User blog comment:WillofOP/Death Amongst the Strawhats?/@comment-1595565-20120711215719

It is impossible for the Straw Hats to die since they are the main characters. End of story. If you're going to cite Going Merry, that was a ship which was too damaged for further use. As for Nami and Usopp, two people of average human strength with no Haki of any kind to speak of fighting a Logia user who has the power to remove the oxygen from the air. Sounds like an even matchup if you ask me. They should have been able to take him with those stat pairings.