Discussion Luffy's haki specialty

[El-Thor]

Luffy will be proficient in Color or Armament and Conqueror and will suck at Color of Observation.
He will focus on the offensive aspect of Armament and eventually learn to hit Logias. Of course it won't be that simple and Luffy will have to find ingenious ways to defeat his opponents. It won't be much fun if he can straight up hit everyone -_-

 

[tret16]

i have no dought that he will learn color of Armament, but i don't think it will be anything major with it for a long time. I think he will only learn enough of it at first so that he's able to hit logia types and then improve on it after that. I still think it was obsevation, Oda just wouldn't show it like that if it didn't have a special meaning behind it. If it was instinct or any other things then i don't think that he would have actually shown his arm getting cut off, i mean i'm sure that luffy has used his instincts before and nothing like that was shown before, just that one time it was shown like that... Once it's near the end of the the manga i have no dought though that he's goin to be strong in all three...

 

[kkck]

Luffy(and any other shounen character in mangaverse) being completely proficient at observation haki would not make much sense, it just does not seem to fit his character to bother to pay much attention. Perhaps luffy felt mihawks murdering intent rather than using observation haki. Feeling murdering intent is something even the lowliest of cannon fodder can do in OP world considering what happened between zoro and the bounty hunters.

 

[tret16]

hhhmmm, sensing killer intent makes more sense to me the simply instinct... It seems that swordsmen have alot of killer intent afterall, since it seems Zoro has alot of it himself. I'd be more inclined to believe killer intent as aposed to Instinct. And i'm not really saying that Luffy seems more suitable to Color of Observation, i infact agree with everyone when they say that his personality suits Color of armament better but Oda has been known to throw in some curve balls, and as good of arguement you put up about it beng killer intent that tipped luffy off, the way Oda showed it just makes me still believe that it was Color of observation... I don't know why, but i just see it since it would really help him protect his friends since he would be able to see attacks ahead of time... And we all know how much his crew means to him.

 

[kebuenowilly]

mmm but what are the features of "Color of Conqueror". I think are not just knocking down enemies, but also boost your own allies spirit. Since COC allows to intimidate, I think it's logical to asume it also allows to encourage.

So I think from now on battles will be much more epic, with all the SH fighting at the limit!

 

[tret16]

well when it comes to COC, the stronger your spirit, the stronger the effect of it. So if Luffy gets a real strong spirit he could even take out stronger openents. As for the boosting allies spirit, it's deffinitly something to think about, but it just doesn't seem like that big of a advantage... Especially since the strawhats don't alway's fight in the same area. I mean look at Ennies lobby, they were all fighting in different location, especially luffy who alwy's seems to be alone... The only time i remember them fighting together was on SA

 

[chess4]

i think luffy will develop all 3 to such a high level that it will give him a new ability. thats probably what happen to roger and how he was able to hear the voilce of all things

 

[k-dom]

Well I think that unlike Kenichi, Luffy will be exceptionaly good in both types. I do not treat the conqueror haki like the other 2 since he seems very particular. It seems to have used the color of observation already once does it mean that he has more facility toward that type ? Luffy has always shown great talent in analysing his opponents and finding a way to win his battle. Also if we understand Roger to hear all things as this type of haki it is one worthy of the pirate king.

 

[tret16]

i like the idea of having all three at a very high level to the point it grants a new ability... hopefully that happens.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

I think it would be better for Luffy to be good at Kenbunshoku Haki than in Busōshoku Haki. To me, when you're really good at Busōshoku Haki, you can do special Busōshoku Haki attacks with your armor such as Sengoku's shockwaves for example. So even if Luffy doesn't know how to make the best use of his armor, he will still be able to hit the real body of DF users and that's what matters. He will continue fighting with his Gomu Gomu technics with " imbued " Haki and not with Haki attacks like Sentoumarou's, and that's what I want to see of our future Pirate King.

On the other hand, with an awesome Kenbunshoku Haki, Luffy will be able to predict anything and it will be useful as he is a close fighter and normally doesn't have a lot of time to avoid any attack. I think that it will be very important when he will fight against badass people. After all, some (unknown) characters' attacks can probably kill Luffy in one shot, so Luffy must avoid them at all cost. Plus, if Roger's ability to hear the voice of all things is Kenbunshoku Haki, then let Luffy masters this Haki and shows us what it can do.

 

[kkck]

I wonder if the whole prediction thing would work as well as you mention though. Luffy won't be the only one out there with color of observation out there. In that sense, predicting moves won't be something as useful as it would seem, specially if haki is nearly as standard as it would appear to be in the NW. Haki allows you to predict the opponents immediate next move, which is great, but if the enemy if also capable of that then the whole thing would cancel itself out.

 

[Vetinari clone]

I wonder if the whole prediction thing would work as well as you mention though. Luffy won't be the only one out there with color of observation out there. In that sense, predicting moves won't be something as useful as it would seem, specially if haki is nearly as standard as it would appear to be in the NW. Haki allows you to predict the opponents immediate next move, which is great, but if the enemy if also capable of that then the whole thing would cancel itself out.

From what I can tell haki only lets you tell what the opponent is going to do after he has already decided to do it, it doesn't let you tell the future. When two people are both using COO it all simply comes down to skill, who will be better at avoiding the attacks. even if person A sees what person B is going to do in response to A's attack and changes his attack because of that person B will know as soon as A starts to change the attack and can act accordingly, so it all come down to the skill of the two people. However what the COO will do is make it so some fruit user can't walk up to Luffy and kill him using his DF power because Luffy will know what he is about to do. Also I would imagine that the better you are at COO the sooner you can tell what the opponent is going to do, that would give you a real edge. There is also the possibility that COO would better allow luffy to learn the techniques that others use, like with soru, and that could come in handy.

 

[sharingan_kakashi]

I think it would be better for Luffy to be good at Kenbunshoku Haki than in Busōshoku Haki. To me, when you're really good at Busōshoku Haki, you can do special Busōshoku Haki attacks with your armor such as Sengoku's shockwaves for example. So even if Luffy doesn't know how to make the best use of his armor, he will still be able to hit the real body of DF users and that's what matters. He will continue fighting with his Gomu Gomu technics with " imbued " Haki and not with Haki attacks like Sentoumarou's, and that's what I want to see of our future Pirate King.

On the other hand, with an awesome Kenbunshoku Haki, Luffy will be able to predict anything and it will be useful as he is a close fighter and normally doesn't have a lot of time to avoid any attack. I think that it will be very important when he will fight against badass people. After all, some (unknown) characters' attacks can probably kill Luffy in one shot, so Luffy must avoid them at all cost. Plus, if Roger's ability to hear the voice of all things is Kenbunshoku Haki, then let Luffy masters this Haki and shows us what it can do.

This is exacly the reason why i want Luffy to learn both. I mean its shonen so he should be able t learn this even though he is dumber than a sack of potatoes. B haki (armament) is for offence and K haki (observation) is defence (so BB prolly did not learn K haki, or is too slow to evade.

H haki (conqueror) on the other hand cannot be a true specialty since he cannot train or improve it through training. Only thing he can do is control it. The way shanks used it was very cool and epic but i dont think Luffy can do it in 2 years.

 

[Uriel]

2 years or not, He WILL be the Pirate King. So I bet He learn the two just well enough.

 

[Skyrius]

Hm, I was rereading and I noticed something interesting on this page and this page.

The implication seems to be that the Admirals have done something to protect the platform, which I'm now assuming is some form of the Color of Armament. If it can be extended for a certain radius around the user, I can see that as being something useful for Luffy to learn as well.

 

[Deo_df]

If the admirals can use haki that well they will be crazy hard to beat! Luffy will not only have to catch them but exceed them, now thats scary!

 

[kkck]

If the admirals can use haki that well they will be crazy hard to beat! Luffy will not only have to catch them but exceed them, now thats scary!

It was already stated all VA class marines can use haki. In that sense, the most logical conclusion is that the admirals are very proficient haki users and they indeed used the color of armament to protect the platform.

 

[Kaizoku-O Luffy]

He'll master conquerer which i believe there is more to than just what reyleigh said like knocking of people.

And he'll be very good at armenents since he'll be fighting strong DF users thus it will needed also he'll need it for his fight against smoker and akainu as well not sure about aokiji and also needed for his fight against BB.

As for observation he can use it but don't think it will be good as the other 2 though. We have seen him use it couple of times but he'll use it when necessary. How effectively he can use is remains to be seen.

 

[Lord.Strife]

He'll master conquerer which i believe there is more to than just what reyleigh said like knocking of people.

And he'll be very good at armenents since he'll be fighting strong DF users thus it will needed also he'll need it for his fight against smoker and akainu as well not sure about aokiji and also needed for his fight against BB.

As for observation he can use it but don't think it will be good as the other 2 though. We have seen him use it couple of times but he'll use it when necessary. How effectively he can use is remains to be seen.

Maybe luffy COA will be so strong that he coats himself at all time so he only needs to use COO when there is an opponent who is strong enough to break the defence.

 

[daman246]

luffy will probably have the basics of all the haki and 3 of the strawhat will have 1 and the otehrs will have none