Of course he wasn´t really killed if that was the case he would be dead. What I mean is that Crocodile finished him off three times where Luffy would have died by his own if he wouldn´t have had help.
Yeah… And if Crocodile didn't have his Devil Fruit power, Luffy would have owned him thrice over.
Look, I love Crocodile, but the whole ''Cr0c diDZ the 0wnorz on LueFY'' argument is getting tiresome to me. I don't consider the greatness of a character to depend on how badly he defeated his enemies. I'm sure I'd hold a great deal more love for Mr. 1 or Ao Kiji if I did.
Besides, the whole argument seems to hinge around ''If this and that didn't happen Luffy would have died''. Well, they did. And the severe ownage of Crocodile was the result. If ''this'' and ''that'' didn't happen, Crocodile would now be running a fastfood restaurant chain in Skypiea. Whatever.
Sorry if I sound somewhat testy, but sometimes excessive fanboy rants on why a character is great tend to rub me the wrong way.