One Piece: Oda Confirms Who Is Stronger Between The Holy Knights And Marine Admirals

The Elbaf arc of One Piece has proven to be absolutely phenomenal so far, with each chapter adding a ton of excitement to an already amazing arc. With amazing lore reveals, Elbaf has already given fans some of the biggest moments in the Final Saga of the story.

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One Piece: Oda Just Revealed The Ultimate Power Of The Holy Knights 

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More than that, it has finally brought the Holy Knights into the fold, which adds to the already impressive cast for the arc. The Holy Knights are the main antagonists of the Elbaf arc and slowly but steadily, they’re making their move in the story. Finally, with One Piece chapter 1146, Oda has shown the fans how strong the Holy Knights truly are, and where they stand in comparison to the Marine Admirals.

The Power Of The Admirals In One Piece

• The Admirals Are Marine Powerhouses
• Strong Haki And Devil Fruits Make Them Special

When it comes to the Marine Admirals, fans know that they are the finest that the Navy has to offer. The Admirals are known to be the strongest military weapon of the Marines and the Government and in general, they’re among the strongest characters in the whole world. Before the Timeskip, the ranks of the Admirals were made of Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu. Now, after Kuzan’s departure, fans know that the current Admirals are Fujutora, Ryokugyu, and Kizaru.

The Admirals possess great strength. Fans know them to hold access to very strong Haki of two types, those being Armament and Observation Haki. On top of that, they also have access to very strong Devil Fruit abilities, such as the Pika Pika no Mi for Kizaru, or the Zushi Zushi no Mi for Fujutora. The Marine Admirals have earned themselves a Cross Guild bounty of 3 billion berries, and that puts them in the same league as a starting Emperor, although, in general, they’re weaker than the Emperors.

How Strong Are The Holy Knights?

Absolutely Monstrous Fighters Of The Celestial Dragons

The Holy Knights consist of some of the most powerful characters to ever exist in One Piece. Although little was known about them up until the Final Saga, Dragon essentially confirmed that the Holy Knights are a formidable enemy even for him. In the Elbaf arc, fans were introduced to 4 members of the Holy Knights, those being Shamrock Figarland, Gunko, Saint Sommers, and Saint Killingham. It is likely that they possess varying levels of power, more so than the Admirals, but a certain level is still to be expected from their ranks as well.

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For instance, the Captain of the Holy Knights, Shamrock Figarland, is known to be a monstrously powerful individual who is considered stronger than even Loki, a man with a 2.6 billion berries special bounty and the power to destroy the world. In general, Shamrock should be comparable to Shanks, which already makes him far stronger than the Marine Admirals.

Gunko, on the other hand, was stated by Shamrock to be stronger than Loki as well. In One Piece chapter 1146, Gunko showed a glimpse of her strength and she was able to overwhelm Jinbe, Brook, Usopp, Nami, and Zeus, at the same time without even using her full strength.

Some Holy Knights Seem Far Stronger So Far

The Holy Knights Are Regenerating Monsters

When it comes to the Holy Knights, fans weren’t exactly sure how strong they’d be. However, in One Piece chapter 1146, two things were confirmed. The first was the fact that the Holy Knights rank above even the regular Celestial Dragons, meaning they’re especially exalted and have the Admirals as their servants essentially.

Secondly, the Holy Knights have access to regeneration as well, meaning they don’t sustain damage and simply recover from all that is hurled at them. The Holy Knights are monsters with extremely powerful Haki, and on top of that, very overpowered Devil Fruits, just like the Admirals.

Based on their performance so far, and the abilities that they have, they definitely outrank the Admirals, although the group is diverse, and there are bound to be some that aren’t as strong as the Admirals, and some that are far stronger, like Shamrock.

One Piece chapter 1146 will be out very soon, later this week. As usual, One Piece is going to drop on the upcoming Sunday. In Japan, One Piece drops at 12AM JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on April 20. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1146 is April 20, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

One Piece

Release Date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)