One Piece: Top 10 Strongest Shichibukai Ranked According To Strength
In One Piece, the Shichibukai are responsible for keeping things under control. Which are the strongest members of this group?
In One Piece, the Oka Shichibukai or the Seven Warlords of the Sea were one of the main allies of the World Government. They are pirates who allied to the World Government for their own personal needs, and the World Government in return used the Shichibukai to keep things under control.
The World Government required the support of the Warlords during the war at Marineford. The Marines could not handle the power of the Whitebeard Pirates on their own. The relationship between the two was never really strong despite both technically working together. During the most recent Reverie, it was announced that the Shichibukai system would seize to exist. So, they are just regular pirates now. In this post, we will take a look at the strongest Shichibukai over the years.
10 Crocodile
Crocodile is the main antagonist of the Alabasta arc. He possesses the Suna Suna no Mi, that allows him to control sand at will. Crocodile can also suck absorb the moisture from anything which leaves behind a desiccated body. He was easily able to defeat Luffy twice before eventually being defeated by Luffy.
After his defeat, Crocodile was imprisoned in Level 6 of Impel Down. Crocodile escaped from the facility after Luffy broke in to save his brother, Ace, from being executed. During Alabasta, Crocodile was unable to use Haki, however, it remains to be seen whether he can use it at present.
9 Gecko Moria
Gecko Moria is the captain of the Thriller Bark Pirates. Moria was the main antagonist of Thriller and he was the second Shichibukai that Luffy fought. Moria possesses the Kage Kage no Mi, that allows him to control and steal shadows. Moria has suffered a huge decline in terms of his power.
At his prime, Moria was known to be the rival of Kaido, who is currently one of the Four Emperors. However, he lost all his crew members in the battle vs Kaido. Since then his ideology about having a crew changed and he began to make zombie soldiers.
8 Bartholomew Kuma
Kuma was once a very vicious pirate and due to his bad reputation, he was known as «The Tyrant.» He was also a member of the Revolutionary Army. Kuma possesses the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi, that led to the development of paw pads on his hand. With the help of these paw pads, Kuma is able to both attack and deflect attacks.
Kuma has managed to defeat the Straw Hats twice on his own albeit they were not in the best of conditions. At the moment, Kuma has no will of his own and he is slave of the Celestial Dragons.
7 Jinbe
Jinbe is currently a member of the Straw Hat Pirates. He joined the crew after officially announcing to leave Big Mom Pirates. Jinbe is a well-respected man due to his benevolence. He was imprisoned by the Marines after he refused to fight against Whitebeard.
He does not possess any kind of devil fruit powers, but he is a master of Fish-man Karate. Jinbe has faced many strong enemies throughout the series like Akainu, Big Mom and Gecko Moria. He managed to block one of Akainu’s attacks with his arms in order to protect Luffy.
6 Trafalgar Law
Trafalgar Law is the captain of the Heart Pirates. Law became a Shichibukai during the time-skip. Trafalgar Law possesses one of the strongest devil fruits in existence known as Ope Ope no Mi.
This devil fruit allows Law to perform the most complicated surgeries. Law can create a «ROOM» inside which he can control anything freely. Law allied with the Straw Hat Pirates at Punk Hazard in order to bring Doflamingo and ultimately Kaido. Like Luffy, Law is a member of the «D» Family.
5 Edward Weevil
Edward Weevil is the self-proclaimed son of the late Whitebeard. Weevil has an astounding bounty of 480,000,000 beris. Weevil received an invite from the World Government to become a Shichibukai. He accepted the offer and began to search even more for the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Weevil’s strength was compared to that of Whitebeard when he was young. The comparison was drawn by Admiral Kizaru. Edward Weevil is able to use two types of Hakiβ Observation Haki and Armament Haki.
4 Boa Hancock
Boa Hancock is the Princess of Amazon Lily. She is the leader of the Kuja Pirates. While the Shichibukai system was still in effect, she was the only female member. Another huge detail to keep in mind is that she was the Warlord with the lowest bounty.
Boa Hancock is one of the few characters capable of using all three types of Haki. Hancock has Mero Mero no Mi, which is capable of turning people to stone based on love for Hancock. Some might say that it has no weakness, but Mihawk, Crocodile and Smoker were shown to resist it.
3 Donquixote Doflamingo
Donquixote Doflamingo used to be the captain of the Donquixote Pirates. He is a former World Noble and the former King of Dressrosa. Doflamingo is an iron-hearted ruthless man who is willing to go to any lengths to reach his goal. Doflamingo is known as «Heavenly Yaksha.»
Doflamingo possesses the Ito Ito no Mi, that allows him to manipulate strings at will. He is able to create a string clone of his own that can help him in a fight. He also possesses all three types of Haki. Doflamingo was beaten by Luffy at Dressrosa and he is currently locked away at Impel Down Level 6.
2 Dracule Mihawk
Dracule Mihawk is the «Strongest Swordsman in the World.» Mihawk wields the all-black blade «Yoru,» which is a SaijΕ Ε Wazamono grade sword. Mihawk used to be the rival of Shanks, who is currently a Yonkou. Mihawk is one of the two Shichibukai who doesn’t have a crew.
He has an incredible vision as he could easily keep up with the speed of Luffy in Gear 2nd. Mihawk is an incredibly strong character and we are yet to see him go all out in a fight. It is fair to say that Mihawk is at least an Admiral level character.
1 Marshall D. Teach
Marshall D. Teach or Blackbeard is the only character in the series who became a Shichibukai without having a bounty. Blackbeard is also the only person who possesses two devil fruits. No other person in the history of One Piece has managed to eat to devil fruits.
Currently, he possesses the Gura Gura no Mi and the Yami Yami no Mi. He became a Shichibukai just to gain access to Impel Down and gather his crew. Blackbeard’s physical power is great as he almost broke Ace’s neck with just one blow.
