User blog comment:Blumenblatt/Robin's Strength/@comment-134.36.205.209-20161208100328/@comment-25270312-20161208140146

In the Alabasta arc, I would argue that she was. I think she would have been able to disarm him unawares, and while Zoro probably had more durability then Pell, ultimately, Robin being able to interrupt the sword techniques and footwork of Alabasta-level Zoro would have at the very least made for a tough fight for him. I'd have to disagree with at least Brook and Chopper. I think that her tactical abilities and devil's fruit combined with observation and armament haki would make her a deadly force. She can now sprout giant limbs. If she had armament haki to reinforce that, she could even take down a monster chopper before he really knew what hit him. I still think she'd be able to disarm Brook even in her current state and would be able to resist his musical illusions, being one of the most logical characters in the series. All of that said, if Robin doesn't improve, I don't believe that she could defeat a BB pirate. It would be like a repeat of Nami vs. Ms. Doublefinger but not make any sense because they're the freaking BB pirates. I mean if Van Augr shoting a bird from an island not yet visible to the people it fell on, and Burgess's unbelievably fast Colosseum victory indicate anything, it's that Robin is not in any state to go against the BB crew yet.