Roronoa Zoro is the swordsman of the Straw Hat Piratesand one of the most important characters in theOne Piecestory. He aims to become the strongest swordsman by defeating Dracule Mihawk, the man who currently holds this title, and also to make Luffy the King of the Pirates.
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Zoro is one of Luffy’s Wings and, as such, is someone without whom Luffy cannot accomplish his goal. In the Wano Country arc, he proved this by helping his Captainin the fight against Kaidoand, later, taking on King the Wildfire of the Beasts Pirates in combat as well. To defeat him, Zoro had to come up with a new fighting style, called King of Hell: Three Sword Style, which makes him much stronger than he ever was and offers him new abilities as well.
4Advanced Armament Haki
The King of Hell: Three Sword Style is accessibleonly due to Enma, a powerful bladethat holds the rank of O Wazamono. The sword has a special property to absorb Haki from the body of the user. Usually, people are unable to handle the sword due to how extreme the Haki consumption is. However, Zoro is more than capable of wielding Enma and he proved this in Wano.
The most basic ability of Enma is to draw Ryuo from the body of the user and Zoro displayed it immediately after testing the sword out. In his King of Hell form, Zoro can use this ability to the fullest. Since he does not regulate his Haki in this form, Zoro exudes humongous amounts of Ryuo and thud increases his attacking output by several times. This was seen when he took on King in combat, and after he awakened the King of Hell form, his offensive power increased dramatically, partially due to this ability of his.
3Limited Advanced Conqueror’s Haki
While Enma primarily draws out Ryuo from the bodies of the user, it can also draw out Conqueror’s Haki, provided that the person willing to sword possesses this ability.Conqueror’s Haki was latent within Zoro, however, he was certainly born with it as this is an ability that one has to have from birth. In the fight against King, Zoro Finally acknowledged his kingly ambitions and thus awoke to this power. The rest was handled by Enma, as it drew this power from within Zoro, thanks to its special ability.
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Consequently, Zoro was able to coat his swords in Conqueror’s Haki, increasing his offensive output manifold. Technically, this ability was first seen on the rooftop of Onigashima, when Zoro attempted to take down Kaido with his strongest attack and managed to scar him. In the fight against King, Zoro gained conscious control over this skill and by stopping his Haki regulation, increased the output of his attacks manifold. That said, however, Zoro’s usage of this power is very limited. He can only maintain this for a couple of minutes in combat at best, as Enma draws Haki way too fast.Oden was in a league of his ownand managed to wield Enma as if it were a feather, in Zoro’s own words. Zoro is far from that level yet and it’ll certainly take him a long time to get there.
2Higher Offensive Power
Perhaps one of the most impressive abilities of Zoro’s King of Hell Style is that it offers him much higher offensive power. Since the very beginning, Zoro has been a swordsman who doesn’t rely much on grace while fighting. This is something that Dracule Mihawk, the strongest swordsman inOne Piece, noted himself. Instead, Zoro relies on raw offensive power and aims to overwhelm his opponents with that. King of Hell: Three Sword Style is extremely useful to him in this way as it allows Zoro to exude all his Haki at once and dramatically increase his output, albeit for a very short period of time.
Nonetheless, during this time, Zoro is nigh unstoppable. Against King, this power proved to be strong enough to cut through some of the strongest attacks of the Beasts Pirates All-Star. When using all of his might, Zoro managed to cut through Karyudon, which is a mighty powerful fire technique used by King that burns so hot that it resembles magma itself. Despite it being so powerful, Zoro was able to slice it apart rather easily and also cut through the body of the user, clipping one of his wings and shattering his sword in the process.
1Integrated Foxfire Style
The Foxfire Style was first revealed in the story during the Punk Hazard arc, shortly after Sanji rescued Kin’emon’s torso from a freezing cold Lake in Punk Hazard. This style allows Kin’emon to cut through any kind of fire and even ignite his sword into flames at will. Zoro managed to steal this ability from him like the pirate he is and displayed it during his fight against the Yonko on the rooftop of Onigashima. Later, when Zoro fought against King, this ability came in handy and he incorporated it with his King of Hell mode as well.
To cut through King’s Karyudon, Zoro has to make use of this technique along with his high-level Armament and Conqueror’s Haki. It was down to the Foxfire Style that Zoro was able to cut through fire and get to King’s real body. Eventually, he managed to deliver a telling blow to the latter and sent him crashing into the Wano mainland.
