User blog comment:Casteless Dwarf/Who will face the new Yonko alliance?/@comment-108.83.222.210-20191005211442

We will just have to see whether or not the alliance lasts. Luffy has grown stronger, but I would like for him to face down a few more opponents to increase his haki and the skills of his crew. The marines seem to be staying out of this officially, but they are likely going to unofficially have CP-0 ready to act if necessary. As for the warlords, they were meant to bolster the power of the marines. They didn't need to be strong enough to be a threat to the Yonko directly, merely a threat to their power base. Let us say that a Yonko was to face off against all seven warlords working together. Would the Yonko win? Yes, but not before taking a lot of damage to their crews and power base which would leave them weakened against the marines and their fellow Yonko. That is the problem, of both sides cannot be sure of victory then it is best to introduce a wildcard to hopefully change that. It reminds me of one anime in which it was estimated that one group would cost one opponent roughly thirty percent of his strength in order to win against them. That certainly doesn't seem like much, but it would leave him vulnerable to this individual's rival whom he would have a fifty-fifty chance of winning against even under the best of circumstances. The weakness would likely spell his defeat and if he took care of his rival, the resulting fight would leave him weakened to the group that would take thirty percent of his strength to fight. Therefore the balance worked, until said group decided to toss out the entire system.