User blog comment:Dark Doctor/Jinbe vs. Luffy/@comment-80.239.242.46-20110619111610/@comment-3242083-20110619132127

There seem to be limits to the "shadow stealing" tho. Else why didn't he just grab Jinbe's shadow at marine fold and be done with it?

I can only speculate, but I guess the stronger one persons shadow is, the harder it is to take. And for one-on-one situations I have to disagree, there are far better fruits out there for that department.

Moriah's most dangerous abilities require "ramp up time" and planning. He had the full advantage at thriller bark with his whole zombie army around to use, which he created over the years.

However, if you throw him in pit together with any of the other Shichibukai, he would get his ass handed to him. No shadows to empower himself, no super strong zombie corps to utilize (Oars), only Doppelman and his ridiculous scissor blades at disposal.

I agree that his df is amazing and that he actually could become a dangerous force in the world (given enough time), but not in his current condition. Who knows, maybe he is back in action after the 2 years time-skip.