User blog comment:AYET/Luffy alone or combined effort/@comment-10543621-20150517071143

I really don't understand people who say things like "what's the point of the 2 years training if Luffy still can't defeat his enemies".

It's like they didn't watch the entire Marineford arc AT ALL. The Marineford arc, and in fact the arcs before, including Impel Down and Saboady were there purely to demonstrate the Luffy CANNOT keep up with the enemies that are showing up. In Marineford, Luffy more or less could only defeat fodder soldiers. He was nowhere even near a match for any of the Admirals. Heck, he wouldn't even have been able to defeat the generic Vice-admirals.

His strength at that point compared to some of the more powerful characters that were shown including the WB division captains and the Shichibukai was basically peanuts. A lot of the characters shown during the Marineford war were kinda up there in terms of abilities and were more or less well matched. They were able to fight with each other, but most of the fights had no clear victor. Examples include Marco and Jozu holding their own against the Admirals, but obviously unable to defeat them, people like Mihawk and Vista clashing, etc.

And then there was the almighty Whitebeard who clearly outclassed everyone, including Sakazuki, and was only brought down due to old age, and assaults from an uncountable number of people.

Luffy was nothing compared to them. That was the entire reason he called for the 2 years of training before entering New World. It wasn't to become powerful enough to defeat everyone, it was to become powerful enough to stand a fighting chance. A pirate essentially puts his life on the line. That's more or less in the job description. His training WAS very fruitful, the fact that he can now stand against someone like Doffy, who need I remind you, had many many more years of experience as a pirate, and is easily up there as a top level character. OP characters all have a shit load of endurance. Once you're strong enough to fight the strong people, the next key point is basically outlasting each other.

Another thing people tend to miss is the fact that One Piece is about a group of people voyaging together and supporting one another. That's the whole point of being in a crew with diversity.

So to answer the question, Luffy has always obtained help from his friends. That has been the case since the beginning. He tends to be the one to finish off the strongest adversary, but that's because that's his role as a captain. Yet, he has never done that without the help of his friends. Doffy is no exception. Luffy has had plenty of help, and this 10 mins will again require the help of others. I see him running around trying to avoid getting killed by Doffy for the next 10 mins. The random colosseum fighters will try their best to take attacks for him. Sabo will probably help out once or twice as well while he's dealing with Burgess. Eventually, Luffy will still finish off Doflamingo.