Blackbeard's Most OP Moments, Ranking

This article contains brief spoilers for One piece manga.

Of the many villains in One Piece's of the rogues gallery, Blackbeard remains the most mysterious despite being introduced very early in the series. As the end of the franchise approaches, more of his backstory is slowly revealed, though his overall presence and role at the end is still up for debate.

With that being said, Blackbeard is known to be one of the most powerful characters in all One piece as the only person with the ability to use multiple Devil Fruits at once. In this article, we'll go through all of his most overpowered moments in the series and see why he's destined to be Luffy's toughest obstacle in the Final War.

Blackbeard defeats everyone on Amazon Lily and nearly kills the boa constrictor

It shows how dangerous he is

• Blackbeard almost took the boa constrictor's devil fruit.

Boa Hancock is known as the most beautiful woman in the world who can turn anyone who lays eyes on her to stone. However, it didn't seem to work on Blackbeard as he attacked the Amazon Lily, which in itself shows how unique and strong he must be to avoid such a broken ability belonging to an earth empress.

I've come for you, Pirate Empress!

His only moment seen here was when he used Yami Yami no Mi's devil fruit negation abilities to neutralize Boa Hancock and negate all of her abilities, showing just how overpowered the character truly is. At the end, he was about to take the Devil Fruit from her until Rayleigh showed up and scared him off the island. Still, even Rayleigh admitted that he wasn't sure if he could actually defeat Blackbeard.

Blackbeard defeated the aces and set the stage for war in Marineford

The perfect plan

When it comes to the most important moments in modern times One piecethe fateful battle between Ace and Blackbeard must be among the highlights. Due to Blackbeard killing his crewmate to steal the Yami Yami no Mi, he was hunted down by Ace to bring him to justice, an act that set the stage for the Marineford War and for Blackbeard to become a Warlord.

I'm just going to prove to you that you can't get away from the gravity of darkness!

The battle was mostly off-screen, but it really speaks to Blackbeard's insane strength and intellect as he managed to defeat a formidable fighter who had an incredible Devil Fruit as well as the ability to use Conqueror's Haki. By defeating Ace, Blackbeard released him to become a warrior of the sea, which was also how he was finally able to take full advantage of the Marineford War and obtain the Gura Gura no Mi.

Blackbeard defeats the law due to his strength and tactical excellence

Blackbeard took full advantage

• Teach showed strength and cunning.

Although Blackbeard is incredibly powerful in every metric, the real reason he's such a dangerous opponent is because he's willing to take any opportunity he gets to get his way. He doesn't care if the way he wins is considered cheating or fraud. As long as he wins, that's all that matters. This was most evident in his struggle against the Law.

The Blackbeard Pirates attacked the Heart Pirates after the events of Wano to take their Poneglyph Rubbings, and here Blackbeard did quite well against Law who had awakened his Devil Fruit. However, Teach still used his crewmates and dirty tactics to get the best of his enemy, which worked in his favor as the Heart Pirates were seemingly destroyed.

Teach's Betrayal Of Whitebeard changed the landscape of the series

A new Yonko will appear

• The day Blackbeard became the world's greatest threat.

That being said, Blackbeard is willing to do anything to achieve his goals, even if it means coming to betray the man who essentially raised him. The Marineford War was a perfect plan devised by Blackbeard that confirmed the defeat of the World's Strongest Man, which he facilitated and participated in.

Navy! Let me show you my power!

When the opportunity presented itself, Blackbeard's entire crew jumped on Whitebeard and killed him, allowing Teach to mysteriously steal the Gura Gura no Mi from his body. This made Blackbeard the only person known to be able to use multiple Devil Fruit abilities at the same time, one of which was the most powerful in the world. In his first case with Gura Gura no Mi, Whitebeard managed to nearly topple Marineford as Whitebeard, showing everyone that there was a new contender for the Yonko position.

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