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Donquixote Doflamingo

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“ Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have changed throughout all of history. Kids who have never seen war and kids who have never seen peace will have entirely different values... Justice will prevail? Of course it will! Because whoever wins is Justice! „
~ Donquixote Doflamingo

Summary

The third of the Seven Warlords to be formally introduced, Donquixote Doflamingo (ドンキホーテ・ドフラミンゴ Donkihōte Dofuramingo?) is captain of the Donquixote Pirates and the former king of Dressrosa. Sly, rude and disrespectful towards the World Government, Doflamingo is very sadistic towards others and seems to delight in causing and participating in chaos. However, he is affectionate towards his crew, who in turn all respect him, referring to him as "Doffy".

He has eaten the String-String Fruit, which allows him to produce strings and literally manipulate people like puppets, sever limbs with ease, and travel across the sky. He is also one of the few known users of Conqueror's Haki to exist.

Fitting in with his "puppetmaster" motif, Doflamingo works as the underworld's top broker under the alias "Joker", and has many connections, including planting moles in the Marines, selling weapons to countries to provoke war, and formerly oversaw a massive slavery ring that catered towards the Celestial Dragon nobility. His most important partnership is with Kaido, who he keeps happy by producing artificial Zoan Devil Fruits known as "Smileys" to maintain Kaido's beast army. He is a believer in the New Age, an era where pirates focus on what's around them rather than embark on pursuits of romanticism.

After the time skip, his influence is felt starting from the Punk Hazard arc and finally culminates with him becoming the main antagonist of the Dressrosa arc. After a series of long, grueling battles, his pirate crew was defeated, with Doflamingo himself has beaten by Monkey D. Luffy with Trafalgar Law's aid. Due to Issho's actions, the World Government couldn't cover up his activities and had no choice but to strip Doflamingo of his Warlord title.

It has been revealed that he was a former Celestial Dragon before losing his status.

Prior to joining the Warlords, his bounty was 340,000,000 Berries. Since he was arrested immediately following his defeat, it has not been reinstated.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 6-C, higher with Buso and String-String Fruit, 6-B with Awakening | 6-C with Black Knight

Key: Real Body | Black Knight

Name: Donquixote Doflamingo, epithet "Ten Yasha" meaning "Heavenly Demon", sometimes uses the codename "Joker".

Origin: One Piece

Gender: Male

Age: 39 (Pre-Timeskip) | 41 (Post-Timeskip)

Classification: Human, Former Shichibukai, Former King of Dressrosa, Former World Noble, Captain of the Donquixote Pirates, Underworld Broker, Paramecia Devil Fruit User

Powers and Abilities:

Resistance to:

  • Heat Manipulation (Was unaffected by Sanji's Diable Jambe despite the latter's ability to harm the opponent's bones with it)
  • Ice Manipulation (Thawed himself free from Kuzan's ice)
  • Madness Manipulation, Mind Manipulation &Soul Manipulation via Willpower (Through sheer willpower they can resist losing their mind when absorbing shadows through the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. Shadows belonging to strong willed people are difficult to control, allowing them to rebel against Moria's pact which usually immediately submits a shadow to his supremacy and orders. Spiritual energy is contained within one's soul/life; this energy is represented by the fighting power or the Haki itself. Those with strong souls, which are homologous to shadows, resist the effects of Brook's soul manipulation)


Attack Potency: Island level+ physically (Harmed Law[1] and and shook Green Bit alongside him during their battle[2]. Deflected Law's Injection Shot with a kick[3][Statistics Values 1]) or with String-String Fruit (One-shot Smoker and almost killed him[4]. Drew blood from Sanji with Pentachromatic String[5]. Pierced through Trafalgar Law's body with many of his attacks, such as Bullet String[1] and Fallbright[3]. Sent Luffy flying and harmed him through his Armament Haki defense with Athlete[6][Statistics Values 2]), Country level with Awakening (Despite being inferior, Doflamingo was able to hold Gear 4th Luffy at bay for over 20 minutes, forcing him to dodge his attacks[Statistics Values 3]) | Island level+ with Black Knight (Pressured Trafalgar Law, and could hurt and overpower Gear Two Luffy[Statistics Values 4])

Speed: At least Relativistic+ (Faster than Gear 2nd Luffy. Blocked and dodged attacks from Trafalgar Law, and could keep up with Diable Jambe Sanji), possibly higher reactions (Reacted to attacks from Bounceman Luffy, although Luffy has had moments where he has blitzed Doflamingo) | At least Relativistic+ (Comparable to Gear Two Luffy)

Lifting Strength: At least Class T physically (Was able to clash with Luffy several times, could hold down Smoker), higher with his threads, at least Class P with the Birdcage (The combined efforts of Zoro, Fujitora, the Colosseum Fighters, and many more strong fighters were barely capable of stopping his Birdcage. A meteor as heavy as this could not dent the Birdcage and was sliced instead[Statistics Values 5])

Striking Strength: Island level+, higher with Buso and String-String Fruit (He can use his string on top of his kicks to deal more damage) | Island level+ with Black Knight (Capable of forcing both Law and Luffy back with its attacks)

Durability: Island level+ (Casually blocked Sanji's Diable Jambe kicks with no damage. Tanked Gear Two Luffy's Eagle Bazooka and regarded it as being "fast enough, but not carrying any weight" despite being previously injured by Law's Gamma Knife), higher with String-String Fruit (Scaling to his Attack Potency) and Armament Haki (Took Luffy's Jet Gatling, which completely destroyed Doflamingo's Black Knight who is this durable. Although inferior, he withstood several blows from Gear Four Luffy, who resorted to a stronger attack via King Kong Gun to put Doflamingo down for good), Country level with Awakening | Island level+ with Black Knight (Could clash against Trafalgar Law and Gear Two Luffy)

Stamina: Superhuman (Has displayed monstrous endurance, comparable of that to Monkey D. Luffy. Shrugged off one of Luffy's Red-Hawks, which sent an explosion through his torso, and an injection attack from Law that went through his stomach. Despite both attacks wounding him to some extent, they had no noticeable effect on his fighting ability. Doflamingo stayed conscious after having taken Law's Gamma Knife to his chest, which resulted in an explosion completely destroying all of Doflamingo's organs, sending smoke and blood out of his mouth--fatally injuring him without leaving any exterior wounds. This was then followed up with a kick from Luffy to the same location, and Law electrocuting him, but Doflamingo was capable of standing up merely seconds later despite the damage and pain while only having started patching his organs up with Sufuku Sagyo and continued his fight against Luffy. He shrugged off many attacks after this, and later withstood attacks from Gear 4th Bound Man Luffy and even outmatched Luffy in a battle of attrition, as Luffy fell unable to move due to utilizing Gear Four too much, while Doflamingo was still capable of fighting with only moderate lapses while Luffy required some time to recover. After all of this, it took the effort of Luffy's strongest attack to keep Doflamingo down--resulting in both passing out. Doflamingo was later seen having a casual talk with Tsuru, only having a bandage on his forehead and being in good condition otherwise [though it is unknown if he woke up soon after his fight with Luffy, or a couple of days after the fight])

Range: Tens to Hundreds of Meters with physical strikes (Destroyed three palace towers with the shock-wave of his kick, with the shockwave going off panel). Kilometers with Conqueror's Haki (The Haki clash with Luffy engulfed the entire Flower Hill), Tens of Kilometers with threads (Overheat destroyed one of the buildings in Dressrosa while Doflamingo was somewhere between Dressrosa and Green-bit. He encased the entirety of Dressrosa in his Bird-Cage). At least Kilometers with Observation Haki (Was overseeing the events transpiring on the Flower Hill)

Standard Equipment: A pink feathered coat and flint-lock pistol (though he only utilizes the latter in cases where he is about to execute an opponent via humiliation).

Intelligence: Genius (A man obsessed with having power, Doflamingo seizes every opportunity for his own personal gain. He is a tactical genius and the head of a worldwide criminal empire, manipulating the royalty of Dressrosa to conquer the country in a single night while retaining widespread popularity as its king, selling black market goods to entities around the world, including two of the Four Emperors without the World Government's knowledge while abusing his position as the king of a nation and a member of the Shichibukai to maintain political immunity. Wily and perceptive, he instantly saw through Trafalgar Law's plan to unseat him as a Shichibukai, planting false information in newspapers and manipulating events to successfully capture Law by pitting him against both an Admiral and Doflamingo himself while trapping Monkey D. Luffy within the Dressrosa's Corrida Coliseum with the promise of the Mera Mera no Mi to keep the Straw Hats from interfering. In battle, he is extremely well-versed in the use of his Devil Fruit, using his threads to quickly repair himself from Law's Gamma Knife despite being brought to the verge of death and going on to prove himself superior to Luffy in hand-to-hand combat and the use of his Devil Fruit, forcing the latter to utilize Gear Fourth to gain an advantage. He is also pragmatic enough to utilize his Birdcage technique as soon as he was outed by the Straw Hats and Law, using monetary rewards and promises of mercy to turn potential enemies against each other and buy additional time for himself. After killing his father at the age of 10, Doflamingo developed psychological damage to the point where he would begin to smile and laugh uncontrollably.)

Standard Tactics: Following the theme of his personality and Devil Fruit ability, Doflamingo approaches combat in a mocking, yet shrewd manner. He takes heavy advantage of his opponent's temper, and the range in which he can use his collective abilities.

  • In combat, his first instinct is to aggravate his opponent in order to disrupt their mood and lure them into attacking recklessly, or dropping their guard all together. Upon being successful, Doflamingo generally capitalizes on this by using his ability to take control of his opponent's body, with the intention of either maiming or even killing them. He's most comfortable while in control of engagements, and usually keeps his abilities a mystery before surprising his target with sudden attacks from varying angles. If his opponent is highly aggressive, this works into his favor, as he will make it seem he is forced to rely on defense, when he is truly using his powers of observation and strings to blind-side his opponent when they least expect it. As a result, Doflamingo is most effective when working as a defensive combatant through trickery and brutality.
    • However, if his efforts are countered through the discovery of his abilities and his opponent's ability to circumvent them, he is forced to fight head-on, which is not his typical form of fighting, and thus his weakest. While he is still highly effective as the aggressor in the fight, he has been seen receiving grazing strikes from Trafalgar Law despite being victorious, and has taken several blows from Monkey D. Luffy due to underestimating his fighting ability and strength. Upon being angered, Doflamingo has been seen overextending, leaving himself open to counter attack, but this does not guarantee that an opponent will successfully injure him, as he can still use his Busoshoku Haki to defend himself without resorting to movement.

Weaknesses: Standard Devil Fruit users weaknesses. He has a very pronounced god complex, having a deep-seated arrogance about his self-worth being above others, which, while it does not have a direct affect on his effectiveness in combat, does affect his overall thought process, which can be exploited if approached a specific way, such as when Trafalgar Law revealed his connection to the family of D to surprise and anger him, leaving him open for an attack.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Haki (覇気はき?) There are normally two types of Haki regular people can tap into: the Observation Haki which allows individuals to sense the presence of others, and Armament Haki which allows individuals to create an invisible armor around them. There is, however, a third type of Haki, Conqueror's Haki, that only a few individuals can use. Doflamingo is one of these individuals.

  • Conqueror's Haki (覇は王おう色しょくの覇気はき Haōshoku Haki?): Doflamingo has displayed Proficiency with this type of Haki, matching Monkey D. Luffy in a Haki Clash for some time despite being grievously injured, capable of covering several kilometers with his aura and also causing the air around him to discharge when clashing with any resistance.
  • Armament Haki (武ぶ装そう色しょくの覇気はき Busōshoku Haki?): Doflamingo has displayed some proficiency in applying this type of Haki. He is capable of applying Armament: Hardening over at one-third of his body at once, covering the tips of all of his Awakened threads, and applying Haki onto his normal threads as well. He's been able to successfully apply this ability on a whim without causing himself to become exhausted when using this type of haki over extended periods.
  • Observation Haki (見聞けんぶん色しょくの覇気はき Kenbunshoku no Haki?): Doflamingo has displayed a proficient level of this type of Haki. He was able to watch over the entire Flower Hill with his Haki, suggesting at least a few kilometers in range, and is capable of occasionally seeing premonitions of the future. He was capable of keeping up with Gear Four Luffy despite the latter's large advantage in speed, reacted to Sanji in his blind spot before he could get an attack off, and reacted to a statement Fujitora was going to make well before he finished it.

String-String Fruit (イトイトの実み Ito Ito no Mi?): A Paramecia-class Devil Fruit that allows the user to restrain and/or manipulate people with strings, or even use the strings as means to cut through matter or even body parts. The strings can also be used to connect clouds, thus providing air transportation. His individual threads are so thin that the naked eye struggles to even see them without actively searching for their location and may even be perceived as invisible.

  • Sora no Michi (空そらの道みち?): Doflamingo attaches his strings to clouds, allowing him to move through the air. The evident drawback is that if there are no clouds within reach, he can't use this technique but can, however, apply this ability indefinitely while within the 'Birdcage'.
  • Penta-Chromatic String (五ご色糸しきいと Goshikīto?): Doflamingo's signature attack. He has a string coming from each of his five fingers, increasing the range of his attacks and granting them the ability to cut targets with his arm swipes.
  • Parasite String (寄生糸パラサイト Parasaito?): By shooting out and attaching a string to his target's cervical at the nape of their neck, Doflamingo is able to control his victim's body. He can do this to multiple people at once (controlled King Riku and many of his soldiers at the same time), and from several kilometers away. Parasite String attacks the nape of a humanoid target's neck, taking over their physical movements and controlling them at will while the victim is conscious and capable of begging for it to stop. Doflamingo sometimes uses a single one of these threads at once but has been seen making a small area rain with these threads, such as when he took over the marines in Dressrosa, and the soldiers 10 years prior.
    • Doflamingo also has the ability to use his threads to wrap around his target's limbs, restricting or controlling their movement in a different method, though targets that are physically strong enough are capable of breaking out of it through sheer strength
  • Overheat (超過鞭糸オーバーヒート Ōbāhīto?): Doflamingo shoots a thick rope made of strings from his palm and whips it at the target. The thread generates enough heat to the point in which it is lit ablaze. Overheat's range can go from the sky of Green Bit all the way to Dressrosa, a distance of many kilometers, and is strong enough to cut through a building at that range as shown when he attempted to execute Sanji.
  • Tamaito (Bullet String): Doflamingo points at his opponent with his index finger and fires a string from it as if he were firing a gun. While normally seen applying the ability with his index finger, he can fire Bullet Strings from all ten of his fingers simultaneously (as shown when he tried to execute Robin and Trafalgar Law after Trebol self-destructed).
  • Black Knight (影騎糸ブラックナイト Burakku Naito?): Doflamingo forms a clone of himself, made entirely out of string. Doflamingo can then manipulate the clone from a far distance, but the clone seems somewhat capable of operating independently (fought Luffy off-panel while Doflamingo himself focused on fighting Trafalgar Law). Doflamingo has shown great skill in manipulating his clone to orchestrate combined attacks with his real body, such as a double Penta-Chromatic String. Even a single clone is very strong, able to fight equally with Law and hurt Luffy with its strikes. It even deflected Luffy's attacks with ease. This clone can also continue fighting after losing its head, and can only be destroyed when bisected or ripped into pieces.
  • Fallbright (降無頼糸フルブライト Furuburaito?): Doflamingo creates five detached strings from his hand and throws them downwards to impale his target from above.
  • String Saw (糸鋸いとのこ Itonoko?): Doflamingo creates a string from the heel of his foot and attaches the other end to his leg. Holding the opponent down with his arms, he then uses the taut string as a saw to sever the opponent's limb. The produced cut is rather jagged, making it very hard to reattach any severed limbs.
  • Athlito (Leg Shave String): Doflamingo grows several threads from his foot, increasing the speed and power of his kick by using his thread manipulation to accelerate his kick before contacting an enemy. The threads should also be capable of cutting enemies it comes into contact with similarly to Penta-Chromatic String. This was first seen used against Luffy, who, despite blocking the blow with his arms while also using Armament Haki, still took damage and was sent flying before being caught by Trebol.
  • Spider Web (蜘蛛くもの巣すがき Kumo no Sugaki?): A defensive technique. As the name implies, Doflamingo creates a huge web made of string that protects him from incoming projectiles. The threads are created from his palm and attach themselves to the surrounding environment and the Birdcage. This was first used to block a massive piece of the Dressrosa Royal Palace, thrown at him by Law's powers.
  • Birdcage (鳥篭とりかご Torikago?): Doflamingo's last resort over Dressrosa, in the event Sugar faints and the citizens rebel, which is meant for him to entrap and kill everyone before they could escape and reveal the country's dark secret. From a clone of himself, which he created from a massive bundle of strings, it unravels itself and spreads into the sky. The strings then spread over the outside borders of Dressrosa island, creating a massive razor-sharp wire domed force-field, slicing anyone who tries to pass through it and severs the signals of the Den Den Mushi to the outside world. The strings would then spread into the cage's confines, attaching to the victims within, allowing Doflamingo to use his Parasite String technique at a mass scale, forcing them to kill each other. Doflamingo is granted access to Spider Web within the cage since utilizing it in most outdoor environments would be virtually impossible. The Birdcage also grants Doflamingo access to fly anywhere within it via attaching his threads to the cage.
  • Shufuku Sagyo (修しゅう復ふく作さ業ぎょう Shūfuku Sagyō?): Activated should Doflamingo receive any injuries, whether externally or internally, he has the ability to create threads from the inside of his body as a means to reconstruct his tissue and organs in order to stop himself from bleeding and to forcibly start-up the functions of his organs such as his heart, lungs, and stomach. He can seemingly create make-shift tissue to replace his dead tissue, should it be beyond repair, but this is only temporary and does not totally repair the damage dealt to him. This is just a means to prevent himself from being killed by fatal injuries, and allow him to walk normally.He used this ability after being stabbed by Law's Gamma Knife, which destroyed all of his organs and triggered an explosion within his body. He came back from the verge of death because of this ability and could continue fighting, albeit in a some-what lethargic state.

Awakening

Devil Fruit powers can, in rare occasions, be "awakened" (覚醒かくせい kakusei?), increasing the abilities of the user. The details of how a Devil Fruit can be awakened are so far unknown, but the increased abilities have been seen to allow significantly more power, as well as new abilities. The effects of the awakening depend on the class of the Devil Fruit.

For Paramecia-class powers, awakening can allow the power to affect even the surrounding, as opposed to the user's body. Donquixote Doflamingo, with the String-String Fruit, is confirmed to have awakened and can transform objects to string as well as augment his main ability to create strings from his own body. He is also shown capable of applying Busōshoku Haki to the threads he creates via the environment.

Awakened Techniques:

  • Break White (荒浪白糸ブレイクホワイト Bureiku Howaito?): Doflamingo turns the ground into threads and raises it around his opponent before slamming it shut, intended to crush his opponent from multiple directions.
  • Off White (盾白糸オフホワイト Ofu Howaito?) Doflamingo creates two large masses of strings from the ground near him and intersects them as a means to protect himself from incoming attacks.
  • Billow White (大波白糸ビローホワイト Birō Howaito?): Doflamingo turns several buildings into towering masses of strings before sending them at an opponent from above and below.
  • Ever White (海原白波エバーホワイト Ebā Howaito?): Doflamingo kneels and touches the ground with his hands before turning a vast amount of the surrounding area into strings.
  • "A Thousand Arrows": Flap Thread (羽撃糸フラップスレッド Furappu Sureddo?): Doflamingo condenses the vast amount of string from Ever White to his left and right, appearing as wings before sending them at his opponent. The attack continuously pierces the opponent hundreds or thousands of times before slamming them into any nearby structure.
  • God Thread (神誅殺ゴッドスレッド Goddo Sureddo?): Doflamingo summons sixteen thick strings which he refers to as "holy ammunition". The entire attack is completely imbued with Haki and the threads are compressed until their tips can fit in between Doflamingo's fingers before shooting them towards his opponent, intending to pierce them with great force. This is Doflamingo's most potent attack.

Respect Thread

Donquixote Doflamingo Respect Thread (Canon/Manga-only)

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Inconclusive:

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 One Piece Vol. 73 Chapter 729
  2. ↑ One Piece Vol. 72 Chapter 713
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 One Piece Vol. 76 Chapter 760
  4. ↑ One Piece Vol. 70 Chapter 698
  5. ↑ One Piece Vol. 73 Chapter 724
  6. ↑ One Piece Vol. 78 Chapter 782

Notes

  1. ↑ 75.37 Gigatons
  2. ↑ 75.37 Gigatons
  3. ↑ 17.25 Teratons
  4. ↑ 75.37 Gigatons
  5. ↑ 167.571545 trillion Metric Tons

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