One Piece's Gol D. Roger has been dethroned by a new pirate

When it comes to mighty pirates One piece world, fans know very well that Pirate King, Gol D. Roger it's always up there with the best of the lot. As Oda himself stated, Roger had all the wealth, fame and power and in his time he was known as the strongest piratewith his the only two equals are Whitebeard and Garp. Roger was an absolute beast at the peak of his powers. However, a recent revelation One piece they confirmed it Roger wasn't the strongest pirate after all.

IN One Piece's The Elbaf Arch, Oda officially revealed a pirate who is even more powerful than Gol D. Rogeralthough there is a catch. This pirate is none other than the Domi Reversi'd version of Rocks. After Imu Domi Reversi'd Rockshe became stronger than ever before and gained more strength and speed. At the same time, he gained an immortal body. With all these powers, is the most powerful pirate in One piece in recent historyeven stronger than Roger and Whitebeard.

Gol D. Roger is officially not the strongest pirate of the old era in one piece

Domi Reversi'd Rocks is stronger

• Even Prime Roger can't beat Domi Reversi'd Rocks

• Roger needed help from Garp to defeat Rocks

For years, fans have debated who is the strongest pirate in the world One piece he really was, not counting the ones we didn't see, such as Joy Boy and Davy Jones from the Void Century. Of course, Roger, the late pirate king, is nearing the top.

Oda himself portrayed Roger as the strongest. In fact, even the man who was named the strongest after the death of the Pirate King was praised by Oda by being portrayed as Roger's equal, such was the late Pirate King's strength and stature.

But the main Roger is not the strongest pirate One piece. It is none other than Domi Reversi'd Rocks D. Xebec. In God's Valley, Rocks was officially Domi Reversi'd by none other than Imuand he grew in strength and gained immortality. With a buff like that, none of Big Mom, Kaid, or Whitebeard could stand in his way. While Roger and Garp were able to fight him and even defeat him in the end, it's pretty clear that they needed to team up to defeat him. One without the other they would not be able to lay down the Rocks. Personally, Roger was weaker than him Domi Reversi'd version of Rocks D. Xebec.

Without Domi Reversi, Prime Roger is probably stronger

Roger became stronger after God Valley

The fact that Roger and Garp had to team up because of Domi Reversi also confirms that without this demonic buff from Imu, Rocks wasn't really that much stronger than Roger and Garp. Considering that neither Roger nor Garp were in their prime in God Valley, then it becomes even more clear that they are indeed stronger than the Rocks without Domi Reversi at their peak.

Roger reached the pinnacle after God Valley and became the Great Pirate. Garp became a hero to the Marines and gained more power. Both were likely stronger than rocks in their primebut neither could defeat the Domi Reversi'd Rocks on their own.

One Piece Chapter 1165 will be released this week. 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 November 9th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1165 is November 9, 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 Imayomura, Yashiôhiro Mayu 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)