User blog comment:Dettles/Do Logia devil fruits matter now?/@comment-188.4.19.144-20130305104246

of course they do.unless you can fight one with haki or another method(and not just deliver a punch but to win,remember tashigi vs monet,tashigi could slash her but she wasnt fast enough to deliver a hit)a logia will win.luffy vs gasparde would have ended different if not for sanjis flour.

smoker is strong  logia and he has battle experience.he also has a huge scar on his face.somebody put   it there,but couldnot finish the job because smoker was stronger.