A little late but I had to lol
YouTube video
Originally posted by NemeBro
Gaara is physically frail though.
For defense, he's got his main sand auto-defense, sand armor (with which even pre-timeskip took a heavy pounding from Lee without damage, so he's really not all that frail), replacement technique to leave a sand-clone in his place...
He's know for his defensive power.
Originally posted by NemeBro
Indeed.
Clearly wasn't completely incapacitated since he managed to move a giant amount of sand directly afterwards.
And it is more of a feat than most of Hody's 50,000 mooks have to their name. It also shows he has a lot of willpower to continue protecting his village against unconsciousness. And since will power is what Royal Haki actually deals with that is really all that matters.
Originally posted by Vensai
Luffy already has experience fighting a more powerful sand manipulator. But this time, he can actually hit his opponent.
Actually Gaara might have the better sand controlling feats.
He is just too slow for Luffy and Madara proved it is possible just to force through the sand shield.