Do you actually read my post? I said that it's hard to measure strength because of, as you say, and I'm saying again now, external circunstances. As you mentioned in your post, Luffy's will, which, btw, was a deciding factor for Luffy victory.
The very first line of my post referred to the fact that CrownedClown said Luffy's will is not included in the ranks. I elaborated on the fact that its not particularly fair to do so. Allot of my post was also tending to the general issue about Luffy being on VA level since I had never actually stated my view on it before. I wrote that originally in my post but felt like it was pretty obvious from the fact that I never disagreed with your post whatsoever. I took what you said about Luffy defeating Luchi and made my own post. Again, it should have been obvious from the fact that nothing I said challenged anything you said. I would apologise for it looking like i challenged your post but nah
Crocodile: Crocodile losing to Luffy 1/3 is if anything Luck... Him discovering his weakness and getting saved by Robin is insane amount of Luck. Furthermore Oda having a hard-on for Croc-boy says it all... Oda set him up in the war to be one of the most powerful characters... Post-War most people thought Crocodile was a joke however seeing that he did arguably the best against Akainu (besides Whitebeard) and kicked ass on numerous fronts not to mention was were ever the fighting was thickest puts him squarely on Level 7. The only thing stopping Crocodile from being even higher rank is the fact that he has shown no knowledge of haki.
And he survives the war... actually kicking ass in the process. Honestly , I'm kinda a fanboy. And before the war I would have probably agreed with you. But you can't say he was outpowered during MF .. and he fought big names , emerging without (significant) harm. The dude is stronger than lvl 6.
Dunno .. during EL , Luffy has to fight Lucci , 4000 doriki. Zoro , Kaku , 2300 doriki (I may be wrong though). Sanji , Jyabura , 2200 doriki. The difference between Zoro's opponent and Sanji's is pretty low.
Nah, I think that Zoro and Luffy are equal regarding the strength. They fought two times already and it was always a draw.
I assume you mean how they would have ranked during Enies Lobby? Either way, considering Base Luffy near enough went toe-to-toe with 4000 Douriki Base Lucci, I think EN Base Luffy had around 3600-3800 Douriki.
They have fought once, 500 chapters ago - and besides, the fight was brief, since Nami interrupted them.
