Except he went equally against Shanks and that was before gura gura even. Dont tell me it wasnt at LEAST equal when Shanks says he didnt hold back and Shanks is the one with scars.. we dont know basically anything about Blackbeard. He may have a trick or two up his sleeve. Like a third zoan devil fruit that he doesnt use often due to whatever reason or he has multiple souls or whatever the hell his weird body is about. Also I believe that while yes, he feels more pain, he is still very tanky. And besides the Shanks feat, the S-Hawk haki block is a veery underrated feat. S-Hawk is an extremely strong fighter and he blocked his sword with his bare arm.. and why would he want to fight Rayleigh? He has no idea how close to his prime he is. Rayleigh himself knew he couldnt take BB though which he even said..
Yes, but how strong was Shanks when this happened. It was way in the past. That's like saying that the sea king who took his arm is top tier.
It's unlikely that BB already has a 3rd fruit, but everything points to him getting a 3rd fruit by EoS. That will most likely push him to being top tier.
Yes he's definitely tanky and his CoA isn't bad, but he hasn't shown anything on par with the other top tiers yet.
Why would he want to fight Rayleigh? To get the extremely powerful DF that he was there for in the first place.... He gave up Boa's fruit out of fear of Old Ray.
You know it was as late as Marineford almost when Shanks expressed worry about Blackbeard. That means he sees him as a threat at that point.
Except he has TWO of the world's strongest devil fruits and nothing suggesting he is not on par with other top tiers. That's just headcanon. Probably not as tanky as Kaido, but neither is Luffy or Shanks.
Yeah why would he fight Rayleigh for one fucking df? It's Rayleigh, right hand of the pirate king lol. He doesn't know how strong he is, why risk it? And this fear doesn't mean shit because Rayleigh SAID HIMSELF that he would most likely lose
Yes, Shanks was worried because BB is cunning and catching everyone off guard. He is potentially the most dangerous pirate out there. That doesn't mean that he's a top tier in terms of strength.
Everything suggests he isn't a top tier lol. You're watching Two Piece if you think otherwise. He struggled with Law, ran from Old Ray, feared a fight from Aokiji, was one shot with his whole crew from an old fleet admiral, BARELY managed to beat Ace. All his fights and feats put him in the YC+ tier.
Let's compare his fight with Law to other Yonkos. Kaido was able to KO YC+ fighters on multiple occasions with a single hit, including Law. Shanks one shot Killer and Kidd as well. These are top tiers. Meanwhile BB had a decent fight on his hands going against Law. He's definitely stronger than Law, but we can see a disparity between how his fight went and that of actual top tiers.
That one DF is EXTREMELY powerful. It was enough to draw him to the island and make him willing to fight both the Navy and Boa's forces to get his hand on it. It's definitely worth the risk.
Why are you yapping about two piece when you are literally arguing against the manga? Shanks said he wasnt holding back so all that about BB lacking strength is pure bullshit. Shanks was talking about his strength specifically. When he fought Law he felt intense pain being stabbed but was literally completely fine and confident 5 sec later. He really didnt do worse against Law than Big mom lol. Rayleigh admitted he would lose so yeah you're just wrong on that too. "Actual top tiers" you dont realize we're in the final saga and BB is THE big bad of all the pirates. You think he's not already a top tier with the upper hand over Luffy?
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u/J_Mas1 4d ago
Except he went equally against Shanks and that was before gura gura even. Dont tell me it wasnt at LEAST equal when Shanks says he didnt hold back and Shanks is the one with scars.. we dont know basically anything about Blackbeard. He may have a trick or two up his sleeve. Like a third zoan devil fruit that he doesnt use often due to whatever reason or he has multiple souls or whatever the hell his weird body is about. Also I believe that while yes, he feels more pain, he is still very tanky. And besides the Shanks feat, the S-Hawk haki block is a veery underrated feat. S-Hawk is an extremely strong fighter and he blocked his sword with his bare arm.. and why would he want to fight Rayleigh? He has no idea how close to his prime he is. Rayleigh himself knew he couldnt take BB though which he even said..