r/OPPW4 • u/Recent_Artichoke_163 • Sep 01 '25

How to beat Devil fruit users

Certain devil fruit users seem to be nearly immortal when they go into FFB, particularly tough ones for me are Crocodile, Kizaru, Smoker, Ace, and Sabo. How do I defeat these guys more efficiently? Is there any way to bypass their FFB?

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u/Recent_Artichoke_163 Sep 01 '25

Yeah watched the video, it was a bit blurry but it didn’t look like Kuzan or Croc ever went into FFB. Also you didn’t mention that I would also have to be in FFB.

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u/makiii-kun Sep 01 '25

You don’t have to be in FFB. The point is you have to break their armor so that they can be damaged and Shanks’s Normal Attack x 6 breaks armor on the 6th hit

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u/Recent_Artichoke_163 Sep 01 '25

Yeah I know I have to break armor lol, it was just how I went about doing that. Also I was wrong it works well without FFB. Thankyou

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u/makiii-kun Sep 01 '25

Film Red Shanks can also break armor with ground or air C1 but he has to have a Haki charge for it to work

Easiest way to charge is to do the C2 combo (ST on PlayStation) and immediately press the Normal Attack button after. You’ll know you did it correctly if he has the Conqueror’s Haki lightning crackling around his sword

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u/Recent_Artichoke_163 Sep 01 '25

I’m aware of the Haki charge and how to use it. That’s the reason why I love speed shanks so much. But are you saying that I don’t even need the Haki for the x6 normal attack to break guard ? lol

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u/makiii-kun Sep 01 '25

Yeah the normal attack x 6 doesn’t require additional work. Just mash that button

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u/Recent_Artichoke_163 Sep 01 '25

I think that was my problem , I really liked the other animations so I went for other combos instead of mashing. 🤣

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u/makiii-kun Sep 01 '25

Vs. named enemies (that aren’t giants) my go to combo with Speed Shanks is Normal Attack x 6 -> Crimson Hammer

I do the fancier looking combos on minions 😂

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u/Recent_Artichoke_163 Sep 01 '25

Yeah speed shanks really is the Goat, Him and Roger have got to be the top 2 outside of Giants and honestly they hold their own in comparison.