The Knights of God were introduced in One pieceElbaph's story is the main guardians of the Five Elders and other Heavenly Dragons, but their fearsome reputation is empty for now. Members like the horribly cruel St. Sommers and Kirin St. The Killinghams underperform against the Straw Hats and have themselves to blame. They are a product of a world order that has always protected them from proper challenges or tests on the battlefield.
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While God Knights are far from powerless, they are not nearly as skilled or elite as their station would suggest. Right now, World Government agents like the Admirals, the Five Elders, and even CP0 Commander Rob Lucci are putting the God Knights to shame. Being immortal clearly got to their heads, and they were careless when facing the likes of Strawmen and Scopper Gaban. Still, it's time to change all that. If so, the Straw Hats may face a repeat of the horrors of Egghead Island when they faced the wrath of the Elders head on.
God Knights keep dropping the ball as immortal warriors
Scopper Gaban made a joke of St. Sommers on Elbaph
Currently known members of God Knights:
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St. Shamrock Figarland
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Saint Manmayer Gunko
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Saint Shepherd Sommers
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St. Rimoshifu Killingham
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Garling st. Figarland
The known members of the God Knights took their mission to Elbaph far too lightly, at least when it came to combat. Members such as Sommers, Killingham, and Gunko make tremendous efforts to force the leaders of Elbapha to bend to their will. However, the God Knights' combat records and tactics thus far paint them as cowardly creeps rather than the embodiment of Imu's world order. Even the mighty Five Elders, who aren't “supposed” to do their own dirty work, put on a better show on Elbaph. And I'm counting the fact that Straw Hats and Satellites Dr. The Vegapunks escaped the Navy attack safe and sound.
For starters, the God Knights' biggest play right now was taking Elbaph's children hostage with a mixture of Killingham's and Gunko's Devil Fruits. It's an effective way to put pressure on Chief Jarul and other giant leaders, but it's disgustingly cowardly in many ways. It is typical for One piece villains to resort to cartoonishly extreme methods to draw attention to their evil ways, from Crocodile inciting a civil war to Spandam messing around with Buster Calls. But even so, the god knights are bent on holding vulnerable children hostage, seemingly under the self-proclaimed guardians of the living gods, the celestial dragons.
No wonder the God Knights fight dirty and contrast so sharply with the innate goodness of the Straw Hats. Still, I find it more than just dirty cheap for Gunko and her allies to resort to such methods. It does not contradict the exploitative attitude of the world government, where the world government is the entity that makes the game of slavery and genocide. Still, the god knights didn't bother to use their full battle power to get at Elbaph.
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Second, when God Knights actually fight, their combat record leaves plenty of room for improvement on their part. Gunko herself did the best job so far, expertly using her Arrow-Arrow Fruit to maneuver even the strongest of the Straw Hat crew like Jinbe into harming each other. Meanwhile, Killingham is putting his MMA nightmares to good use to hold off the Giants. In addition, God Knights do not achieve what One piece fans could expect from a villainous group that picks up where the Five Elders left off.
It goes without saying that Gear 5 Luffy can handle things like God Knights, in light of how he made fun of Admiral Kizaru and Saint Jaygarcia Saturn on Egghead. Meanwhile, even retirees like Scopper Gaban, Gol D. Roger's former left-hand man, have no problem dealing with the God Knights. In recent manga chapters, Scopper used his axes and Haki to cut St. Sommers in half, with Sommers only surviving due to the immortality Imu granted him. This goes beyond the Straw Hats enjoying a typical shonen plot to survive scrapes with the villains. It's a clear sign that god knights aren't used to doing their own dirty work, instead clinging to their authority and immortality. This reveals the full extent of the rot found in Marie Geoise.
The God Knights were isolated in their own safe world
Reality may force St. Sommers and others to amplify
The blame for the crushing reputation of the God Knights may not only fall on their shoulders, but also on the world they call home. Marie Geoise has long established itself as its own world on the Red Line, a private utopia for the Sky Dragons, the mysterious Ima, and other parties. The people there are disconnected from the rest of the world in every way, and in the case of the God Knights, this fact can work against them. Living in such a world where their authority and power were never challenged meant that the God Knights lost perspective on themselves.
Unlike the Straw Hats and similar pirate crews who fought hard for everything they have, the God Knights are too used to having everything. Paradoxically, this means the God Knights lack what they need most: gravel to get their work done. They are not used to facing harsh realities like the Straw Hats, and that is no surprise. Many Shonen heroes are everyday underdogs clawing their way up from the bottom, so they appreciate any power they gain along the way. The villains start with everything, which means the only way they can go is down. Villains like the God Knights are simply not ready for someone to be a real challenge, so they crumble when faced with real hardship for the first time.
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One piece fans can point to Figarland Garling participating in the God Valley incident in the flashback as an example of a member leaving his safe little world to get his hands dirty. But even then it was more of a sport hunt than a real battle. Garling had all the advantages – he had yet to win on screen. That being said, there is room to make the God Knights, including Garling himself, much stronger. Facing the likes of Scopper Gaban and the Straw Hats “monster trio”, they can tap into the dazzling spirit of growth in the heat of battle.
It is common for One pieceHeroes train or even invent new moves mid-battle, and God Knights can do the same. They need another way to overcome the Five Elders as physical threats here on Elbaph, as the manga likes One piece we need the performance scaling to keep going up and not slide back down. Ideally, the God Knights can become a dark mirror to Luffy's crew and learn from their hard-earned scrapes and bruises before taking things to the next level. Now they know they cannot hang on to immortality, authority, or fancy titles. They're down in the dirt with straw hats, and down there it's all about strength and toughness, not uniforms.
If God Knights want to be anything other than overrated, pompous fools, they will ignore their own immortality and fight as if their lives were at stake. This would give them the same rough-and-tumble audacity that the Straw Hats experienced, such as the Enies Lobby battle and the Onigashi Raid. Even the proudest and most twisted villains like the God Knights can think a little more like underdog heroes if they have work left unfinished. In light of what Imu did to Saint Saturn for his failure, it's likely that the God Knights know that if they drop the ball one more time, they will indeed die. The Straw Hats are their trial by fire, and warriors like God Knights cannot afford to fail.
