Enel (God Enel) | 2018-04-30 | Was He Secretly Top-Tier All Along?
Enel lost early in One Piece.
But was that loss about weakness—or pure matchup luck?
Japanese fans reopened the case, and the verdict spiraled fast.
- Enel’s Overloaded Ability Kit
- “He’s Basically the Strongest” Takes
- Yonko, Admirals, and Sky Advantage Arguments
- Haki, Awakening, and Author Commentary
- Logia Era Nostalgia and Bloodline Talk
Enel’s Overloaded Ability Kit
1：Anonymous Pirate
Moves at lightning speed.
Entire body is lightning so touching him is instant damage.
Can restart his own heart.
Uses electric heat to melt and process metal.
Ultra high-performance wide-range Observation Haki.
Pinpoint massive lightning strikes.
If there are thunderclouds, he can wipe huge areas with Raigo.
Raigo can erase an entire island.
MAX 200 million volts.
So strong Zoro couldn’t shake him off by force.
2：Anonymous Pirate
This is already the strongest, right?
4：Anonymous Pirate
Honestly he’s stronger than Kizaru.
11：Anonymous Pirate
Yeah.
He only lost because of protagonist plot armor.
13：Anonymous Pirate
If it’s current Luffy, he beats Enel easily though, right?
“He’s Basically the Strongest” Takes
14：Anonymous Pirate
Even Big Mom would lose if Enel just dropped lightning from a safe spot in the sky.
22：Anonymous Pirate
>>14
For real.
Drop Raigo from the sky and you’d instantly wipe out the Big Mom Pirates.
52：Anonymous Pirate
>>14
Wouldn’t Zeus just absorb it?
17：Anonymous Pirate
But his bounty cap is like 500 million max, right?
20：Anonymous Pirate
Mochi (Katakuri) is just a superior version of rubber lol.
23：Anonymous Pirate
An ability that literally doesn’t work on the protagonist (lightning) is hilarious.
Yonko, Admirals, and Sky Advantage Arguments
30：Anonymous Pirate
Oda (author): “But he can’t rule the world.”
Reader: Question!!
If God Enel came down to the Blue Sea, how high would his bounty be?
And what would happen to the Blue Sea?
Would Enel take over the world?
Oda (author):
Good question, that’s interesting.
Considering how troublesome he is, his bounty would probably exceed 500 million.
Luffy was lucky because he was rubber.
But like Luffy said, there are monsters in the Blue Sea on a whole different level.
Enel can’t rule the world.
50：Anonymous Pirate
>>30
So when are those “way stronger than Enel” guys gonna show up?
161：Anonymous Pirate
>>50
Urouge: “Ohhh, say whatever you want.”
187：Anonymous Pirate
>>161
That old man Urouge who ran away from Skypiea scared of Enel is NG.
195：Anonymous Pirate
>>187
Enel only started acting tough after Urouge went down to the sea.
Haki, Awakening, and Author Commentary
32：Anonymous Pirate
Crocodile: “Losing to Luffy without Haki lol wwww”
38：Anonymous Pirate
>>32
The worst part about Crocodile isn’t losing to Luffy.
It’s that he knew about awakening and the New World and was still that weak.
37：Anonymous Pirate
His attack range is just insane.
40：Anonymous Pirate
Enel:
“Along with Mantra (Observation Haki), I use this lightning body to read radio waves and hear conversations.”
“If I hear some stupid chatter somewhere, I deliver judgment.
Covering the distance of an entire country is nothing.”
59：Anonymous Pirate
>>40
I love how he actually applies his power by combining ability and Haki.
41：Anonymous Pirate
Can Haki even nullify abilities?
Even if Armament lets you hit him, wouldn’t your hands go numb?
249：Anonymous Pirate
>>41
You can hit Kizaru who’s basically pure energy with Haki, so it’s probably fine (lol).
64：Anonymous Pirate
Author: “I gave the protagonist a weak ability (rubber).”
Enel (lightning): “This is insanely strong though!”
Logia Era Nostalgia and Bloodline Talk
76：Anonymous Pirate
Refine Enel under current balance:
・Mantra → still spreads via electricity
・Armament → no need
・Conqueror’s → doesn’t have it
・Awakening → environment turns into lightning. Broken.
Still strongest regardless of Haki.
183：Anonymous Pirate
>>76
Isn’t awakening only for Paramecia?
237：Anonymous Pirate
>>183
Akainu vs Aokiji changed an island’s climate,
so it’s probably the same kind of awakening.
93：Anonymous Pirate
Back when Enel and Crocodile were around, exploiting Logia weaknesses was fun.
Now everything just gets solved by Haki.
105：Anonymous Pirate
>>93
The “blood hardens sand” logic against Crocodile was great.
106：Anonymous Pirate
Luffy: Dragon’s son
Zoro
Nami
Usopp: dad is a Yonko crew member
Sanji: assassin family
Robin: Ohara
So yeah, it’s bloodline after all.
112：Anonymous Pirate
Strong from start to finish: Enel
Seemed strong then became weak: Doflamingo, Moria, Big Mom, Blackbeard
Just weak-looking: Marines, Buggy
152：Anonymous Pirate
Rayleigh:
“So many fierce beasts… impossible to count.
There are easily over 500 creatures right now that you (Luffy) can’t defeat.
If you don’t grow stronger, you won’t even sleep at night…”
Enel:
“Along with Mantra (Observation Haki), I use this lightning body to read radio waves and hear conversations.”
“If I hear pointless chatter somewhere, I deliver judgment.
Covering the distance of an entire country is nothing.”
Capone Bege:
“…!! I get it… fine then.
(The most troublesome one here…
A monster over 1 billion bounty who trained Observation Haki so much he can see slightly into the future!!)”
232：Anonymous Pirate
Was Luffy’s peak aggression the Crocodile fight?
Luffy:
“Even blood will make sand hard!!”
271：Anonymous Pirate
>>232
Yeah.
Crocodile:
“……Don’t get cocky.”
“You small fry…”
Luffy:
“No…”
“YOU’RE THE SMALL FRY!!!!!!!!!”
433：Anonymous Pirate
Enel has the coolest techniques in One Piece.
453：Anonymous Pirate
>>433
At the end of the day it’s just lightning attacks with different voltages though.
463：Anonymous Pirate
>>433
I like Crocodile too.
👉 Why Japanese Fans Still Rate Enel So Highly
This thread isn’t really about power scaling charts.
Japanese fans are reacting to design completeness.
Enel feels like a character whose abilities, awareness, range, and control all line up perfectly.
He doesn’t just hit hard—he operates on a godlike level.
👉 Matchup Loss, Not Conceptual Weakness
What keeps coming back is the same idea:
Enel didn’t lose because he was flawed—he lost because the story needed rubber to beat lightning.
To many readers, that makes him less outdated, not more.
He’s remembered as a relic of a time when abilities felt dangerous again.
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