Even if he could it's all three of them. Akainu and Aokiji could stop the giant ass Buddha thing by melting and freezing it respectively. Not good match ups lol.
Disagree. The size of the iceberg Akainu vaporized and the size of the two island dwarfing tsunamis Aokiji froze is not what's impressive. The amazing part imo is the speed and them doing it in such a nonchalant matter. Seriously, they were like ho hum.
If they want/need to exert the effort, they can definitely destroy the buddha easily and fast.
He's going to immediately assume water is their weakness for some reason?
Since when has Sage mode been an equivalent to Haki? Sure it made Suigetsu crumble but even assuming that's a fair point of comparison between both series then Suigetsu would be far closer to a Caribou or a Smoker, not the Admirals.
Observation Haki for genjutsu. And he does not have much in the way of sealing showings that I can recall. Sure he is a pain for Kurama but that is due to the history of the Sage and such. And keep in mind that even if sealing is a viable option for him the Admirals of the luxary of...well just being able to kill him more easily. His healing techniques might be as good as Tsunade but if they freeze him or just pour lava on him it would hardly matter. Aokiji needs but to hug him for this battle to end.
Admittedly yeah given the sheer size of the thing and the fact that it took mountain busting explosions I may have underestimated it. It still can't do much to Akainu though since he is made of lava which would burn the crap out of the thing.
Kizaru ports behind, flanking him and providing lightspeed town busting attacks he can't dodge, Aokiji is severely limiting mobility and fighting effectiveness with his ice attacks, while Akainu is busting out huge attack after huge attack to cripple him and his defenses.
They could do much much more. Endurance and stamina are also on the Admirals side. Heck, even the the Jinbe and Ace fight lasted for days. While Hashi is more versatile, the admirals win by outlasting him, assuming Hashi can even touch them lol.
I don't think having water counts as an auto win against df users imo. They're pirates and marines who are always out in the sea. It's not like, " a df user! Quick get some water so we can defeat him"!
Just saying that their weakness is pretty much general knowledge and they have trained or have ways to circumvent it. Also, the fight between Jinbe and Ace happened in the coast or beside a lake iirc. And Ace managed to hold his own for 5 days against a high tier fishman who uses water.
Sure Hashi has ways to put them down, but so do the admirals. We haven't even seen their limits tbh. Wish we could see the fight between Aokiji and Akainu on panel.