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@Yung - incorrect. Haoshoku Haki works effectively against people with lesser willpower than the user, and besides, the shadow clones have drastically lower durability than Naruto himself unless he makes a few and infuses a lot of chakra within them. Also, Haoshoku applies a shockwave effect in combat. Doflamingo and Luffy blasted others away with it, and their initial clash shook the Flower Hill and began damaging the palace they stood on.
In terms of speed, Luffy's speed is unclear in any of his Gear 4th Modes. He blitzed people with pre-cog around the same speed as his Gear 2nd (Doflamingo, and later Katakuri, but the latter only happened initially because Katakuri was confused). Just know he can blitz people who are ~Mach 950~1k even when they have pre-cog. That doesn't place him anywhere specifically but i doubt anyone in the lower half of the MHS+ range would outspeed him. IIRC, Naruto is only Mach 1.28k scaling to Deva Pain (which literally everyone in the verse is scaling to). Luffy is not at a disadvantage in speed, in fact, he might be much faster >->.
Naruto being baseline 6-B durability doesn't make this a stomp. Luffy's standard Gear 4th (all forms) are around 5.17TT each for Attack Potency. That's easily enough to deal damage to someone <<<3x higher durability (Naruto isn't even 1.6x higher in that regard, and his AP is also pretty low compared to Luffy's Dura when ignoring resistance to blunt force). On top of that, Luffy's KKG, KC, and TM:FV are drastically higher in AP considering that they casually one-shot several Low 6-B+ characters (excluding KC since the fight between Katakuri and Luffy is still inconclusive).
Now to talk about Luffy's Kenbunshoku Haki. This basically allows him to sense the intentions, emotions, and presence of his opponents with near-basic application. He doesn't even need to see the future to read Naruto's movements. But now Luffy can see further into the future than most Kenbunshoku Haki users, up to several seconds with intense focus. Naruto, NOT having a speed advantage against G4, would begin having difficulties.
Busoshoku Haki I wont bother discussing as the Stats amp doesn't count for Luffy's G4 since he's constantly using it and it already factors into his AP/Dura. Its other functions wont really factor in since Naruto doesn't have Elemental Intang.
Luffy's Bound Man drastically increases his resistance to any physical strike due to the harmonization of haki between his elasticity, allowing him to bolster his density while also remaining rubbery in order to negate insufficient blunt trauma and also allow him to block out slashing/piercing attacks as seen against Doflamingo, who was even using Haki to counter Luffy's Rubber defense.
Luffy's Tank Man in general hasn't been shown (Full Version has, but it is situational), but it is clearly a form that bolsters his defenses even further. I wont discuss further, but it is a factor.
Snake-Man is the fastest of all of these forms, even faster than Bound Man as he was capable of blitzing Katakuri during the initial exchange despite the latter having his higher level of pre-cog. Katakuri was capable of matching Bound Man the moment he calmed down, to put that into perspective. Snake-Man also utilizes homing attacks via Python, which allows Luffy's punches to chase after the opponent until it hits them, gaining speed the more it stretches and misses.
Luffy wins via pre-cog, potential speed advantage, homing attacks via Snake-man, resistance to physical trauma being bolstered in Gear 4th forms, stamina and endurance (try to argue against me in this regard), and I think that's all the ones that currently matter.
All Naruto has is his (wanked) 'dura negating' FRS and some regen. <_<
In terms of speed, Luffy's speed is unclear in any of his Gear 4th Modes. He blitzed people with pre-cog around the same speed as his Gear 2nd (Doflamingo, and later Katakuri, but the latter only happened initially because Katakuri was confused). Just know he can blitz people who are ~Mach 950~1k even when they have pre-cog. That doesn't place him anywhere specifically but i doubt anyone in the lower half of the MHS+ range would outspeed him. IIRC, Naruto is only Mach 1.28k scaling to Deva Pain (which literally everyone in the verse is scaling to). Luffy is not at a disadvantage in speed, in fact, he might be much faster >->.
Naruto being baseline 6-B durability doesn't make this a stomp. Luffy's standard Gear 4th (all forms) are around 5.17TT each for Attack Potency. That's easily enough to deal damage to someone <<<3x higher durability (Naruto isn't even 1.6x higher in that regard, and his AP is also pretty low compared to Luffy's Dura when ignoring resistance to blunt force). On top of that, Luffy's KKG, KC, and TM:FV are drastically higher in AP considering that they casually one-shot several Low 6-B+ characters (excluding KC since the fight between Katakuri and Luffy is still inconclusive).
Now to talk about Luffy's Kenbunshoku Haki. This basically allows him to sense the intentions, emotions, and presence of his opponents with near-basic application. He doesn't even need to see the future to read Naruto's movements. But now Luffy can see further into the future than most Kenbunshoku Haki users, up to several seconds with intense focus. Naruto, NOT having a speed advantage against G4, would begin having difficulties.
Busoshoku Haki I wont bother discussing as the Stats amp doesn't count for Luffy's G4 since he's constantly using it and it already factors into his AP/Dura. Its other functions wont really factor in since Naruto doesn't have Elemental Intang.
Luffy's Bound Man drastically increases his resistance to any physical strike due to the harmonization of haki between his elasticity, allowing him to bolster his density while also remaining rubbery in order to negate insufficient blunt trauma and also allow him to block out slashing/piercing attacks as seen against Doflamingo, who was even using Haki to counter Luffy's Rubber defense.
Luffy's Tank Man in general hasn't been shown (Full Version has, but it is situational), but it is clearly a form that bolsters his defenses even further. I wont discuss further, but it is a factor.
Snake-Man is the fastest of all of these forms, even faster than Bound Man as he was capable of blitzing Katakuri during the initial exchange despite the latter having his higher level of pre-cog. Katakuri was capable of matching Bound Man the moment he calmed down, to put that into perspective. Snake-Man also utilizes homing attacks via Python, which allows Luffy's punches to chase after the opponent until it hits them, gaining speed the more it stretches and misses.
Luffy wins via pre-cog, potential speed advantage, homing attacks via Snake-man, resistance to physical trauma being bolstered in Gear 4th forms, stamina and endurance (try to argue against me in this regard), and I think that's all the ones that currently matter.
All Naruto has is his (wanked) 'dura negating' FRS and some regen. <_<