User blog comment:WhitzellBlood/Blackbeard's Possible Power Boost After the Two Year Skip/@comment-3119203-20101213235840

Blackbeard has easily mastered his powers by now, and as for him being a coward, i dont think this is true. he was brave enought to fight toe-to-toe with ace, whitebeard, magellan, and possibly shanks. he is strong enough to take all of ace's attacks and even whitebeards and sengoku's without backing down, and he appeared unhurt later. I agree that he is the coolest antagonist, but I cant really see him having a huge fleet like whitebeards. His crew is probably around their strength, but no more than 15 guys. Also, blackbeard was strong enough to be a division commander, even without his debil fruit, so he is not to be underestimated. the only reason he gets hurt a lot is because he talks too much. Who knows, he may get more devil fruits later on, so it will be tough for luffy to beat him, but he will use his own sheer physical strength to take him out. The matchups I disagree with, but I have my own blog for that. Nice post