User blog comment:AYET/Three strikes and yer out/@comment-22857866-20130207191325/@comment-3569609-20130207212014

Why wouldn't Luffy have gone all out against Hody? Luffy won, but not by a landslide either~

And with legitimately I meant whitout the help of luck/coincidence or external help. And Laws attack wasn't exactly an element of suprise, he just hid himself behind the rock  under  Smokers attack and used Mes. Since Smoker couldn't see Law anyway it wouldn't have mattered whether he knew about Mes or not, this was just a case of a tactic.