex that he was tough enough to be a pirate. He was severely wounded by Akainu in the Summit War of Marineford, leaving a large X-shaped scar on his chest.

#### Post-Timeskip

After the timeskip,

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 17 (debut), 19 (after timeskip)
* Birthday: May 5th (Children's Day)
* Height: 168 cm (5'5) (debut), 170 cm (5'7") (after timeskip)
* Weight: Not Known

## Abilities and Powers

As one of the Four Emperors, and at the young age of 19, Luffy is one of the four most powerful pirates in the world. He captains the Straw Hat Pirates, holding the greatest authority over a mighty and diverse crew consisting of several infamous members, many of whom are extremely powerful in their own right. Luffy has a tremendous amount of influence over his crewmates, so much so that they all trust him with their lives, despite his reckless behavior and, in some cases, even because of it.

He is also one of twelve pirates who have been dubbed as the "Worst Generation", a group of individuals who have become infamous for the bold and major actions they have committed against the World Government, and all have bounties of over ฿100,000,000. Indirectly, he also has claim over the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, a massive fleet consisting of seven powerful New World crews numbering 5640 people in total, who all swore to serve under him of their own will and come to assist him whenever he may need them.

The scope of Luffy's authority was considered by the World Government to be close to on par with the Four Emperors, the four most powerful and influential pirates in the world, and the press dubbed Luffy the "Fifth Emperor" as a result. Luffy is a fierce and formidable combatant who can invent extremely creative fighting techniques even during intense battles and has gone through harsh and rigorous training ever since he was a child.

However, Luffy officially became an Emperor after defeating one of the previous Emperors, Kaido, and his meteoric rise in status (in over two years) caused panic around the world; he currently holds a bounty of ฿3,000,000,000, which is currently the lowest Emperor bounty and equals the bounties of two of his fellow Worst Generation members—Kidd and Law.

His bounty is only surpassed by the bounties of the former Emperors Whitebeard, Big Mom, Kaido, fellow Emperors Shanks, Blackbeard and Buggy, former Warlord Mihawk and the late King of the Pirates, Roger D. Gol himself. To the amazement of friend and foe alike, Luffy has continuously defeated people who are renowned throughout the seas for their incredible strength and skill.

He has been taught by two legendary figures, his grandfather, the "Hero of the Marines", and Rayleigh Silvers, the retired first mate of the late pirate crew. Despite acting goofy and eccentric most of the time, Luffy has proven to be a natural born leader. One of Luffy's greatest qualities is that he can become massively more powerful in an unthinkably short amount of time.

Luffy has exhibited his threat most notably by invading all three of the World Government's main strongholds: he defeated over a thousand Marines on Enies Lobby by himself and took down two CP9 agents—Blueno, and Lucci Rob, with the invasion ultimately resulting in the destruction of Enies Lobby via Buster Call; he infiltrated the great prison Impel Down and orchestrated the only mass breakout in its history; he invaded Marine Headquarters during the Summit War of Marineford and greatly aided the Whitebeard Pirates in their ultimately unsuccessful effort to rescue Ace D. Portgas from execution.

Luffy has also significantly threatened the balance of the Three Great Powers by defeating three members of the Seven Warlords of the Sea—Crocodile, Moria Gecko, Doflamingo Don Quixote—and allying with three others, which caused Jimbei to defect from his position and Law Trafalgar to lose his.

The World Government also views Luffy to be a grave threat simply because he is the son of captain of the Roaring Wolf Pirates, and nephew of the leader of the Revolutionary Army. Despite his ever-growing list of accomplishments in battle, Luffy continues to be frequently underestimated by opponents due to his appearance, age and disposition. These traits have often proved to be an advantage for him, as it gives him leeway toward options opponents would not expect.

For example, Crocodile dismissed Luffy as a greenhorn and left him for dead, only for Luffy to recover from his defeat and ultimately claim victory in their second match. Doflamingo Don Quixote attempted to trap Luffy in the Corrida Colosseum, expecting him to fall victim to it, only for Luffy to escape and win over the gladiators there to his side.

With constantly improving skill in battle combined with his almost unbreakable willpower, Luffy has found ways to defeat increasingly powerful opponents that have blocked his path, all while having been out at sea for less than a year, not including his two-year training on Rusukaina.

In the New World, he has contended with the Emperors' top officers, having defeated two of the Big Mom Pirates' Sweet Commanders: Cracker and Katakuri, seeking to aim further by taking down the Four Emperors themselves, along with the Marine Admirals.

During the Raid on Onigashima, Luffy's recently heightened mastery of advanced Armament and Conqueror's Haki allowed him to fight on par with Kaido of the Four Emperors before awakening his Devil Fruit's true power upon suffering a third defeat from a finishing blow, which finally allowed him to emerge victorious against Kaido in one-on-one combat.

### Devil Fruit

*Main article:* *Gum-Gum Fruit*
The **Gum-Gum Fruit**, a Paramecia-class Devil Fruit, which was unwittingly eaten by Luffy, after finding it in a chest owned by the Red Hair Pirates at age 7, gives his body the properties of rubber, allowing him to stretch, bounce, bend, twist, and inflate any part of his body, thus turning him into a **Rubber Human**.

Initially, Luffy was unable to control his stretching, but was able to master it after ten years of training on Dawn Island, and further master it during the two years he spent training with Rayleigh Silvers on Rusukaina. He is able to stretch any part of his body; he can stretch his arms to extend the reach of his punches, stretch his legs to extend the reach of his kicks, and stretch his neck to extend the reach of his headbutt.

His stretching also allows him to reach faraway places, as he can stretch and grab onto something at that location and pull himself there. He can further enhance his attack power by twisting his body parts around each other and spinning them. Defensively, Luffy, being made of rubber, is completely immune to lightning. He also cannot be harmed by blunt attacks not imbued with Armament Haki, including punches, blunt weapons, and even being stepped on by gigantic opponents.

If struck by blunt projectiles, such as bullets or cannonballs, he can bounce them back toward the place it came from, potentially threatening the one who launched it. He can also easily survive falling from great heights. He can suck in a large amount of air to inflate his torso like a balloon. His inflated belly greatly enhances his rubbery defense and his ability to bounce things back. It also keeps him from sinking if he falls into the water.

Over the course of his voyage in the Grand Line, he developed techniques he calls **Gears** to utilize his Devil Fruit to combat stronger opponents, such as speeding up his own blood flow to increase his speed or enlarging his bones and muscles for more powerful strikes. During his training on Rusukaina, he learned how to combine his Haki with his rubber abilities, making his already destructive attacks inconceivably faster and stronger.

During the *Land of Wano Arc*, it was revealed that it had a different name and classification, before being renamed and reclassified to hide the truth, while only the few know of the fruit's true nature, and its existence was never recorded anywhere. This fruit power was awakened after his apparent "death" and third loss against Kaido, granting him immeasurably awesome powers that even the World Government itself greatly fears.

The **Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika**, a Mythical Zoan-class Devil Fruit, which allows the user to become an incarnation of Nika, an ever-playful Sun God known for liberating slaves and bringing smiles to people's faces. This grants Luffy's body a rubber physiology and allows him to fight however he pleases, just as long as he can imagine it. According to St. Ju Peter Shepherd, because of the smiles Nika can put on the faces of others, he is known as the "**Warrior of Liberation**", and that "there is no power more ridiculous in all the world".

Among these astonishing abilities are strengthening his rubbery body and granting him even more freedom. In addition to this, Luffy is afforded the enhancements common among Zoan Devil Fruits, including greater strength, speed, and a faster recovery rate. He also displayed the ability to bestow the properties of rubber into the environment around him.

In Road To Laugh Tale, it is revealed that Luffy's true power is not his rubbery physiology, and instead something much different. In truth his power allows him to bring forth whatever he can imagine into reality, however, this is only possible if the Devil Fruit awakens and is limited to Luffy's own imagination.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Luffy that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

* **Gum-Gum Pistol**: Luffy's signature attack; he stretches his arm back then throws a devastating punch. In other words, it is a standard straight punch, augmented with stretching. This attack can be used from short to long range. Luffy would typically increase the striking reach of fist by 'charging up' by means of first repeatedly swinging his un-stretched punching arm around before using the spinning force to both stretch his arm to its limits, and to maximize the hitting power. Its name comes from Luffy's claim to his father and Shanks that his punching arm is "as powerful as a pistol!" The first version of this is seen when Luffy tried fighting against Ace and Sabo when he was a child, but it kept failing. Ace asks for the point of his fruit, and Luffy replays the move in his head, saying it does not come out the way he wants. This was first successfully seen being used on the Lord of the Coast after ten years of training in the manga, while in the anime, it is first seen being used against Alvida. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Blast**.
	+ **Gum-Gum Pistol Shotgun**: Starts off as an ordinary **Pistol** attack, after which Luffy "twangs" his stretched arm, causing his fist to connect multiple times. This was first seen being used against Crocodile. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Quake**.

* **Gum-Gum Rocket**: Luffy's main method of traveling long distances fast. He stretches out one or both of his arms, grabs a handhold, and then retracts them, projecting himself high into the air at high speeds, over great distances, or even into an opponent. This technique is often times reckless especially if not done properly as Luffy could accidentally propel himself into a body of water or worse. Indeed, Luffy has little to no control after launching himself, being unable to change directions in mid-flight, and is only able to (barely) decelerate before landing. This was first seen being used to propel Luffy to the top of the Marine Base in Shells Town in the manga. In the anime, it was first seen being used to crash into Alvida's crew. This was first developed when Luffy was a child, along with Ace and Sabo, battling against the king of Mt. Colubo, a giant tiger; Ace gave this attack its name. This technique is also capable of landing devastating attacks against larger opponents as shown against Dorry. A humorous usage of this "attack" was accidentally against Ace and Smoker in a restaurant, who are both Logia users but did not have the reflex to counter the charge. However, in the anime, sometimes when this technique is used, Luffy dubs it with a different title, like Gum-Gum Pardon the Intrusion, or Gum-Gum Mooring Line.
	+ So far only in *Jump Ultimate Stars* as his jumping strong attack, this attack has been used without Luffy grabbing onto anything as a mere simple diving attack (same applies to his JET Rocket in Gear Second).

* **Gum-Gum Whip**: Luffy stretches his leg and kicks in a wide circle, striking multiple foes. This was first seen being used against a group of Marines in Shells Town.

* **Gum-Gum Gavel**: Luffy stretches out his arms while twisting them, and then takes hold of his opponent. He then untwists them, rapidly spinning his opponent, while bringing him crashing to the floor. This was first seen being used against Richie after he and Mohji destroyed Chouchou's master's store. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Hammer**.

* **Gum-Gum Balloon**: A technique where Luffy inflates himself rapidly through his mouth, further increasing his resistance to blunt attacks. With his inflated body, Luffy is capable of deflecting projectile attacks back at his attackers. This is not necessarily always an attack as Luffy can also use this technique for other purposes aside from deflecting projectiles such as escaping Smoker's White Snake technique or using himself as a cushion when his ship is in for a hard landing. This can also prevent Luffy from sinking under water, making him bounce off the surface. This was first seen being used against one of Buggy's cannonballs after Luffy insulted Buggy. According to a fan poll, this is the seventeenth favorite attack amongst fans with a total of 162 votes.

* **Gum-Gum Sickle**: Luffy grabs an object behind his opponent and pulls himself towards them. He then stretches out his other arm and clotheslines his opponent. This was first seen being used against Buggy. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Fist**.

* **Gum-Gum Bazooka**: Luffy stretches both his arms far back, and then hurls them forward, striking his opponent with both instantaneously with a double open palm strike with both hands, that frequently sends the recipient(s) flying off the other direction. This is usually used as a finishing move, he often prefers to do it at point-blank range, sometimes running up to his opponent as he's charging it. This was first seen being used to defeat Buggy. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Double Barrel**. According to a fan poll, this is the fifth favorite attack amongst fans with a total of 995 votes. This is one of the few gun-based attacks (not named after any ammunition) to not be written in kanji. In the video games, the **Gum-Gum Cannon** followed after a **Gum-Gum Gatling** is somehow often done akin to this move.
	+ **Gum-Gum Bazooka Cannon**: A stronger version of **Bazooka** attack, used to send flying heavy opponents. The attack is the same as Bazooka but with the difference that when Luffy stretches his arms back, he stretches them an extremely long distance. The distance of the stretched arms back is so long that it can cover from the Drum Castle to the villages of Drum Island. After the strike unlike regular Bazooka, Luffy's arms end up crossed and the impact is such that he recoils a little. It was first used to defeat Wapol by sending him flying out of the Drum Kingdom. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Heavy Barrel**.

* **Gum-Gum Gatling**: Luffy uses his stretching ability to bring his fists forward repeatedly in a blurry, rapid barrage of strong punches that creates the illusion of him having multiple arms, however he does not actually grow more arms so he can still be stopped by an opponent fast enough (as Eneru, Lucci Rob and Usopp have demonstrated). This was first seen being used against a group of Black Cat Pirates after being accidentally hypnotized stronger by Jango. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Rapid Fire**. According to a fan poll, this is the favorite attack amongst fans with a total of 3785 votes.
	+ In several of the video games, it is common to see Luffy finish off this move with an extra stretching strike, though it varies per game:
		- In the *Grand Battle* series, he finishes with a simple stretch punch akin to **Gum-Gum Pistol**.
		- In *Battle Stadium D.O.N*, he finishes with a **Gum-Gum Bullet** which can be fully charged, and also does so for his **Gum Rush** in *Jump Super Stars* and *Jump Ultimate Stars* (the very former game of the three oddly has his arm fully stretched for the **Gum-Gum Bullet** portion).
		- While in games such as the *Wizard Pirate Warriors* games and *J-Stars Victory Vs*, he performs a **Gum-Gum Cannon** that's more akin to a standard **Gum-Gum Gatling**-into-**Gum-Gum Bazooka** instead.
	+ In some other media however, such as in *Jump Super Stars* and *Jump Ultimate Stars*, the kanji for the "Gatling" portion of the move's name is instead written as (銃乱射, *jūransha*; lit. "gun wild shot"), making the attack literally mean "**Rubber Rubber Gun Wild Shot**". *Ransha*, being a part of the idiom (*ransharangeki*, 乱射乱撃; lit. "wild shot wild strike") are both Japanese words for indiscriminate and random shooting.

* **Gum-Gum Spear**: Luffy holds his feet together (with the bottoms of each touching each other) and kicks with both simultaneously via his toes (giving off the image of an actual spearhead). This was first seen being used against Kuro after Luffy dodged his attack. There are instances where this attack is also sometimes performed via his two feet stomping on his target's face, making it akin to a two-legged **Gum-Gum Stamp**.

* **Gum-Gum Bell**: While latched onto an enemy, Luffy stretches his neck backwards, then snaps it back for a devastating head butt to the opponent's face (though there exist times where Luffy does not need to latch onto an enemy and only does the headbutt portion). This was first seen being used to defeat Kuro.

* **Gum-Gum Slingshot**: Luffy grabs hand and foot holds, then intercepts a projectile, stretching back and firing the projectile back at its origin. In the *Warship Island Arc* he used this move to stop a lot of Marines and throw them into the water. This was first seen being used against the cannonball that Fullbody fired at Luffy; whereas in the manga, Luffy bounced it back with a **Gum-Gum Balloon**.

* **Gum-Gum Giant Scythe**: Identical to **Gum-Gum Sickle**, but he uses both arms for the rocket and the clothesline. This was first seen being used on a group of Krieg Pirates that were attacking the Baratie.

* **Gum-Gum Bullet**: Luffy stretches one arm, far behind him while running, then snaps it back to deliver a short-distance, one-fisted powerful blow to an opponent. This was first seen being used on Don Krieg. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Burst**. According to a fan poll, this is the twenty eighth favorite attack amongst fans with a total of 68 votes. In all instances in the anime before the Water 7 Arc, this attack is always called "Gum-Gum Pistol". Despite this move's name, this attack's range is meant to be for close quarters compared to the likes of **Pistol** and/or its other timeskip variant. Other media may instead have Luffy instead throw a hooking punch akin to **Gum-Gum Sickle** (the most common type of punch Luffy uses for this is often a straight blow).
	+ Oddly enough, in *Battle Stadium D.O.N.*, this attack used as the finishing follow up from both the **Gum-Gum Pistol** and **Gum-Gum Gatling**, where he punches with a fully stretched arm as opposed to a non-stretched one.

* **Gum-Gum Giant Gavel**: Similar to **Gum-Gum Gavel**, but he performs it using the feet and legs instead of hands and arms while in mid-air. He performed this while he was trapped inside Krieg's net, sending the latter crashing into Baratie's fins. This was first used to defeat Don Krieg. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Giant Hammer**.

* **Gum-Gum Windmill**: A technique that was used once in the *Arlong Park Arc*. Luffy planted his feet into the ground to steady himself, then twisted his body around tightly. He then grabbed hold of Arlong's pet Momoo and unwound, spinning the Sea King around rapidly to crush the Fish-Men surrounding him. After spinning around several times, Luffy then let go of Momoo and threw him far away. While it took out most of Arlong's Fish-Men, it however had the disadvantage of getting Luffy's feet stuck in the ground. This was first used against the Arlong Pirates. This rather reckless move was inspired by the sight of the pinwheel on top of Genzo's hat by Luffy. "Kazaguruma" can be translated as either "windmill" or "pinwheel". In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Pinwheel**. Luffy also used an alternate version of this move in the video game *Grand Battle!* and *Grand Battle Rush!* where he merely twists his mid-section as he unwinds with both arms out to smack around himself 360 degrees; another version is also during his fight with Lucci Rob, where he simply grabs his target and twisting his mid-section before unwinding, and throwing his opponent. Both these alternate versions do not involve planting his feet on the ground prior.

* **Gum-Gum Shield**: Luffy grabs the fingers of one hand with the other, and stretches them before his face to block blades that pass between the fingers. This was first seen being used on Arlong. In several video games, this is often his blocking/guarding animation before the timeskip, though it's only in *Battle Stadium D.O.N.* this is a standalone technique working as a counter/reversal special.

* **Gum-Gum Finger Net**: Luffy entwines his fingers making a net like shape and then stretches out his fingers making a larger net in an attempt to trap his opponents. This was first seen being used on Arlong.

* **Gum-Gum Battle Axe**: Luffy stretches one leg high into the air, then brings it crashing down via a high-gravity stomp on an opponent or structure, for massive damage, strong enough to destroy large buildings and ships in a single hit. Usually when Luffy executes this attack, after stretching out his leg, he brings his foot down immediately below him, however sometimes (mainly in the anime and in the video games) he keeps his leg extended and brings it down, like a vertical version of **Gum-Gum Whip**. This was first seen being used to defeat Arlong. It was also used to destroy Crescent Moon Galley's ship in the First Romance Dawn and on the fins of the Baratie during the *Baratie Arc* although not named at the time. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Axe**.
	+ Despite the kanji for this move being possibly read as "senpu", it is read in Japanese with the kun'yomi rendering for the axe (斧) character instead, unlike all other variations of this attack.

* **Gum-Gum Screw**: Luffy grabs onto a large, spinning object that is shot at him while holding onto a foothold, twists his arms and legs as if to do a Gum-Gum Giant Gravel while the force of the object propels him further to his ability's limit, then slams the object into a foe while spinning. This was first seen being used against Bear King in the second Fairy One Piece Tail movie.

* **Gum-Gum Grab**: A technique wherein Luffy stretches his arm out to catch something. This was first seen being used to catch what Luffy assumed to be fish. Instead of catching fish however, Luffy caught an unconscious Apis adrift on her boat. The recoil of this technique is somewhat reckless as Luffy's arm knocked Zoro off the Going Merry as Luffy reeled it back in.

* **Gum-Gum Suspension Bridge**: A technique wherein Luffy turns himself into a make-shift bridge by laying his rubber body across a gap. This was first seen being used to help Natsu, Nami, and Lucy get across a wide gap in Warship Island.

* **Gum-Gum Lasso**: A technique wherein Luffy entwines himself around something, and then stretches his arm to grab an object. This was first seen being used when the Merry Go was going through a typhoon to get to the Lost Island. Luffy entwined his body to the ship's mast and stretched out his arm to lasso Ryu's raft.

* **Gum-Gum Flower Arrangement**: A technique in which Luffy grabs hold of the Going Merry's mast and slams it into his opponent. This was first seen being used on Laboon. The name is derived from the fact that the way the mast is slammed resembles typical Japanese flower arrangements. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Bouquet**.

* **Gum-Gum Mallet**: A technique that Luffy had to temporarily come up with while on Little Garden. While the Straw Hat Pirates were on Little Garden, they faced off against four of Baroque Works' Officer Agents; Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, Miss Goldenweek, and Mr. 3. Mr. 3 has the power of the Wax-Wax Fruit, which allows him to produce and control a wax-like substance from his body. He used this wax power several times to wrap a large wax cylinder around Luffy's feet and then later arm. Instead of slowing Luffy down, Luffy actually uses the wax cylinder to his advantage. Using it like a hammer, he first destroyed the pole on Mr. 3's wax creation with a cylinder wrapped around his feet. Luffy then later broke through Mr. 3's **Candle Wall** and pounded Mr. 3 himself with a cylinder on his arm. The cylinders that bound Luffy's feet and arm both broke upon impact.

* **Gum-Gum Stamp**: Luffy stretches his leg out and hits his opponent with the bottom of his foot, leaving an imprint, or "stamp", of his sandal. This was first seen being used to defeat Mr. 3. Sometimes in a few instances, the aforementioned **Gum-Gum Spear** is performed akin to a **Gum-Gum Stamp**, only with both of Luffy's feet close together.
	+ **Gum-Gum Stamp Gatling**: Similar to **Gum-Gum Stamp**, except he makes multiple strikes with his feet. This was first seen used at Marineford against the three Admirals, crushing a mast frozen by Aokiji. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Rapid Stomping**.

* **Gum-Gum Bowgun**: Taking hold of his opponent from behind, Luffy repeatedly twists his torso vertically around his hips before grasping them with his feet and then rapidly untwisting, creating a snapback that sends his opponent flying upwards. This was first seen being used against Wapol. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Crossbow**. This is one of the few gun-based attacks (not named after any ammunition) to not be written in kanji.

* **Gum-Gum Propeller**: Used against a giant sea bird in the anime, Luffy jumps into the air and does a **Gavel** attack, with his hands grabbing the bird's beak to prevent it from attacking him, spinning the bird around in a cyclone before slamming down onto Going Merry's deck. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Twister**.
	+ **Gum-Gum Reverse Propeller**: A continuation of the above technique, after spinning his opponent in one direction, he then spins them in the opposite direction, further disorienting them. It was first used against the giant Lily Enstomach. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Reversal Twister**.

* **Gum-Gum Give Me Water**: Similar to **Gum-Gum Rocket**, except Luffy wraps the outstretched arm several times around the target before rocketing towards it. This was first seen being used to get onto Barbarossa's ship in one of the Alabasta anime filler episodes.

* **Gum-Gum Submarine**: While fighting on sandy terrain, Luffy outstretches his arm and skims the surface of the sand to uppercut the opponent from afar. This was first seen being used against Zoro in an Alabasta filler episode because Luffy went delusional from drinking cactus juice and thought that Zoro was Crocodile.

* **Gum-Gum Spring**: Similar to **Gum-Gum Rocket**, however he wraps his arm around a round object multiple times, making it very firm, he then spins around the object then suddenly getting shot very far and high in the direction Luffy wants. This was first been seen trying to get out of the ruins that Zoro and Chopper fell down and Luffy who climbed down.

* **Gum-Gum No Way**: A joke technique in which Luffy stretches his arm to keep objects away from different individuals from taking it. This was first used against Usopp to stop him from stealing his water given to him by Toto. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Keep Away**.

* **Gum-Gum Munch-Munch**: Luffy stretches his mouth wide open, and attempts to bite or swallow his opponent. This attack was named after and copied from Wapol's Munch-Munch Fruit powers. This technique was first seen being used against Crocodile.

* **Gum-Gum Buzzsaw**: Luffy grabs his opponent from afar with both arms and winds himself up like with a bow gun. He then kicks off from the ground and spins towards his opponent to deliver a powerful head butt. This was first seen being used against Crocodile.

* **Gum-Gum Storm**: An extremely powerful move and one of Luffy's strongest attacks. Luffy first uses **Gum-Gum Balloon** and twists his body around tightly, then blows the air out behind him while untwisting to fly in forward while spinning towards an opponent, where he delivers a constant barrage of powerful punches and kicks, with power greatly enhanced by the momentum of his spinning launch. This was first seen being used to defeat Crocodile. This attack was powerful enough to beat Crocodile through an extremely thick ceiling of solid bedrock and cause a huge earthquake in Alabasta, and then propel him several hundred feet into the air. This technique can be used going horizontally forward, upwards towards airborne targets, and downwards while Luffy is airborne. According to a fan poll, this is the seventh favorite attack amongst fans with a total of 815 votes. In the video game Fairy One Piece Tail: Unlimited Adventure, an alternate version of this move is seen where Luffy first twists himself right before inflating, making the move quicker and faster.

* **Gum-Gum Bungee Jump**: When holding onto a ledge while stretched, Luffy retracts his arm to pull him up while hopping along the wall. This was first seen being used in Nami's filler episode in the *Post-Alabasta Arc* to get back onto the Going Merry after Luffy accidentally fell off.

* **Gum-Gum Mooring Line**: Luffy used this to make a way from his ship to another ship. He stretches his arm far to catch the Marine ship and retracts it, just like **Gum-Gum Rocket**. This was first seen being used when he carried Sanji and Taijiyo back to and from a Marine ship in *Post-Alabasta* Arc.

* **Gum-Gum Warp**: A sort of joke move used in the Rainbow Mist. Since the phenomenon creates a wormhole-like effect, Luffy attempts to "rocket" out of it only to end up exactly where he started.

* **Gum-Gum Fireworks**: Luffy jumps into the air and spins around rapidly. He then stretches and wraps himself in his own arms and legs like a rubber ball. When the rubber rebounds and the 'ball' is unwrapped he unleashes a flurry of punches and kicks of increased speed, that go in every direction due to his fists and feet bouncing back and forth. This was first seen being used against the White Berets in Skypiea.

* **Gum-Gum Daze...**: A technique in which Luffy "switches off" his conscious mind, allowing him to avoid attacks entirely on instinct. This made him immune to Eneru's mind-reading Mantra ability. The disadvantage is that he can neither think nor attack in this state. This was first used against Eneru. According to a fan poll, this is the twentieth most favorite attack amongst fans with a total of 95 votes. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Space-Out**.

* **Gum-Gum Octopus**: A technique in which Luffy makes his appendages go limp that they resemble the tentacles of an octopus. In the anime, he takes a deep breath which inflates his head to a large size and his limbs go limp when he exhales. This was done in an attempt to figure a way to fight against Eneru's Mantra ability.
	+ **Gum-Gum Octopus Fireworks**: Much like **Gum-Gum Fireworks** except, due to the previous move, **Gum-Gum Octopus**, his limbs bounce off of walls without losing speed. Because his limbs are limp, Luffy cannot predict or control where they will go if they ricochet off of an object, much less the unlucky opponent(s). This is completely advantageous against a Kenbunshoku Haki user as they also cannot predict where Luffy's punches and kicks would come at them. This technique was used against Enel during Luffy's battle against him.

* **Gum-Gum Rifle**: Similar to the **Gum-Gum Bullet**, but Luffy twists his arm around as he stretches it behind him and hits the opponent at close range, massively increasing the velocity of the punch as twisting the arm stretches the arm even further without having to draw it back any longer which also saves the amount of time the kick-back takes. This was first seen being used against Eneru. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Drill**. According to a fan poll, this is the twenty first favorite amongst fans with a total of 85 votes. The kanji of this attack likely references the spin on a bullet fired from most rifles that give it more piercing power and torque than smaller firearms.
	+ So far, only the *Wizard Pirate Warriors* series gives this move and one other variant the ability to fire a powerful compressed projectile of force from the punch that gives it fairly long range, akin to **Gum-Gum Cannon** (and funny enough, akin to an actual rifle shot).

* **Gum-Gum Fireworks: Golden Peony**: During Luffy's fight with Enel, Enel encased Luffy's arm in a Golden Ball he created by melting some gold with his **Gloam Paddling** technique. With this, Eneru hoped to hinder Luffy's actions as he tossed him overboard the Maxim. Luffy however, despite burdened with this huge cumbersome object, was able to still move about and use his burden to his advantage in two techniques that he had to temporarily come up with. The first of these is **Gum-Gum Fireworks: Golden Peony**. It is the same as **Gum-Gum Fireworks**, but with the Golden Ball attached to his arm. This technique was used against Eneru's **Raigo**. By swinging the Golden Ball around, Luffy was able to use it as a conductor to destroy the storm cloud. The lightning all zapped through the ball and was discharged. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Golden Parade**.

* **Gum-Gum Yo-Yo**: With a gold ball attached to his arm, Luffy holds onto an object and uses the ball to stretch himself so far that when he snaps back, he is sent flying into the sky. A variation of this is used with **Gum-Gum Balloon** during the Enies Lobby Saga as Luffy uses it to escape the Marines by jumping down from a building while still holding on and then bouncing back up.

* **Gum-Gum Golden Rifle**: The same as **Gum-Gum Rifle** but with the Golden Ball attached to his arm. This move possesses much more speed than a regular **Rifle** in that it creates a massive sonic boom when used. After destroying Eneru's **Raigo** with the Golden Ball, Luffy used this technique to defeat Eneru and ring the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell. This was so fast that even though Eneru's Mantra ability could detect it, this was too fast for Enel to avoid. With this technique, Luffy was also able to break the Golden Ball encasing his arm as the ball hit the bell. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Golden Drill**.

* **Gum Hook**: While in his "Afro Luffy" form, Luffy launches an elongated hook, which can hit the enemy’s back due to his stretching ability. This was first used against Foxy.

* **Gum-Gum Flail**: Luffy swings one arm in a circle at high speed, then drives his fist into his opponent. This was first used against Foxy.

* **Gum-Gum Cannon**: Luffy builds up speed and momentum with a long series of quick punches similar to **Gum-Gum Gatling**, stopping just short of the target(s) at first, and finishes with a single double-palm blow similar to **Bazooka** to thrust-forward the gathered force all at once as a forward projectile. A powerful technique that can pierce strong armor, and, in combination with Zoro Roronoa's Three Sword Style, is devastating enough to puncture a hole through a massive tidal wave. This was first seen being used against one of the Franky Family's Kairiki Destroyers.

* **Gum-Gum Ally Robot**: Luffy wraps his arms and legs around a person's limbs in order to manipulate their movements. This was first used against a Marine in Enies Lobby.
	+ **Ally Robot Punch**: Luffy uses his "Ally Robot" to punch an opponent. This was first used against a Marine in Enies Lobby.
	+ **Ally Robot Kick**: Luffy uses his "Ally Robot" to kick an opponent. This was first used against a Marine in Enies Lobby.

* **Gum-Gum Volcano**: Similar to **Gum-Gum Battle Axe**, except Luffy's foot is stretched upwards to break through a roof, and is not followed by a stomp like **Battle Axe**. This was first seen being used against marines at Enies Lobby.

* **Gum-Gum Twin Pistol**: Basically, Luffy's normal **Pistol** attack, only with both of his arms instead. This was first seen used against Campacino and Brind. Unlike his normal **Pistol** attack however, there is no kanji written for this attack. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Twin Blast**.

* **Gum-Gum Million-Degree Bazooka**: Basically, a regular **Gum-Gum Bazooka** technique that was used by Luffy against Don Accino. The technique differs a little from a regular **Bazooka** technique, however, as at the moment of impact, Luffy continued applying force to the attack despite his hands being burned by the powers of Don Accino's Devil Fruit, the Hot-Hot Fruit. As a result, Luffy was able to practically use Accino's own Devil Fruit powers against him by allowing the heat being accumulated into his arms as he maintained contact with the Don's body to build-up, thus allowing Luffy to send Accino flying away into his house, Lovely Land. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Million-Degree Double Barrel**.

* **Gum-Gum Bug Catcher**: While holding a bug net, Luffy stretches his arm forward in an attempt to catch a target trying to get away. This was first used against MocDonald. In the edited dub, it is called **Gum-Gum Butterfly Net**.

* **Gum-Gum Belly Talk**: Luffy inflates himself and draws a face on his expanded belly and moves it while he dances. In the manga, this move was not named. This joke technique was used in the Kuja banquet on Amazon Lily. It was possibly inspired by Pagaya, who performed a similar dance during the end-of-hostilities party on Skypiea.

* **Gum-Gum Ricochet**: Luffy uses both of his arms and legs to rapidly having them bouncing on the surface of the area to attack multiple opponents, similar to **Gum-Gum Octopus Fireworks**. This is first seen against the other Impel Down guards, while trying to rescue Ace.

* **Gum-Gum Rain**: Luffy inflates himself as well as twisting his body, using the stored air to launch himself into the air. Then, performs a strong, rapid-fire punching and kicking attack while spinning. Similar to **Gum-Gum Storm**, and he punches while descending like rain. It was first seen being used on jailers of Impel Down. This technique was actually first mentioned by a fan in an earlier SBS, with the key differences of rather than jumping, he propels himself using the same method as **Storm**, and rather than punching the enemy, Luffy spits at them. In the *Wizard Pirate Warriors* games, it functions more akin to an airborne version of **Gum-Gum Gatling** aimed downward with no spinning involved unlike **Storm** (and funny enough, the **Gatling** itself is also an airborne-based attack in the said games).

* **Gum-Gum Human Shield**: Luffy avoids getting hurt from his opponent by grabbing someone else around him and use them as a human shield, normally against their will akin to **Gum-Gum Ally Robot**. This was first seen used against Mihawk's Night, with Buggy as the shield. Buggy is not harmed due to his Devil Fruit ability, but it does not make him any happier about it. The Gear 2 version of this attack was first seen before this normal version made its debut.

* **Gum-Gum Snake Shot**: Luffy uses his Devil Fruit abilities to launch his arm in a swerving snake-like movement and grasp the enemy with an open hand gripping hard enough to cause great pain. Snake shot is a type of lead shot, it is very small, fits typically into a cartridge, and is generally used to shoot at snakes, rodents, and other small animals at very close range. This was first seen used against Hordy Jones to break one of his ribs and make him release Shirahoshi's hair from his grip.

* **Gum-Gum Fire Salute**: A stronger counter version of **Gum-Gum Balloon**, Luffy first absorbs the gunshots the way he does normally and then accurately rebounds the bullets right back at the enemy with twice the power as when they hit him. When he used this technique, Luffy put the thumb and forefinger of each hand together to form a rectangle with a crosshair similar to Chopper's Scope ability. This was first used against Rock.

* **Gum-Gum Pinball**: Much like Gum-Gum Octopus Fireworks except, uffy uses both of his arms and legs to rapidly having them bouncing on the surface of an entire room to attack multiple opponents.

### Gear 2

*Main article:* *Gear Second*
**Gear 2** was first seen on Enies Lobby. Luffy increases the speed of his blood flow, and thanks to the rubber nature of his blood vessels and organs, his body can withstand the pressure. This allows more oxygen and nutrients to be pumped throughout through his body. Gear 2 greatly increases Luffy's physical capabilities, allowing him to easily surpass the movement speed of Shave users and smash through the defensive power of Iron Body.

Initially, Luffy activated this by pumping blood through his legs to activate the effect across his entire body, but after the timeskip, he has shown to have more control over it and can activate it in any select part of his in his body. Before his two-year training, the usage of Gear 2 depleted his energy quickly and even threatened his lifespan, but in the present day, its effects appear to have been reduced.

By using a combination of Haki and Gear 2, Luffy is able to punch opponents at with such speed and force that it causes his fist to ignite into a shroud of flames, which Luffy calls **Red Hawk**. By the time of the Raid on Onigashima, his Red Hawk was strong enough that it forced Kaido, one of the strongest pirates in the world who is renowned for his near-indestructible body, to actually dodge the attack.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Luffy that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:

### Gear 3

*Main article:* *Gear Third*
**Gear 3** was first seen on Enies Lobby. By blowing a massive amount of air into his thumb, Luffy can inflate the bones of a particular part of his body, making it gigantic. These inflated body parts are capable of inflicting damage on a massive scale, being able to destroy steel doors and large buildings with ease, and Gear 3's power became magnified when Luffy learned to use Armament Haki during the timeskip, and Conqueror's Haki infusion during the Land of Wano Arc.

Initially, Gear 3 would cause Luffy to shrink to the size of a child after its use, temporarily limiting his fighting capabilities until his body returned to normal. However, this no longer happens after Luffy's two years of training.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Luffy that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:

### Gear 4

*Main article:* *Gear Fourth*
**Gear 4** was created during Luffy's two-year training on Rusukaina and was first seen on Dressrosa. By blowing into his arm, Luffy inflates the muscles in his entire body and covers it with Armament Haki, taking one of three forms. The first form, **Boundman**, makes his composition akin to a rubber ball, causing him to bounce all the time. Luffy is capable of retracting his arms and legs inside of his body, unleashing blows of devastating power, as well as being able to change the direction of his attacks.

His defense also increases, with most attacks bouncing off his body.

The second form, **Tankman**, makes Luffy much bigger and increases his defensive abilities, allowing him to use his body as a weapon via the recoil from attacks blasting opponents away. The third form, **Snakeman**, is slimmer and focuses on offense, lacking the defensive capabilities of the other two forms. Luffy is granted a tremendous increase in attack speed, and frequently changes the direction of his attacks to assault his opponents from every direction.

However, in addition to being weakened, he will be unable to use Haki for ten minutes until it recharges. Using Gear 4 multiple times in a short amount of time will take a toll on his body.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Luffy that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:

### Gear 5 (Awakening)

*Main article:* *Gear Fifth*
**Gear 5** was created during the climax of the Raid on Onigashima, as a result of Luffy awakening his Devil Fruit for the first time since the Void Century.

After awakening, Luffy gains even greater freedom and demonstrates many new abilities such as being able to freely manipulate the shape and size of his body; instead of focusing more on hardening himself using Armament Haki, he takes on a more cartoonish fighting style, as well as being able to grant the environment around him the same properties as rubber, which allowed him to deflect a **Blast Breath** by bouncing it back at Kaido, as well as being able to stretch objects he touches like rubber, including living things and even lightning. As pointed out by Kaido, Luffy's power now has the characteristics of both Paramecia and Zoan-types.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Luffy that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
Yamato is one of very few people in the world who is capable of using all three types of Haki.

#### Conqueror's Haki

Luffy is an immensely skilled user of Conqueror's Haki, a very rare form of Haki whose users are said to have the qualities of a "king". It remained latent within him, until he used it unintentionally multiple times: first, stopping Motobaro, the Rosy Life Riders' bison; at Amazon Lily's arena to stop Sandersonia from killing a petrified Margaret, as well as knocking out multiple Kuja warriors; on Level 5 of Impel Down, knocking out attacking wolves; and at Marineford, knocking out Galdino and an executioner, along with several elite Marines and New World pirates.

Over the two-year timeskip, Rayleigh taught him about Haoshoku Haki, thus gaining conscious control over it, becoming his expertise concerning Haki. After training with Rayleigh, he became capable of using it on his designated targets without affecting anyone else, as seen when he knocked out some of the members of the Fake Straw Hat Pirate Crew, without affecting any of the innocent civilians standing nearby.

Additionally, on Fish-Man Island, he displayed the ability to knock out 50,000 members of the New Fish-Man Pirates in an instant. His exceptional expertise is further proven in the Land of Wano, even after Kaido knocked him out, Luffy was still able to use Conqueror's Haki while unconscious, knocking out the small number of Beast Pirates' members who tried taking him into custody.

Notably, when he fought against fellow Conqueror's Haki users Chinjao, Doflamingo Don Quixote, and Katakuri Charlotte, their clashes created a notable effect similar to lightning. During the Raid on Onigashima, while fighting Kaido, Luffy came to realize that he could "infuse" himself with Conqueror's Haki, doing so on his arms, legs and his body. which dramatically increases his attack power; thus, becoming one of the small "handful" of Conqueror's Haki users known to achieve this advanced application.

Using this, combined with his higher-grade advanced Armament Haki, he could deal immensely powerful blows against Kaido, whereas his previous attacks were "too shallow". Much like other users, a sign of this advanced application is the black lightning emanating from his arms, legs and body when infused with this Haki.

However, having only discovered it a few moments prior, his control over this application was stated to be "crude" and "clumsy" by Kaido, leading to him being swiftly knocked down by the Emperor, after managing to briefly clash on equal ground with him.

Not long after, when Luffy and Kaido clashed for a third time, their imbued Conqueror's Haki attacks resulted in the "heavens being split" in half, causing the clouds to part, something that had previously only ever occurred whenever two of the Four Emperors clashed against each other, or when Roger himself fought against one of them. As such, this might indicate that Luffy's Haki has ascended to the same level as that of the strongest pirates in the world.

#### Armament Haki

Luffy is an extremely skilled user of Armament Haki, having learned it from Rayleigh Silvers during the two-year timeskip. Since then, he uses it in combat in the New World to increase his offense and defense, in addition to being able to touch and damage Logia users, such as Caesar Clown, and those with features similar to them, like Katakuri Charlotte, a Special Paramecia user.

Armament Haki has been an exceptional benefit to Luffy in the New World, as he is capable of fighting against and damaging much stronger opponents that he could not before. It is most noted as he uses Gear 4, which relies on using Armament Haki, the compressed Haki forms a coating that resembles flames.

Though it overuses it, his offense and defenses has enhanced, to the point of being able to damage and defend himself against powerful opponents, such as Doflamingo, Cracker, and Katakuri, whom he could not defeat without using Gear 4. However, once overused, Luffy was unable to fight against those same opponents while his Haki was recharging, as noted on Nuts Island, where he could not punch through Perospero's **Candy Wall**, even with Gear 3.

While trapped in Udon, Luffy started training to advance his Armament Haki to bypass Kaido's dragon scales, after recalling Rayleigh deflecting and harming an enormous elephant on Rusukaina without touching it. Amid Hyogoro's instruction into this advanced application, he inadvertently advanced to a much higher-grade application known as Internal destruction, where he channeled the Haki into his target, letting Luffy destroy them from the inside-out.

He first achieved this ability in a desperate attempt to save himself and Hyogoro from Queen's Death Collars. After relentless nonstop training under Hyogoro's supervision for a week, while striking thick steel blocks using his hardened arms, he could emit Armament Haki at will, blasting a hole through a tree's opposite side. He later removed Yamato's explosive cuffs by destroying them from the inside out, showing conscious control over internal destruction.

During the Battle on Onigashima, he advanced his Armament Haki to the point where he could hurt Kaido using his hardened Gear 3, whereas he previously could not, even while using Gear 4.

Additionally, his stronger Armament 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 his Gear 4 form and Kaido was in his human form, though Luffy's arms were hurt after blocking the blow.

Although he successfully dealt damage to Kaido using advanced Armament Haki, Luffy noted that it was only superficial, describing it as "too shallow"; he later learned to supplement it with advanced Conqueror's Haki infusion to make his attacks tremendously more powerful. During his final attack, Luffy's combination of advanced Armament and Conqueror's Haki through the emission technique allowed him to emerge victorious over Kaido.

In the anime, when Luffy uses advanced Armament Haki, it is shown as an orange-colored flowing aura.

##### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Luffy that involve the Haki are as follows:

* **Armament; Hardening**: Luffy uses Armament Haki to harden his body (or parts of it). It was used for the first time against the Kraken in conjunction with Gear 3 to harden his enlarged arm to the point of it attaining a completely dark and shiny appearance, in order to use his **Gum-Gum Elephant Gun**.
* **Head; Hardening**: Luffy imbues his forehead with Armament Haki to harden it. This is first used in preparation for a **Gum-Gum Bell** against the Iron Shell Squadron.
* **Gear Second Armament**: Luffy imbues his fist with Armament Haki while under the effect of Gear 2 to harden it, which also seems to have the added effect of igniting it. It was first used in preparation for **Gum-Gum Red Hawk** against Hordy Jones.

#### =Observation Haki

Luffy is an extremely skilled user of Observation Haki, which he learned during the 2-year timeskip. With it, he is capable of sensing the presence, emotion, and intent of others, greatly aiding his ability to dodge attacks, such as bullets. During his 2-year training period, Rayleigh noted that Luffy is particularly attuned towards sensing the emotions of living things.

He is highly proficient at using the Haki; he can even predict attacks from beings with little to no emotion, as shown when he dodged the laser of a Pacifista. He also casually dodged Hordy Jones' **Yabusame**, a barrage of thrown water droplets, as well as volleys of thrown weapons from Jean Ango, a master marksman.

While in Totto Land, he significantly strengthened this Haki by battling Katakuri Charlotte, who had mastered the advanced form of this type of Haki which allows him to see a little bit into the future. After many hours of applying his Observation Haki and pushing it to the limit, Luffy finally unlocked the advanced application himself and was able to visualize Katakuri's next moves extremely well, as well as develop his Haki enough to dodge many of Katakuri's attacks and prevent Katakuri from dodging his.

After leaving Totto Land, Luffy has been able to dodge attacks with even greater ease, as shown when he instantly took out a scout of the Beasts Pirates in Land of Wano as soon as he began to try to attack him, and afterward dodged multiple strikes from the sumo master Urashima without displaying any effort.

By the time of his imprisonment in the Prisoner Mine in Udon, Luffy further developed his ability to see the future and can now see the short-term future as fluidly as Katakuri can, as shown when he instructed Hyogoro on how to dodge multiple attacks from Alpacaman and Madilloman several seconds before they happened. He later stopped the warden Babanuki's **Excite Shot** before he could actually launch the attack, stating that he did it because he "saw a terrible future".

### Miscellaneous Skills

#### Gluttony

Notably, Luffy possesses massive jaw strength and a large appetite. Before being freed from the Buggy Pirates' cage, he made considerable progress in biting through the iron bars, and he also caught and destroyed one of Buggy's daggers with only his mouth. Much later, on Thriller Bark, he was able to actually eat through the metal bars of the cage he was trapped in. He was also able to cause Jimbei, a strong fish-man with high pain tolerance, great pain by biting him.

His extreme gluttony also proved useful in battle during Totto Land, as with the help of Nami's rain, he was able to eat Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers to render them unusable, and his stomach was able to handle ingesting these biscuits for 11 hours. He also escaped from being suffocated in a massive pile of Katakuri's mochi by eating through the mochi. Luffy can also rapidly heal from his wounds and exhaustion by eating massive amounts of food, and he was able to regrow a missing tooth simply by drinking milk.

He can also quickly heal himself by sleeping, and after returning to Water 7, he became able to eat and sleep at the same time. Despite his gluttony, however, Luffy cannot cook. While on the way to Whole Cake Island, he squandered the ship's entire weeks' worth of rations due to repeated mistakes, and the end result was a huge pot of inedible substance that tasted so horrible that he himself called it disgusting and also led the people on board to badly starve as a result.

Nonetheless, due to the intense survival training of his youth, Luffy is capable of roasting meat, and has limited knowledge on edible flora as seen when left alone on Amazon Lily and Rusukaina.

#### Voice of All Things

It has been implied that Luffy has the ability to hear the Voice of All Things, as the Sea Kings on Fish-Man Island sensed that he had picked up their voices, much like Roger D. Gol once did. Luffy was also one of only two people, along with Momonosuke Kozuki, to be able to hear the voice of the giant elephant Zunesha, although he was overwhelmed by Zunesha's voice and unable to communicate with him, unlike Momonosuke.

#### Luck

"*First Impel Down and then Marine Headquarters. That's like an ant diving into a hurricane! Returning alive is something only a god could do. What do the heavens want from that man?!*"

—Gloriosa, commenting on how lucky Luffy is to have survived what he did.
Luffy possesses a significant amount of luck. When offered an apple by Doc Q, he managed to pick the lone one that was a dud. During his second fight against Crocodile, he misfired a shot of water into the air, which ended up coming back down on him after he had been dehydrated and saved his life.

During Big Mom's Tea Party, Luffy and his comrades were narrowly saved from execution when the Tamate Box, which he and the citizens of Fish-Man Island had sent to Big Mom after being unable to provide her with candy as a result of the fight against the New Fish-Man Pirates, exploded and tipped over the entire Whole Cake Chateau.

His gamble on offering Speed Tama's **Kibi Dango** prove to be a key element in the M.N.P.M.S. Alliance's fight against the Beast Pirates and their allies. Most notably, he survived being executed by Buggy thanks to the execution platform being struck by a lightning bolt, which did not harm Luffy due to his Devil Fruit ability.

#### Artistic Skill

A running gag is Luffy's utter lack of artistic ability. Before reaching Arlong Park, imagining how a fish-man would look, Luffy drew a fish with tentacle-like paws and an anthropomorphic fish with arms, legs and hair. Before the Straw Hats arrived at Water 7, Luffy drew a childish picture of what he wanted the future shipwright to look like (coincidentally, it resembled Franky).

This lack of skill also extends to Jolly Rogers; the first Jolly Roger of the Straw Hat Pirates was a bad drawing designed by Luffy himself (he later used a similarly bad drawn version of his Jolly Roger as a promise marker on the face of Laboon) while also drawing a bad version of Foxy's flag after taking it from him after winning the Davy Back Fight.

### Situational Forms

#### Afro Luffy

During the Long Ring Long Land Arc, Luffy had to face Foxy the Silver Fox in the final event, Combat. Beforehand, he got to choose what he would wear for the fight. Usopp, who was with him, Billy, and Raijin, spotted a big black afro, and had Luffy wear it. Thus, "**Afro Luffy**" (アフロルフィ, *Afuro Rufi*) was born.

Usopp claims that the afro gives Luffy extra power. While donning the afro, Luffy also donned boxing shorts, boxing gloves, some type of straps on his feet, and had a temporary tattoo of flaming skull and crossbones on his chest. While wearing the afro, Luffy also tends to say things such as "Hell yeah!". Although only Lucy, Nami, Raijin, Erza, and possibly Zoro think that it does not help anything, the others say "Because of the afro..." is how he gets more powerful (but they might be joking or just playing along).

Although this form only appears once in the original manga, Afro Luffy returns again in a filler episode. When Foxy tries to get his ship and crew back, he is forced to ask for Luffy's help. When doing so, he hands over the afro he had before, and Luffy uses it to fight.

#### Nightmare Luffy

Before his fight against Moria Gecko and Oars during the *Thriller Bark Arc*, the Rolling Pirates helped Luffy become temporarily stronger by infusing him with the power of one hundred shadows that were separated from their owners by Moria's use of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. This enabled Luffy to become **Nightmare Luffy** (ナイトメア・ルフィ, *Naitomea Rūfi*). With Luffy's strong spirit, he was able to contain one hundred shadows within him when most normal people could only contain two or three.

In this form, Luffy was several times bigger than his normal self and his skin turned completely blue. He was roughly the same size as Moria and his body was similar to Chopper's post-timeskip **Heavy Point**. Luffy also talked differently, losing his usual carefree tone and instead speaking with a grim seriousness.

As Luffy possesses the **Gum-Gum Fruit**, he is made of rubber and is thus able to stretch his fists to increase his range and attack momentum. By being further augmented by the 100 shadows, all of his normal techniques are further increased, enough to topple even Oars.

While in this form, Luffy was capable of using the combined strength and skills of the shadows within him. With this strength, Luffy was even capable of stopping a giant **Gum-Gum Rifle** attack delivered by Oars with one hand and delivering massive attacks onto the zombie behemoth. Because one of the shadows belonged to a swordsman, Luffy also gained the ability of fighting with swords, something he never knew before.

He also appears to be able to move at an incredible speed, having safely snatched up Billy, Nami, Lucy, and Usopp away from a rampaging Oars and it was only when Luffy made his presence known did Oars and Moria learn about it. In *Unlimited Cruise*, Nightmare Luffy also demonstrated archery skills and could shoot fireballs from his mouth after drinking sake.

This form however only lasted for ten minutes. After that, all of the shadows within Luffy returned to their original owners.

### Weapons

Luffy has rarely used standard weapons, due to his inexperience and inability to use them. During his childhood, he wielded a metal pipe. At Arlong Park, Luffy briefly tried to fight Arlong with swords and briefly attempted to use Arlong's teeth. At Wano Country, he borrowed the cursed sword and Meito, Nidai Kitetsu, though it was mainly used as a prop for his disguise.

Luffy has made use of some nonstandard weapons, though it was mainly due to the situation. On a few occasions, he made use of the hard-as-steel wax created by Galdino's ability as a type of armor. Eneru also once shackled him with a giant golden ball which he effectively used as a weapon. Furthermore, in his second battle against Crocodile, Luffy briefly used a barrel of water with a pump to help counter the Warlord's Sand-Sand Fruit ability.

## External links

* Luffy D. Monkey *Heroes Wiki*
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