User blog comment:D.Dragon123/Why Haoshoku haki is useless./@comment-5962458-20130114225530/@comment-1595565-20130114230400

The two haki are not related at all. We don't even know if Shanks intended to use it at Marineford since everyone on WB's ship was knocked out when he came on board, meaning he doesn't control it. The idea that one augments the other is complete crap.