Donquixote Doflamingo/Abilities and Powers

Overview
Yes. To be honest, we'd only get in the way!! Look!! Even the man with the same Seven Warlords title as Doflamingo... Trafalgar Law... is in that terrible state!!! As the captain of the Donquixote Pirates and a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Donquixote Doflamingo is an extremely powerful pirate who had had complete authority over the two thousand soldiers and eleven officers of his pirate crew. He was active in the realm of underworld brokering (including slavery, drugs, production and distribution of weapons of mass destruction, and Devil Fruit trafficking) in the New World, and the most resourceful and influential broker there was.

In addition, he was the king of Dressrosa, which gave him dominion over an entire kingdom. However, upon his defeat at the hands of Luffy, Doflamingo was stripped of his title of king. Being able to deceive the entire world that he resigned from the Seven Warlords is considered to be an impossible feat by anyone less than a World Noble, as Doflamingo was indeed one, which gave him the privilege to do as he pleased on a global scale, without any fear of repercussions. Upon his father dragging him away from such a luxurious life he lost all the privileges; however, he has managed to obtain knowledge of the Mary Geoise's national treasure, which, when used in combination with the powers of the Ope Ope no Mi, could shake the foundations of the world, a fact he used to blackmail the Celestial Dragons when they failed to kill him, allowing him to regain (to a limited extent) the privileges of a Celestial Dragon and mobilize CP0 to falsify his resignation from the Seven Warlords. As further proof of his power, he faced off against former Warlord Crocodile and later emerged unharmed. He similarly showed no fear of Admiral Fujitora.

Ten years before the current storyline, Doflamingo managed to steal monetary tributes meant for the World Nobles, blackmailing the World Government and allowing him to earn the status of Warlord. By that time, his reputation was also enough to intimidate King Riku Doldo III to try and gather a massive sum of 10,000,000,000 from Dressrosa's citizens to avoid fighting against him.

He is the only member of the Seven Warlords known to fight and seriously injure one of his colleagues, Gecko Moria (though he was aided by a small group of Pacifistas and Moria had yet to recover from his injuries from the war). Whoever ordered him to take out Moria apparently had enough confidence in his strength to have him kill a fellow Warlord, and was highly disappointed when he allowed Moria to escape before the final blow could be dealt. Doflamingo claimed that the one who gave him the order to kill Moria was of higher rank than the then fleet admiral, Sengoku, those being either the Five Elders or Commander-in-Chief Kong, or somebody else of high rank within the World Government.

Doflamingo is such a formidable threat that Law suggested that if the pirate resigns from his position, Marine Headquarters will send their top fighters, the admirals, to capture him. This was also shown when Kuzan told Smoker to immediately warn Sakazuki about Doflamingo, and that the fleet admiral should dispatch the admirals. His superiority over the lower-ranked Marines was enforced when Doflamingo toyed around with Vice Admirals Mozambia and Stainless, and then later defeated Vice Admiral Smoker, both occasions with tremendous ease, showing that he has the ability to take down at least a Vice Admiral at Smoker's level (who's formidable as a Logia-type Devil Fruit user). He is so strong that Law, a Super Rookie and a Warlord, chose not to fight until he encountered Doflamingo to save energy and have a higher chance against him. In the anime, he is feared by the bloodthirsty Fighting Fish, who are known for their extreme ferocity, as evidenced when a school of them around Green Bit, who were attacking the Thousand Sunny, fled in terror when they saw him approaching the ship.

Aside from his tremendous combat skills, Doflamingo had an international level of influence, being a Warlord and an infamous pirate. Several countries at war relied upon him and his operations to provide weapons for them. His defeat and capture made them unable to support themselves any longer and forced many of them to surrender. He was also known as Joker, the most powerful broker in the Underworld, and had Kaidou of the Beasts, who was considered to be one of the Four Emperors, as his main business partner. He had the Bellamy Pirates under his authority, as well as powerful subordinates such as Vice Admiral Vergo and Monet, as well as formerly Trafalgar Law, who was a fellow Warlord. He had Vergo installed into the Marines as a spy, thus having a trusted and convenient Marine under his command. Doflamingo was also associated with the former World Government scientist, Caesar Clown, but did not trust him and placed Monet as a deep cover agent to monitor his actions. He declared Caesar Clown to be his direct subordinate, which in turn instantly cleared all of Caesar's crimes and could not be arrested by the government any longer. Upon being defeated this is rendered null and void, as such he is a criminal once again.

In addition, Doflamingo was the owner of the once-most popular Human Auctioning House at the Sabaody Archipelago, but gave it to Disco when he lost interest in slave-trading in favor of the Summit War of Marineford, the SMILE business, and the New Age. His abandonment of the auction hall made it succumb to ruination, further demonstrating the power of his influence (and the consequences for the lack of it). He seemed to have a lot of connections as he was able to acquire the reborn Mera Mera no Mi.

Physical Abilities
Donquixote Doflamingo is one of the most powerful pirates to appear on the Grand Line so far, and, appropriately, was the first opponent that forced Monkey D. Luffy into using his Gear 4 technique in the New World. He possesses an outstanding level of physical prowess and has displayed vast superhuman strength, spryness, dexterity and speed, with excellent reaction time. Doflamingo has also shown considerable hand-to-hand combat expertise, specializing in a kick-based style of combat, as he was able to badly wound Law with a single roundhouse kick, and fluidly dodged his attack in an instant.

Agility and Reflexes
Doflamingo has considerable reflexes and agility. He was able to dodge Oars Jr.'s attacks with relative ease and completely jumped over Oars Jr.'s gigantic body. He was fast enough to escape through the eye of Crocodile's sandstorm and exit unscathed. He is incredibly swift, being able to avoid a Gear 2 Luffy's attacks by quickly disappearing from view.

Strength and Endurance
A testament to his resistance to damage is that over the course of the series until the Dressrosa Arc, he had never been injured by any other character during a battle. This is noteworthy as he was present in the war between the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates, a battle in which most of the series' strongest individuals, such as Sengoku, were in some way injured. He also showed enough strength to equally clash against Crocodile's hook with just a kick. When Baby 5 attacked him and actually hit him with an explosive round, one that he did not even attempt to dodge, Doflamingo took no damage at all and continued his conversation, not even paying attention to it. He also effortlessly dodged all other attacks from her. He blocked a Diable Jambe-enhanced kick from Sanji with his knee and defended against the subsequent barrage of kicks that followed with his arm without taking damage; an impressive feat since Sanji's kicks can effortlessly break through buildings, users of Tekkai, and even the stronger-than-steel body of a Pacifista.

Even with his already impressive speed and reflexes, Doflamingo possesses a monstrous amount of durability, pain-tolerance, and stamina. Even as an 8-year old—freshly out of the inner circle of the Celestial Dragons and therefore still physically weak from being pampered—he survived the various tortures the mob put him through, never breaking in nor begging, and instead swore revenge. Part of Rosinante's reason for seeing his brother as a monster is this refusal to submit to the pain as Rosinante and Homing did. He managed to prevent himself from being completely frozen by Kuzan, as shortly after the ice encased him, he shattered the frozen prison, showing absolutely no pain or discomfort from doing so. He took a direct attack from Luffy's Red Hawk, a move that caused even an Energy Steroid-enhanced Hody Jones to spew blood, and recovered in mere moments, though he did cough up a little bit of blood upon being struck. However, Law stated shortly afterwards that the attack only managed to inflict superficial damage to the Warlord. Even after taking Law's Gamma Knife, which was then quickly followed by a point-blank Counter Shock, which ruptured his organs, he was able to stitch them back together and continue fighting Luffy. Despite taking numerous blows from Luffy in Gear 4, which sent Doflamingo rocketing through dozens of buildings and a mountain, he was still able to fight and even control his Haki and awakened Devil Fruit powers. Furthermore, despite being so severely beaten and injured, Doflamingo only showed few signs of fatigue and was able to fight dozens of powerful gladiators and defeat them all with little effort. Even after all this, it took Luffy's tremendously powerful King Kong Gun to finally knock him unconscious. Despite the force of the impact being capable of devastating the entire island of Dressrosa, he was able to survive. He also has an exceptional recovery rate, as he quickly regained consciousness after his intense battle against Luffy and Law, and only had a few bandages to show for it.



Furthermore, he has tremendous physical might; his great leg strength allowed him to produce a 360° razor-sharp shockwave, which was powerful enough to instantly cut through all three towers of Dressrosa's royal palace in one swing, similar to Kaku's Rankyaku: Amane Dachi, but using only one leg and without the preparatory spinning. Because of his height, width, size, and build, he can effortlessly carry around a full grown human being without tiring, like the former Warlord, Trafalgar Law. He even managed to give Luffy a devastating kick even though he was defending with Busoshoku Haki, a maneuver which Luffy was able to easily block an Energy-Steroid enhanced Hody Jones with, while at the same time sustaining no injuries. Additionally, he was able to collapse a large section of a mountain, which he was deeply embedded in, by simply exiting from it.

Tactical Skills
He is well-versed in psychological warfare, as he prepared to use the Mera Mera no Mi as bait to break apart the alliance between Luffy and Law, believing that Luffy would never allow anyone else to have it. True enough, after learning of the fruit being offered as the grand prize at the Corrida Colosseum, Luffy immediately entered himself into the contest to try to win it. This displays great insight from Doflamingo towards other people. He also used his influence to have the media print out falsified news of his resignation from the Seven Warlords of the Sea in order to set a trap for his foes. Upon Sugar's defeat, Doflamingo regained control over Dressrosa via turning everyone else against his enemies with prize money and the chance to survive, showing ample strategic preparation and flexibility. Doflamingo also demonstrated good analytical skills, as he was able to identify weaknesses of Law´s Devil Fruit after witnessing it several times and he was also able to determine the benefits and skills Luffy's Gear 4 gives him after it was used against him.

Devil Fruit


Doflamingo ate the Ito Ito no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows him to create and control strings. His strings are incredibly durable and razor-sharp, making them able to cut, pierce, block, bind, or bash his opponents. The strings are extremely thin and some may even be invisible, making it almost impossible to notice and avoid them.

The strings have incredible cutting power, which allow Doflamingo to effortlessly slice off his opponent's body parts and cut weapons apart. He could even use his strings to slash a gigantic meteor into tiny pieces. Depending on how he uses his power, Doflamingo can go as far as to cut an entire country to ribbons. He can also shoot strings at his opponent like a bullet, giving them great piercing power.

He can combine and compress a large number of strings into rope, allowing him to attack with blunt force. He can also use strings to create an immensely sturdy protective barrier web, which can halt debris and powerful Haki-enhanced blows in their tracks. In the case of an emergency, Doflamingo can use strings to repair his internal organs as a crude way to staunch the worst effects, though it is not considered actual healing or regeneration.

Doflamingo can attach strings to his opponent's body, allowing him to puppeteer their body; he can make his victims move to his will by moving his fingers accordingly. Doflamingo mainly uses this power to force comrades to fight (and even kill) each other, while Doflamingo himself sits at the sidelines and watches. His victims are unable to resist his puppet strings and are therefore rendered completely helpless. He has shown himself capable of controlling large amounts of people at the same time without any apparent effort. This ability is even powerful enough to stop the incredibly physically strong "Diamond" Jozu in his tracks.



He can also travel in midair by attaching his strings to clouds, as seen when he did so to cross over the seas to reach Punk Hazard from Dressrosa. Currently the only known limitation of his sky traveling ability is that he cannot use it where there are no clouds, meaning that if the sky is clear, he loses his ability to fly.

Doflamingo has achieved Devil Fruit Awakening, granting him the power to transform non-living things in his surroundings into strings that he can freely manipulate.

Haki
Doflamingo is one of the very few people in the world who is capable of using all three forms of Haki.

Haoshoku Haki


Doflamingo is a capable user of Haoshoku Haki, as shown when he knocked out the majority of the G-5 Marines at Punk Hazard. Doflamingo's Haoshoku Haki first awakened when he was around ten years old, when being pursued again by North Blue citizens who tried to continuously torture his family in revenge, knocking them all out, thus saving him.

Busoshoku Haki


Doflamingo is an extremely skilled user of Busoshoku Haki, which he used conjunction with his Devil Fruit ability to cut Smoker, a Logia user, seriously wounding him at Punk Hazard. He was also able to harden his body and clothing enough to resist Luffy's Jet Gatling without any visible injury and counterattack with a Haki-enhanced punch that injured Luffy and sent him flying back a considerable distance. His Busoshoku Haki is strong enough to counter Law's spatial slicing powers, though it was still not strong enough to defend against the sharpness of Law's sword, as he cut his hand slightly after grasping the blade.

Weapons


Doflamingo was given an obsidian-black flintlock pistol with luxurious gold plating by Trebol at 10 years old. Doflamingo was first seen using it after he defeated Trafalgar D. Water Law at Dressrosa, firing three shots in rapid succession to brutally wound Law. It was loaded with lead ammunition, infecting Law with lead poison as a mocking reference to Law's past with the Amber Lead Syndrome. This pistol was apparently reserved for Doflamingo to kill people he particularly disliked, as he used it to kill his father and brother.

10 years ago, he was also shown using a sword when he nearly executed King Riku Doldo III.