Greet Zoro's last great power in Elbaf

Zoro is a swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates in One piece and fans know him to be an incredibly strong fighter. With the goal of becoming the strongest swordsman in One piece world, Zoro trains tirelessly and fights powerful enemies in order to defeat one day the strongest swordsman in the world, Dracule Mihawk. Zoro is extremely powerful, but fans know very well that he is nowhere near the level of Admirals or Yonks at the moment. These enemies will be incredibly difficult for Zoro to defeat as it stands, and that's exactly why he needs an upgrade.

actually Oda already prepared a big power-up for Zoro in the Elbaf arc. This power-up may very well be his last and will ensure once and for all that Zoro can take on the legends One piece world and even have a chance defeated the strongest swordsman in the world, Dracula Mihawk.

Zoro learns to use Conqueror's Haki in Elbaf

Zoro's Big Elbaf Power Up will be controlled by Conqueror's Haki

• Zoro's skills will finally be complete in Elbaf

• Zoro will be a top fighter in Elbaf

At this point in the story Zoro has almost everything he needs as a master swordsman. He has perfected his personal style and is a Haki user. Recently unlocked by Zoro the strongest form of Hakithat being Conqueror's Hakiand with him he can really compete and defeat Mihawk.

However, he does not yet know how to use it properly. It can be said Zoro uses Conqueror's Haki it is very rude and worse, inefficient. That's exactly what Elbaf will fix for him. This little power-up that allows him to do that effectively control his Conqueror's Haki they will see them jump in performance levels several times.

Zoro should be strong enough to fight against the likes of Admirals once he learns how to use his Conqueror Haki effectively. Since Zoro already has everything he could possibly need to compete at the highest level, it will be his last power-up in One pieceand that's what makes it extra special. In Elbaf, Zoro will really master his Haki and also learn to fight and counter the like holy knightsor even stronger individuals, like Bad Dorry.

Mihawk vs Zoro is coming

Zoro gets stronger after defeating Mihawk

With Elbaf probably giving Zoro his last One Piece power-upit is highly likely that he will then be ready to challenge the strongest swordsman in the world, Dracula Mihawk. Mihawk currently stands at the top with the best sword skills in the world and Zoro is not far behind. Zoro will come for this throne after the Elbaf Arc, specifically when the Straw Pirates attack the Cross Guild. Zoro becomes the greatest swordsman in the world it is now only a matter of time. Fans just have to wait and patiently see how this dream of his becomes a reality.

One Piece Chapter 1163 will be released in two weeks. As usual, One Piece drops on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops Monday at 12pm JST. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on October 26th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1163 is October 26, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Writers

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)