One Piece's Wano Country arc is currently at its very peak as the fight between Luffy and Kaido seems to have finally settled down. Having taken the first big step towards becoming the greatest pirate on the seas by matching Kaido in battle, Luffy aimed to defeat him in combat and free Wano Country in doing so. The task at hand wasn't nearly as easy, however, as Kaido is, without a doubt, the strongest opponent that he had faced to date. Luffy's clash against the Yonko saw him lose thrice before he was able to fight Kaido on the same level.
The first clash between the two ended in a crushing defeat in Kuri, while the second saw him fall off Onigashima having been knocked out. Luffy also died once in the fight against Kaido, however, that ended up making him even stronger as he awakened his Devil Fruit and tapped into the power of Gear 5th, unlocking a host of new abilities and easily what is the strongest technique of Luffy so far in the story.
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Thanks to the power of Gear 5th, Luffy's body gained even more freedom and his rubber abilities strengthened even further. Along with gaining a new transformation, Luffy could also affect his surroundings and turn them into rubber. The power-up is an immense one and allows him to size up his body as much as he likes and then manipulate it to different forms immediately after without the need to use Haki to manipulate it.
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While Luffy pulled off quite a few ridiculous tricks in the fight against Kaido, such as turning the Yonko into rubber and even grabbing a lighting bolt and hurling it towards him, his biggest feat in the fight remains to be what appears to be his ultimate attack, called Gomu Gomu
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