Not really. It started that way initially but Luffy stomps out Doffy on his own.
Lolno. Luffy
was/
is vastly inferior to Doflamingo. What happened when Luffy used Gear 4 for the first time? Was it enough to beat Doflamingo?
F_ck no. He had to rely on civilians to protect him/drag him around the city for 10mins while avoiding Doflamingo who was still able to not only move around, but also use his awakening.
If it weren't for the intervention of others, Luffy would've been killed. Same thing when Sabo dropped in and stopped Burgess. Do you think that Luffy would've magically got his stamina back and kicked his/their asses on the spot?
No, Doflamingo was beaten but definitely not by just Luffy's hand; Law dealt some damage to him (debatable, but still), and everyone else had to protect Luffy, otherwise it would've been all for nothing.
Doflamingo tanked everything that was thrown at him while in Gear 4, and he was still up and kicking. There's your "vastly superior villain" right there. He didn't lose because of Gear 4, he lost because
- the whole country was against him/supporting Luffy and helping him;
- all members of his Family were beaten, so it was just Doflamingo.
If this had been a "real" fight just between Doflamingo/Luffy, it's pretty obvious that Doflamingo would've won hands down. Or do you think he would've kindly waited 10 minutes for Luffy to recover?
And heres my point. Gear 2 and 3 fail. So what does Oda do? Create another Gear.
Which is something that people predicted was going to happen since Luffy used Gear 3 for the first time. There's been hundreds of theories since then, a lot of which had to do with rubber and how it could be used in different states.
Luffy has always been the character to develop his own attacks. And like he said when he fought against Blueno, he had to get stronger otherwise he wouldn't be able to protect his mates.
Do you honestly think 2 years would go by without him developping something new? Especially when you take into consideration that he learned Haki, and now had the possibility to incorporate it in his attacks?
Luffy was
forced to develop Gear 4, otherwise he wouldn't be able to survive and do any damage to the animals that roamed the island where he trained with Rayleigh.
I think you're a bit confused about what the Gears are supposed to represent. Unlike Dragon Ball - where you evolve into a superior being with all your stats being maxed - the Gears are all different from eachother, each one having its pros and cons, like the obvious time usage (just look at Gear 4) and efficiency.
Gear 3 isn't an improvement over Gear 2, just like Gear 4 for isn't an improvement over the other two. It's just a new way Luffy has found to use his rubber against his opponents, and that's all there is to it.
Unlike Dragon Ball, or Bleach, in One Piece the characters most powerful with Devil Fruits are the ones who go about finding all possible ways to use it, so they're prepared to fight any kind of opponent.
Fine, fine, I'll leave! But first I'm going to bother these peanuts! Hmm? Yes? Hmm? HMM?
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