Strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates

I know I said to upload Sogeking's Hissatsu Fire Bird Star, but I'd like to analyze the strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates, like who is stronger and stuff. Maybe tomorrow, lol.

Anyway, the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece consist of seven members: Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Nami, Chopper and Robin. This blog entry shall analyze to see who is stronger and who is weaker.

As the seven Straw Hats hardly fought each other seriously, it is difficult to analyze their strengths. We shall, however, use the strengths of the opponents they defeat and make an analysis of who is stronger.

Now, which villains should we use? Well, since Chopper and Robin were not in the entire East Blue Saga, I wouldn't use it lest the results are inaccurate. Neither would I use Drum Kingdom Arc, as only Luffy and Chopper fought. No Jaya Arc too, no Water 7 Arc, as neither arcs have any serious fighting. No fillers too, they aren't based off the actual and more accurate manga.

That leaves us with three factions: Baroque Works, Skypiea's Priests and CP9.

Baroque Works have its members ranked accordingly to their strengths. Mr. 0 aka Sir Crocodile is the most powerful, followed by Mr. 1, Mr. 2, Mr. 3, Mr. 4 and Mr. 5. Each male is partnered by a female except for Mr. 2 Bon Clay, who is, well, homosexual. If we take it that the female partner of a male is more powerful than the next male down the row, then the members arranged accordingly to strengths would look something like this:

Mr. 0 Sir Crocodile
Miss All-Sunday
Mr. 1 Daz Bones
Miss Doublefinger
Mr. 2 Bon Clay
Mr. 3
Miss Goldenweek
Mr. 4
Miss Merry Christmas
Mr. 5
Miss Valentine

Crocodile is finally defeated by Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Storm after two rounds of losing. Miss All-Sunday is Robin after all, who will later join the Straw Hats. Zoro defeated Mr. 1 with a Shishi Sonson, Nami defeated Miss Doublefinger with a Tornado Tempo, Sanji defeated Mr. 2, Luffy defeated Mr. 3 with a Gomu Gomu no Stamp, Carue dealt the finishing blow onto Miss Goldenweek (as was seen when Carue runs towards Goldenweek and we see Luffy, Usopp and Carue eating Goldenweek's senpei), Usopp and Chopper defeating Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas together, Zoro finishing Mr. 5 with a Yaki Oni Giri and Nami and Vivi finishing Miss Valentine. Now we fill in the names of those who defeated (or at least dealt the finishing blow) the eleven Baroque Works agents...

Mr. 0 Sir Crocodile - Luffy
Miss All-Sunday - Robin
Mr. 1 Daz Bones - Zoro
Miss Doublefinger - Nami
Mr. 2 Bon Clay - Sanji
Mr. 3 - Luffy
Miss Goldenweek - Carue
Mr. 4 - Usopp/Chopper
Miss Merry Christmas - Usopp/Chopper
Mr. 5 - Zoro
Miss Valentine - Nami/Vivi

Now we remove the non-Straw Hats, remove the greedy bastards who defeated more than one agent (:P) and it becomes something like this:

1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper

Since Usopp and Chopper tied, they shall get the awesome rank of an average of 6 and 7. -.-"

Now, we move onto Skypiea's Priests. Enel, being the God, is obviously the strongest. The four Priests follow. We shall rank their strength according to their chances of survival in their respective Ordeals. Judging by the percentage of their Ordeals' chances of survival, Ohm kills hundred out of hundred people, Shura kills ninety-seven out of hundred, Satori kills ninety out of hundred and Gedatsu kills fifty out of hundred (though if not for his extreme stupidity he is able to kill ninety-five out of hundred). This shows that Ohm is stronger, followed by Shura, Satori and then Gedatsu. Next follows Yama, Chief of Enel's enforcers, and Hotori and Kotori, lieutenants of Enel's Enforcers. The list will look like this:

Enel
Ohm
Shura
Satori
Gedatsu
Yama
Hotori/Kotori

Enel is defeated by Luffy's (almost the only human able to defeat Enel) Gomu Gomu no Ougon Rifle. Ohm is defeated by Zoro's 108 Pound Cannon. Shura is defeated by Wiper's Reject Dial. Satori is defeated by Sanji's Concasse (the Ordeal of Love XD). Gedatsu by Chopper's Kokutei Cross, Yama by Robin's Cien Fleur Delphinium, Hotori by Gan Fall and Kotori by Nami using Gan Fall's Impact Dial. Now we fill the list up.

Enel - Luffy
Ohm - Zoro
Shura - Wiper
Satori - Sanji
Gedatsu - Chopper
Yama - Robin
Hotori/Kotori - Nami/Gan Fall

Say goodbye to the non-Straw Hats.

1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp*

*Usopp didn't even get a kill. -.-"

Okay, now, we move onto CP9. CP9 agents can indeed be ranked accordingly to strength easily, by using Douriki. Douriki, measured by CP9 agent Fukurou, measures "power level" and is quite accurate in measuring strength, though in doesn't accept factors such as Devil Fruits. However, most of the CP9 have Devil Fruits. So who cares?

Lucci remains first with 4000 Douriki. Kaku second with 2200, Jyabura close behind with 2180. Blueno is forth with 820, Kumadori close behind with 810, Fukurou close behind too with 800. Kalifa has 640, Nero somewhere between 9 (Spandam's) and 640 (Kalifa's) as he only knows four out of the Rokushiki (Six Styles) where as Kalifa knows all six and Spandam knows zero. Spandam, shamefully, has 9, whereas an ordinary and armed soldier has 10. We list them accordingly...

Lucci
Kaku
Jyabura
Blueno
Kumadori
Fukurou
Kalifa
Nero
Spandam

Luffy defeated Lucci with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling Gun after a long and difficult fight. Zoro defeated Kaku with Asura One Mist Silver. Sanji defeated Jyabura with Diable Jame. Luffy, again, defeated Blueno with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka, while Kumadori is finished with Chopper's Monster Point. Franky defeats Fukurou (I forgot what attack lol). Nami defeats Kalifa with Thunder Lance Tempo. Franky, again, defeats Nero with Ultimate Hammer. Robin cracks Spandam's back while the Straw Hats, Galley-La, Franky Family and the two Giants escaped from Enies Lobby's Buster Call. Anyway, now we fill the list up:

Lucci - Luffy
Kaku - Zoro
Jyabura - Sanji
Blueno - Luffy
Kumadori - Chopper
Fukurou - Franky
Kalifa - Nami
Nero - Franky
Spandam - Robin

Again, we remove those non-Straw Hats and those who defeated more than one.

1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking*

*I blame Luffy and Franky for making Usopp/Sogeking kill-less.

Of course, we can also use other factors to determine their strengths.

Bounties can roughly be used to measure strength, although a very inaccurate way of doing so. A bounty does not always reflect the strength of a person. Simply doing criminal activities, associating yourself with certain groups or particpating in forbidden activities (such as researching the Poneglyphs) can make you gain or increase a bounty without reflecting the strength of the person carrying it. In short, the bounty simply reflects how much threat (or potential threat) said person has to the World Government. Still, we can use it as a rough guide.

Luffy has a 100 million Belli bounty by thrashing Shichibukai Crocodile, followed by Robin's 79 million, which she got 20 years ago when she was 8. Zoro has 60 million by defeating Mr. 1 Daz Bones (who had 52 million) and 100 bounty hunters back at Whiskey Peak. Let's consider Sanji to be forth, since he is the only one out of the remaining four to constanly complain about lack of his bounty, showing his confidence in his strength.

Also, at Skypiea, after Knight of the Sky Gan Fall gave the Straw Hats a whistle to call him whenever they need help, it is decided that Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Robin are unable to blow it. This shows that the four are stronger than the three who are able to blow it, namely Nami, Usopp and Chopper.

So now, let's take another look at the three lists.

1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper

1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp

1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking

If we find the average of the three numbers each character has:

Luffy = (1+1+1)/3 = 1
Zoro = (3+2+2)/3 = 2.33
Sanji = (5+3+3)/3 = 3.67
Robin = (2+5+6)/3 = 4.33
Chopper = (6.5+4+4)/3 = 4.83
Nami = (4+6+5)/3 = 5
Usopp = (6.5+7+7) = 6.83

Since the lower the number, the stronger that person is, we can infer that:

Luffy, being the Captain, is strongest.
Zoro, as the First Mate, is second.
Sanji, being highly competitive with Zoro, ends up third.
Robin, dangerous with her Devil Fruit, is forth.
Chopper, combating his inexperience in battle with his Devil Fruit, ends up fifth.
Nami, becoming from a helpless girl to a Straw Hat powerhouse, ends up sixth due to the other five in front being monsters. -.-"
Usopp, said to be useless and other shit, ends up seventh, with no kill at all in Skypiea and Enies Lobby, though he did help against Satori and Enel in Skypiea and Jyabura and Spandam in Enies Lobby.

There, you have it. Robin is not necessary stronger than Zoro just because she has 19 million more in bounty. :P