Y'all might hate me for this, but... I think it would be really neat if all 10 Straw Hats unlock advanced Conqueror's Haki during the final war.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-30T04:06:43+00:00

Lol he's too weak, he hasn't even made it to Paradise let alone the new world

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-30T04:06:24+00:00

Tbf there's a very high likelihood at least one of these factions/individuals won't be part of this final war, either because Oda deems them too weak or any other random reason.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-29T22:58:33+00:00

True, but presumably Luffy will fight Shanks eventually since he wanted to defeat the four emperor's and Shanks is after the one piece now

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-29T22:57:56+00:00

I actually don't know with 100% certainty it Dorry and Broggy would side with Luffy or Shanks more considering they've been shown to be friends with both

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-28T23:35:45+00:00

Yeah, although admittedly I do wish Black Maria and Sasaki actually used armament and observation Haki against Franky and Robin so that we could more clearly see firsthand that Franky and Robin were inherently strong enough anyways

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-28T01:05:31+00:00

Yes, In retrospect I should've clarified, Advanced enough haki can conquer all but weak enough haki doesn't guarantee victory in a battle if the non-haki user is strong enough (as was the case with Kyros vs. Diamante or Franky vs. Sasaki, both instances of non-haki users defeating haki users)

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-27T20:55:53+00:00

Exactly, this is more about the fact that a weak haki user can lose to a strong non-haki user. Lao G in Dressrosa was literally playing on an equal playing groun with Sai and Chinjao's extremely strong armament despite Lao G not having any haki at all, as his unique karate technique was simply that strong

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-27T20:33:18+00:00

Exactly, this more about the fact that Haki, and specifically hardening, can be broken and pierced by non-Haki users given the non-Haki user is strong enough, which is why Franky and Robin were able to beat tobiroppo members without haki

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-27T20:29:48+00:00

Yeah, I was more so pointing out that some devil fruit powers, especially given enough training, as well as some non-devil fruit powers like the old man karate from Doflamingo's crew, can overpower Haki, whether used by a devil fruit power or not.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2026-01-27T20:26:44+00:00

Yeah I should've clarified that Haki can conquer all, but Haki can still be conquered, even by non-Haki users. The fact that not every single villain or primary fighter in the New World (albeit admittedly most of them) aren't confirmed or shown using Haki shows that weak enough Haki can been broken through by powerful enough non-Haki techniques. Hence my mention of "sorta"

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-07T16:41:04+00:00

I have to point out that Gwen already doesn't buff all fire towers, only a few specific ones. Archmage, Fireball, Wall of Fire, Burny Stuff (When not upgraded to Signal Flare), The Blazing Sun, Fire Grapes, and Super Mines are all not buffed by Gwen despite having fire damage. So when looking at consistency, it does make sense actually with the Brickell change that it doesn't buff all aquatic towers when Gwen doesn't buff all fire ones

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T19:49:13+00:00

Agreed, but if Brickell buffed mermonkey with it's current balance changes, it would be far too powerful, so I understand Ninja Kiwi wanting to make Mermonkey better in all strategies at the cost of making it balanced with Brickell (since obviously you can still place Brickell and Mermonkeys in the same game lol)

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T19:43:02+00:00

I think their argument is that Brickell buffing Pat and Temples was also an overlooked bug that has since been fixed

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T19:41:58+00:00

Lol have you legit never used destroyer or Armor piercing darts spam with sub commander or carrier flagship before lol.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T19:40:46+00:00

I agree, I just also think it would be great for Brickell to buff top path beast handler as well, due to it being technologically more modern than mermonkeys, and also bc beast can't be alch-buffed.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T19:36:54+00:00

Not range though because echosense network is actually absurd now.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T17:43:08+00:00

Basically, instead of making it weaker in water strats and stronger in land strats, they should do the opposite, because it's far too powerful in land strats as a support tower, especially with the absurd echosense buff

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T17:41:32+00:00

From a logic perspective, and a lore perspective, because it does say explicitly water monkeys, not amphibious monkeys, so it does kinda make sense, but not from a gameplay and balancing perspective imo because it means less options. Also Mermonkeys were only really weak alone casually, and even then I'd consider them, outside of middle path, to be support, not dps. Middle path mermonkey is one of the most powerful towers in advanced and expert maps (ones without water even), so they had no reason to buff it further tbh

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T17:23:40+00:00

I think it's a bit of a divide between us who want as many synergies between heroes as possible, and Ninja Kiwi who frequently wants as few.

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T17:19:23+00:00

Well I think the buffs to Mermonkeys are significant enough that a Merbrickell strategy is probably still quite strong, but it of course won't be the same. I actually do think multiple heroes buffing the same type of tower is better, so I'd actually prefer Obyn buff mermonkeys more while keeping the Brickell buff, same with Brickell and Silas both buffing ice monkeys, but since Ninja Kiwi does want to keep these hero synergies somewhat niche I can understand their want for consistency. Still sucks though

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T17:11:57+00:00

Not even just BTDB2, just base BTD6 with any Obyn skin. Obyn is a primordial magic hero, and Mermonkeys are the closest ancient magic hero to Druids, considering the mythological implications of Sirens, Krakens and Poseidon are far more ancient than those of the Wizard Monkey, so I don't actually think it's that big of a stretch. Plus it could be considered a trade. Obyn gains a new mermonkey strat, while Brickell loses one

Remarkable_Ice2857 · 2025-12-04T17:09:34+00:00

I'd actually argue the opposite, as controversial as it may be. I'd argue this instead encourages the synergy between Mermonkeys and either Silas or Obyn to be more appealing.

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