User blog comment:AYET/War in the middle of the sea - SHP with Jinbe as nakama/@comment-3075024-20120117121814/@comment-4754162-20120118010150

"even the odds" huh... plausible indeed. But just imagine Smoker-san and Tashigi being taken out by this cheap tactic... I mean what can Smoker-san do against Jinbe in the waters, and I do not think Tashigi - a non-DF user - being able to compete against Jinbe in the waters as well. Its going to be a good laugh (at Smoker) for losing 1st battle in NW after TS in this way (and thus further postpone the actual battle between him and Luffy). As for the others, I agree that many of the top tier pirates (e.g. yonko, old supernovas) will have some way of countering underwater attacks. SHP was lucky they have yet encounter a strong underwater fight pre-TS. And MDM-sama, a good morning to you!