Discussion Luffy's haki specialty

[undertoe]

It's pretty clear that Luffy is going to end up mastering one kind of haki, but we can't know for sure which one. The obvious choice seems to be the king's haki, but I think he'll actually end up mastering the armor haki.

My main reason for this is that when Luffy inevitably fights Akainu, I'm sure Akainu will make a comment about Ace just before he tries to kill Luffy in a similar fashion. The rage Luffy gets from this will rejuvenate him, and his armor haki will protect him from the strike before he delivers the finishing blow to Akainu, showing for certain that Luffy has surpassed his brother in strength and avenged his death.

 

[kkck]

I think luffy will progressively master all colors of haki. He kinda needs all of them. I do think he will focus of the armor thing for the most part. That is the one that has the most applications. Of course, if kings haki turns out to be vaguely useful (since it's only purpose so far is to knock out people who'd even ussop or nami could give the fodder treatment) he'll master that.

 

[igotthegoods]

I agree with kkck. Luffy will master all forms of haki, but will ultimately excel with the 'conqueror' type. This type of haki doesn't seem all that useful to me yet, true, but I have faith that Oda has some creative way that will make it the most useful of them all. It is the most rare type, the most difficult to control, and can only be strengthened through personal growth rather than training. These things all practically scream for our shounen protagonist to show the most skill with it, imo.

 

[Deo_df]

Colour of Armament seems very interesting. If you can protect your body from a sword touching it like a force field, could you not protect your whole body from water touching it? Wouldnt that mean Luffy could learn to swim like Rayleigh. Id bet a dollar Rayleigh is a fruit user and yet he swam to the middle of the calm belt to "collect" Luffy. I cant wait to see their first arc together when they are uber and kick arse, before being brought back to earth again.

 

[Cizuz]

Colour of Armament seems very interesting. If you can protect your body from a sword touching it like a force field, could you not protect your whole body from water touching it? Wouldnt that mean Luffy could learn to swim like Rayleigh. Id bet a dollar Rayleigh is a fruit user and yet he swam to the middle of the calm belt to "collect" Luffy. I cant wait to see their first arc together when they are uber and kick arse, before being brought back to earth again.

No, because the armor only effect devil fruit user and physical abilities, being submerged in water causes not only disabling of the devil fruit but draining of the physical bodys strength really quickly. Would take the ability of haki away as well.

 

[kkck]

I don't think water would have any effect on haki but I don't think haki could be used for a fruit user to swim.

 

[tret16]

well actualy i believe that luffy has already shown what he's goin to excel in... And also concidering Oda and how he makes the story go with all his twist and everything of the like, i don't think that it's goin to be the color of armament that he get's better at... The reason for this is this page right here, http://www.mangareader.net/103-36562-6/one-piece/chapter-561.html . As you see, luffy has already used the color of observation, so i believe that he will excel in color of conquerer and color of observation and he will have a decent control over color of armament.

 

[Fox666]

While you can use all types, you are better on one type. Skypeia priests are best on Color of Observation, Shanks is best on Color of Conqueror, Sentoumaru is best on color of Armaments.

It's like how Naruto is of the Wind Chakra type, or Gon (Hunter x Hunter) is of the Intensification Nem type.

 

[tret16]

ya but you can't realy say that shankz is good at conqueror since we really haven't been told that's what he used... he never actually used it the same way that rayleigh has so it's not one hundred percent... and for whoever leans toward the others, Rayleigh said that only applied to the two first haki's (color of observation and color of armament.) it doesn't apply to color of conquerer...

 

[Deo_df]

Perhaps the 3 share a paper, scissors rock relationship? Colour of observation > colour of armament (ie it doesn't matter how powerful your blows are if you can hit your opponent), colour of conquerer > colour of observation (ie if you can't concentrate coz the other guy is too scary you cant predict there moves), colour of armament > colour of conquerer (ie if you can put up a defence that cant be penetrated then the intimidation has no effect?). In that case luffy will b best at the observation as it seems the most useful as the colour of the conquerer is so rare. Just a thought...

 

[ScratchmenApoo]

The King's Haki is the only one that can't be trained. And since One Piece is a Shounen, it's more likely that the main character will get to focus on the rarest and hardest type of the Hakis.
Obviously this will not become his main use of Haki after the supposed 2 year timeskip straight away, but rather towards the end of the storyline. Rayleigh himself said for the Hakis that this short time will have to do, but that's not enough.

Considering the story will have no more bigger timeskips later on and Luffy stays 19 years old (?) then it is still amazing for him to use it well enough, assuming that Rayleigh and Gol D. Roger were really old when they could use it properly (or as Shanks is now).

However, since Luffy's style is to charge head on, and the best defense is a good offense (like the explanation of the Color of Armament), he will probably not give the enemy a chance to attack and go straight in for the attacks himself.

 

[Vetinari clone]

Luffy's use of haki

Rayleigh said that people tend to be better at one use of haki than the others, what kind do you think Luffy will be best at and why?

Also, if you could chose which kind he would be best at, which would you chose and why?

I think that Luffy will probably be best at COC simply because he is going to be the pirate king and having almighty abilities with COC fits in with that position.

If I got to chose which he would be best at it, it would have to be COO. I really like that ability also I like Luffy's fighting when he is using his amazing agility to dodge his opponents rather than going at the head on like in a couple of his more blah fights.

 

[kkck]

I think luffy will be best at armor haki and worst at color haki. He'll be ok or very good for conqueror's haki. Even if conqueror's haki is a one in a million thing, I don't think it is all that usefull, specially against strong enemies (at least given what we have seen, oda could still make it so that conqueror's haki becomes extremely useful). I get the impression conqueror's haki is more of a plot device to showcase people who are meant to be exceptional rather than this almighty tool which results in hax. Armor haki by far the most useful of the 3 so far and it fits luffy's fighting stile perfectly. Not to mention armor haki is exactly what he needs to fight those logia around and other DF users. It is far too vital.

 

[Poneglyph420]

ya but you can't realy say that shankz is good at conqueror since we really haven't been told that's what he used... he never actually used it the same way that rayleigh has so it's not one hundred percent... and for whoever leans toward the others, Rayleigh said that only applied to the two first haki's (color of observation and color of armament.) it doesn't apply to color of conquerer...

http://www.cloudmanga.com/One_Piece/570/#3

That's where WB's Crewmate says clearly Shanks has Haoushoku Haki. So we kinda do know, Shanks had and likely used it on WB's ship..
Here: http://www.cloudmanga.com/One_Piece/434/#5
But like you say.. Haoushoku Haki is not a trainable technique...
So not like you can "level up in Haoushoku Haki" LMFAO!!!
But if anyone will be strongest in "Color of the Conqueror" it's Luffy IMO..

But like many others have mentioned, over time I expect Luffy to be nasty at using all 3.

 

[kkck]

I don't honestly expect luffy to be very adept at color haki. Color haki is one of analysis, take a careful look around and observe at a higher level. Luffy can't even focus when using his ordinary 5 senses, I don't think color haki would fit him at all.

 

[damane08]

Luffy will be good at all types of haki (as many have said before) close to the end of the manga Luffy should be able to knock out more powerful guys with the "colour of the Conquerer" haki, but that's later in the manga since it can't be trained and all.

People who say that Luffy will be really good at the "Colour of Observation" and actually use that much in battle, i have this to say; do we know the same Luffy?

I can see him learning it but I don't see him implementing it into his fighting style that much and don't expect him to be the strongest at it either, Enel already sits on that throne and I don't see anyone taking him off of it, considering that the "Colour of Observation" was enhanced by his DF.

The haki that suits Luffy the best is the "Colour of Armaments," it works perfectly with his fighting style. He NEEDS to be great at this form of haki if he is to demolish some of the guys out there (both pirate and marine alike)

 

[tret16]

There was really no need to say it that way for the people that think that luffy will be good at color of observation... The reason i think that is for the fact that Luffy has already showed a talent for this Color, it's a fact that he's already used color of Observation and he has yet to use Color of armament. So maybe your the one that doesn't know the same Luffy as everyone else... If you would like i could even show you proof of him using said Color of Observation.

 

[kkck]

When has luffy used observation haki?

 

[tret16]

Spoiler

As you can see luffy unknowingly used Color of observation. he was about to attack mihawk and just before Mihawk WOULD have cut Luffy's arm off, Luffy forsaw it with color of observation and stopped his attack in mid stride.

 

[kkck]

Spoiler

As you can see luffy unknowingly used Color of observation. he was about to attack mihawk and just before Mihawk WOULD have cut Luffy's arm off, Luffy forsaw it with color of observation and stopped his attack in mid stride.

I am not quite sure that'd be observation haki. It could just as easily be a surge of common sense (like, don't attack the dude who rivaled a yonko). Luffy kinda knew he was way out of his league against mihawk, it is not that hard to foresee mihawk could easily read his attack and cut of his sole bodypart that was about to get close to mihawk. Then again, you could be right though.