@cheaptrick:

actually i'm still wondering how he managed to do that: la spada was supposed to cut through everything (including flesh and rubber of course) and sables should be a bomb like attack, kinda like kuma's ursus shock, yet luffy didn't take any damage; and that's not all because right after that he performed an uber powerful attack ("that" gomu gomu storm) and let's not forget he was supposed to be already consumed by crocodile's poison/venom.
Basically luffy settled that fight in that short amount of time because crocodile was leading until that moment, so my point is luffy used haki unconsciously and only thanks to that he could defeat crocodile (this could be Oda's reasoning for justifying luffy's win against a shichibukai, just like he did against arlong and lucci and of course the same applies for zoro against mr1 ).

The ability your thinking of is Desert Spada; there is a difference.

Looks at the comments from the past 3 pages

Wow, way to make baseless assumptions guys.

I hope Oda does not troll even harder next week.

Oda isn't taking trolling lessons from Kubo?

@Thousand:

Go watch the anime for that scene-_-

I thought Gear Secnd was used for as long as you did until I watched the anime. It really wasn't clear in the manga.

And how do you know it would have been the same? For all you now, Zoro could have kept him busy for a couple of minutes.

Even with the Straw-Hats being at full power, Kuma is still too fast for them. Until they increase their speed–or find a way to either slow Kuma down or predict his movements--they cannot defeat him.

@Thousand:

I have a theory on Kuma's strength. Now I think it's safe to assume Kuma got his body AFTER he became a Shickibukai as there's no way the World Government would commission Vegapunk to modify the body of a random pirate. Therefpre he got his 296 million bounty and Shickibukai status SOLELY on his DF power and his exploits. Add to that, the new body he got which alone took the entire crew everything to beat it and I think you get a pretty good idea of how damn strong Kuma really is.

I always thought that was obvious; good theory nonetheless.

@Ryuksgelus:

They've never really much emphasis on the Warlords powers just their reputation.

Moria is a man who once fought equally with an Emperor. That may be the only bit of info the average citizen or common pirate know about him.

Hancock is a leader of female man-slayers who leaves any ships' she encounters adrift due to the crew being turned to stone.

Mihawk is the acknowledged as the best swordsman in the World Greatest Swordsman meaning every scary marine with a sword they've ever met or heard of isn't as good.

Jinbei is the leader of the Fishman pirates and likely the strongest Fishman, a species that are probably greatly feared as monsters by normal pirates already.

Kuma is known as a Tyrant who has committed every atrocity a pirate could commit.

These reputations gain even more weight when pirates attain more knowledge of the seas dangers on their travels. What these pirates abilities actually are is almost irrelevant. The deterrent comes from the fact that out of everything pirates may face while traveling the Grand Line, these guys are supposed to be even worse.

Great post.

@Jejune:

I was agreeing with you, in a rambling way. He's not weak at all but I want him to flaunt his powers a bit more.

The problem is the utility and function of Moria's Powers–they do not allow for flaunting. His powers are more for reconnaissance and strategy, not overwhelming power and massive retaliation. His powers are precise, the other Shichibukai's powers are (seemingly) more geared towards destruction and get the job done. In fact, the only move he showcased that was geared towards destruction was Shadow Asgard--which in turn caused him to lose control of his powers and mind--which shows us the audience that his powers are not meant to be flaunted in ways that some of you want it to be.

@Ubiq:

This is a common misconception; Mihawk actually sliced Krieg's galleon into three sections, not two. So he cut it into thirds.

Thank you for pointing that out.

Fruit: Friction, Friction, Fruit.

Type: Paramecia.

Abilities: Gives the user the power and control over friction, i.e. the user can emit an aura of friction. Anything within the aura is slowed down, depending on how much power the user puts into the aura, depends on how slow the opponent will move. The user is not affected by the aura. Increase in power still increases heat and temperature, more increase in power and things will undergo combustion. The user can increase/decrease the size of the aura, from a maximum of a 5 mile radius, to having the aura exclusively around them.

Awa Awa no mi could be powerful in the right hands.