User blog comment:JMGkage/Best Devil Fruit type/@comment-24568337-20140417142434/@comment-3425840-20140419210333

I think you are misinterpreting what haki does. Haki (bushoshuko haki) merely allows the user to touch the body of a fruit user bypassing the fruits defense. It does not give any extra boost against Logia, rather just neutralizes the defense.

It can also neutralize Paramacia defense, so Logia is useless in New World because haki is more abundant there is not the case.

The offensive power of the Logia stays the same regardless of the use of haki - just the defense is nullified.

So then it basically ends up with a regular defense plus Logia offense scenario.

The same is true for Paramecia - Luffy's Gomu Gomu defense was botched by Sentomaru's haki - remember?

So unless the particular Logia's offense is weaker than the particular Paramecia's offense, Logia still rules. And on the average a Logia has more destructive power than a Paramecia...

The only few Paramecia on par with top level Logia offense are Gura Gura, Niku Niku, Ito Ito, Ope Ope, Doku Doku etc (mind you, there are way more Paramecia available than Logia - so to statically match 5 powerful Logia, at least 20 powerful Paramecia is needed - as far as average is concerned).

As for Enel vs Luffy - well it was basically a case of Kryptonite - rubber is the natural enemy of lightning - it had nothing to do with the fruit being Paramecia - anyone in a good rubber suit could also do the same thing (provided he/she had enough physical power to back it up).