- [Liam] Weapons in "One Piece" are absolutely underrated
compared to devil fruits and haki and such
but they're pretty incredibly strong.
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Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review,
your source for everything "One Piece"
and today we're not so concerned
with the characters or the world,
and instead we're going to be highly focused on items
because I would like to delve
into the strongest weapons in the series.
And having said that,
I guess we are kind of focused on characters
because living weapons are indeed a thing,
aka Princess Shirahoshi but, yeah, we'll get into that.
Because it can be easy to overlook
with all of the fist fights
and devil fruit powers in "One Piece"
but weapons are actually a massive massive aspect
of this world,
and there some particularly powerful examples out there
that should very much be feared by all.
First up, I should say,
that in this discussion of the strongest weapons,
I won't be considering chemical weapons
like Caesar's various endeavors.
And I can't say that I have any good reason
for excluding them,
I just don't think it's worth spending time on them
over a lot of the more tactile weapons in the series.
I also won't be classifying devil fruits
as a type of weapon,
which I know some people do, crazy people.
And also, we talk about devil fruits
more than enough elsewhere on this channel, so meh.
But with that in mind, what are we looking at?
Well to begin our exploration
into the glorious weapons of the "One Piece" world,
we have no better place to start than the Meito blades.
Swords. Wonderful, wonderful swords.
So this is another one of those
more background features of the series,
as are all weapons really,
but the "One Piece" world has a very rich history
and lore in regards to swordplay.
So much so that there is even an established
blade grading system
which begins with a very simple Base Level Grade.
And there's an unknown amount of blades
in this particular category
and I suppose it is potentially limitless.
But then, when we take one step up
to the Skillful Grade Blades,
we discover that there are only 50 in the entire world.
And an example of the Skillful Grade category
would be Yubashiri, Zoro's former companion,
which was destroyed during Enies Lobby,
by a Rust dude.
Then we move on to the Great Grade Swords,
of which there are only 21 in the world,
with most of the ones that we know of,
honestly, having been owned by Zoro.
In fact, he has held four of the five Great Grade Swords,
that we have experiences of,
one of which would be his trademark Wado Ichimonji,
the sword he inherited from Kuina.
But right at the top is where the good stuff really is,
which comes in the form of the Supreme Grade Swords,
of which there are only 12, count 'em, 12 in existence.
One is owned by Dracule Mihawk,
the world's strongest swordsman,
being the black blade, Yoru,
an incredibly fearsome existence,
that exudes power every bit as much as its owner.
Then there's also Murakumogiri,
the nagitana previously owned by Whitebeard,
aka the strongest man in the world.
And no, it's not a sword per se,
it's more of a halberd but it's here anyway.
And the final of the Supreme Grade Swords we know of
is the Shodai Kitetsu,
which we can't technically confirm
that we've ever seen,
however, it is highly suspected
to be owned by this member of the Gorosei, Samurai Gandhi,
it's thought to be that
because it has an extraordinarily similar hilt
matching the rest of the Kitetsu set,
a series of blades that are all cursed, by the way,
because that's a thing you can do with swords
which almost always results
in making them much more powerful
but it takes a particularly special person
to tame and wield them.
And in fact, even without being cursed,
swords can be quite unruly
and many of the greater ones
have often been referred to
as if they have personalities of their own,
something that we would see in action on Wano
with a certain spoiler blade.
But that's enough about swords,
I could probably do a whole video about them
and I might do just that in the future.
But for now the "One Piece" world has a lot more to offer us
and as such, I would like to present something
that is quite possibly, technically,
the most powerful weapon in the series,
being the reject dial.
And dials are an often forgotten about aspect of this tale,
and to be fair,
they are more or less a relic of the Pre-Time-Skip era,
which is a shame because they hold
pretty damn absurd potential as we see here.
The reject dial is something of an upgrade
to the standard impact dial
which absorbs all of the force applied to it
and can then release that force back out
at the user's discretion,
as we saw with Luffy and Usopp on Water Seven.
However, the reject dial is an entirely new
level of power altogether
because it absorbs whatever force it encounters
and it is then able to send that back
at 10 times the level it was absorbed at,
which is kind of maddening because as far as we know,
it is impossible to destroy a reject dial
with any kind of attack.
I honestly doubt that even Kaido's Thunder Bagua
would break one.
Instead it would absorb the attack
and you would be able to release a Thunder Bagua
10 times more powerful than Kaido could ever conjure
at whatever unfortunate soul you so chose to target.
However, there is one big big,
oh, absolutely massive problem with the reject dial,
which is that, in wielding this power,
it also has a teeny tiny recoil effect on the user,
and it has been said that any regular person
would probably be killed
by simply attempting to use the reject dial.
Although Wyper managed to use it
three times during the Skypiea arc,
the third of which did in fact nearly kill him,
although he would have managed to kill Enel,
if that tricksy god
wasn't able to restart his own heart and everything,
overpowered Logia.
But if you were feeling particularly reckless,
then the reject dial is without a doubt,
one of, and potentially,
actually the strongest weapon in the series,
provided it has the right input.
And topping that immediately is going to be difficult,
so we're just going to go into some weird weapons instead,
with the Battle Frankies.
So these were special ships built by Franky,
previously known as Cutty Flam,
and they were designed to hunt Sea Kings
so they packed some pretty serious punch.
But even then, the early Battle Frankies
were mere prototypes for much greater weapons
which can be seen in the ultimate incarnation of Franky,
who is himself a Battle Franky,
with his Pre-Time-Skip model being Battle Franky 36,
whilst Post-Time-Skip,
he has upgraded to Battle Franky 37.
And here, Franky represents the height
of cybernetic advancement,
overshadowed only by the work of a certain scientist
but in this form, Franky is capable of insane things
like shooting physical projectiles, conjuring lasers,
in-built rocket launchers and, of course,
the all important Nipple Lights,
which is by far the most powerful asset
that Franky has at his disposal.
Also, as a weapon,
Franky's mammoth forearms are not to be underestimated
for their blunt force power,
and then, of course, we also have general Franky,
which is everything I've already mentioned
but in a much bigger package.
And General Franky, fun fact,
is also made out of Wapometal,
which is the substance that Wapol got rich off
after accidentally creating it.
So that's a pretty damn fine series of weapons,
but while we are on the topic of cybernetics,
we should also bring up the Pacifista,
which do represent the most advanced
incarnation of cybernetics,
born from the mind of Dr. Vegapunk,
and cobbled together with the bodily inspiration
of Bartholomew Kuma,
and there's even a hint of Marine Admiral Kizaru in the mix,
because Vegapunk was able to replicate the laser beams
that Kizaru's devil fruit allows him to conjure.
And these things are wildly deadly,
which was made painfully clear to us during the Sabaody arc,
where it took an entire crew of Pre-Time-Skip Straw Hats
just to bring down one of these maddening machinations.
In addition to that,
this legion of cyborg warriors also proved integral
during the Paramount War,
managing to flank Whitebeard's allied crew forces
and put them in a very bad situation, to say the least.
Now having said all of that,
as soon as the Post-Time-Skip era rolled around,
these things weren't all that flash anymore,
with Luffy managing to defeat one on his own
in a very causal manner,
as well as Zoro and Sanji teaming up
to swiftly take one down.
So as for their status
in regards to being some of the most powerful weapons
in the world,
it's kind of up in the air.
Rookie pirates have no chance whatsoever
against the Pacifista,
but the more experienced new world combatants
can deal with them surprisingly easily,
calling their general effectiveness
very very much into question.
What I cannot question, however,
is our next set of weapons,
which are the Raid Suits
developed by Vinsmoke Judge of the Germa Kingdom,
who I suppose is kind of like the Tony Stark
of the "One Piece" world,
having managed to create items
that can turn people into literal superheroes.
The Raid Suits feature a whole host
of amazing in-built tech,
including flotation devices on the soles of its boots,
allowing flight which is a benefit
that cannot be overstated in this series,
given how much of the planet is covered in water.
And to assist with this,
there are also accelerators on the boot heels
which not only allow for swift maneuverability
but also adds greatly
to the impact of kick-based attacks,
as we have now seen with Sanji
with his utter, utter demolition of Page One on Wano.
But it doesn't even stop there
because each of these funky suits
comes with its own individual benefit.
For example, Sanji's allows him to turn invisible,
something that he has wished to do
for the large majority of his life.
But another example would be Niji
whose suit allows him to generate and channel electricity.
But probably the best part about the Raid Suits
is that they are each biometrically locked,
meaning that only the intended user can don them.
But from here, we're going to move to one of the weapons
that fascinates me most in this entire series
which is the Clima-Tact.
An often underrated piece of gear
because Nami isn't given the opportunity
to use it a whole lot,
but when she does, it is effective, to say the least.
So the Clima-Tact
is something of an ultimate fusion of skills
within the Straw Hats.
It is designed to take advantage
of Nami's supreme knowledge of weather,
Usopp's creative engineering,
and even Franky's highly advanced scientific knowledge.
Although the first two incarnations of the Clima-Tact
were just Usopp and Nami at work,
and Franky came along later to assist in the current version
being the Sorcery Clima-Tact.
And through this, Nami can replicate natural phenomena,
including conjuring lighting, crafting mirages,
generating clouds of fog,
and almost anything she wants to do
in the realm of weather, really,
and it only continues to get more and more powerful.
And in fact, in combination with Zeus,
Nami is actually the wielder of quite possibly,
the strongest source of raw power amongst the Straw Hats,
even managing to get in the most devastating hit
we've ever seen a Straw Hat deal
to one of the four emperors,
one of the only hits in general, actually.
But the thing about the Clima-Tact
is that it is very individually specialized.
No, it's not biometrically locked like the Raid Suits
but there is no one else in this world
who can wield this weapon apart from Nami.
It is tailored to her knowledge and skillset,
and I have no issues whatsoever
with calling it one of the ultimate weapons in "One Piece."
One of being the operative term there
because there's a pretty big gap
between this and the true ultimate weapons of the series,
which, of course, would be the ancient weapons.
Now these are, undisputedly,
the most powerful weapons in the series,
so much so that they've influenced
an incredible array of events within it.
I mean Pluton alone was the catalyst
that caused both the Alabasta Saga,
as well as the Water Seven Saga.
So a fair few people
just might want to get their hands on them.
For good reason I suppose,
as the ancient weapon Pluton
was said to have the power to sink entire islands,
as is Poseidon actually,
another of the ancient weapons,
which speaking of,
Poseidon is embodied within Princess Shirahoshi,
allowing her to commune with Sea Kings
and cause unparalleled destruction
if she were ever to be in, say, a volatile emotional state,
which happens frequently.
Meanwhile, Pluton is a more standard weapon
that is supposedly a large warship,
and there is one other ancient weapon being Uranus,
which we have, by far, the least amount of detail on.
That amount of detail being zero
but it is said to be the equal of the other two
and as such, I think we can safely expect
some pretty damn serious power from it.
In fact, any one of these ancient weapons individually
presents us with the ability
to completely reshape the world,
for better or worse, depending on how they are used.
And while they might overshadow
everything else in existence,
let's just take the time to remember
that weapons are an integral aspect of "One Piece."
Not every character needs to draw power
from a devil fruit
and not every weapon needs to be as useless
as a general marine rifle.
Weapons at the highest level
are pretty serious business
whether they take the form of a sword,
a cyborg, a superhero costume,
or a world-ending apocalyptic device.
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