How Far Would the Straw Hats get WITHOUT Usopp?

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You forgetting the reason the Merry lasted as long as it did was because of the many patches and fixer ups Ussop did on it prior the events of Water 7/Enies Lobby. Without him there to provide the constant care as he did it would probably break much sooner especially since a lot of the repairs he did were the during Skypeia Arc.

Aren't we forgetting that after Alabasta, the strawhats where surrounded, and the only reason they could escape this surroundment was because Usopp destroyed 2 navy ships with 1 cannonball?

Also, Sogekings sniping of spandam was actually pretty significant, as it prevented Spandam from just dragging Robin towards a navy ship, and going trough the gates of judgement.

I love how interconnected One Piece is! The fact that you can take the "weakest" member of the crew out of the story and change sooooo much shows just how much thought Oda puts into making his characters feel important.

Obligatory they could have recruited Sogeking instead.

- whole crew defeated by Perona at Thriller Bark
- Luffy and Law turned into toys by Sugar
- Nico Robin turned over to the World Government and possibly thrown into Impel Down or even executed

And that is just when he was a literal life-saver.

Then there is all the other stuff Usopp did, like providing Nami with the Clima Tact, maintenance work on the Going Merry, and so on and so forth. He was also an MVP on Little Garden if I remember correctly, and recently he helped in a lot of small but important ways during the Onigashima raid.

They straight up die in Dressrosa with amnesia, if it wasn’t for usopp’s clutching up with that snipe. Usopp is actually very valuable. Not to mention the ship probably would’ve sink a long time ago if it wasnt for Usopps constant repairs.

If we are going with the assumption that Nami never gets caught by Mr 3 because Sanji stays with her, then they never end up going to Drum Island in the first place. The only reason they went was because she got sick, and the only reason she got sick was because she was shirtless on Little Garden for a time because Usopp burning up the wax statue burned her shirt off, and she got bit by a bug. I guess it is feasible that the bug could still bite her with her shirt on, they can crawl under clothes after all, but Dr. Kureha's words to her, which were something along the lines of "were you running around shirtless on a tropical island or something?" to me implies that had she had her shirt on she wouldn't have gotten bit. So there is a very real possibility that without Usopp with them, they also don't get Chopper.

I think this goes to show form the video and comments that Usopp is a strong support for the crew. Even though he’s not the best in battle due to his cowardice, his intelligence, handiwork, and spirit is what keeps the crew afloat, especially during pre-time skip. It no longer seems that way anymore post time skip, but without Usopp, or even other members of the crew, everything would’ve fallen apart sooner or later. Usopp definitely has the role of the sniper because he’s considerably the jack of all trades or something of that latter

Without Usopp Robin might have given Luffy the pep talk. But Merry never comes to save them without Usopp.

In long ring long land, Luffys afro catches a piece of mirror, allowing him to redirect Foxys slow slow beam and making the fight an absolute wash. Without the fro, there's no telling if luffy would win, seeing as he was too slow to dodge the slow slow beam. I think that is a solid place to have the crew fail

Another thing to note is that without Usopp's strong ties to Dorry and Brogy after Little Garden, the straw hats likely wouldn't have been able to get help from Oimo and Kashii at Enies Lobby either.

Don't forget that one of the main reasons Robin didn't just give up was because Sogeking made that motivational speech to Robin on the train to believe in Luffy. Also they wouldn't even get there that fast without convincing the giants to defect.

Merry would of course also not show up to save them, as it was Usopp crying over it that made Franky drop it so Iceburg could find it on the beach.

Now hold on. The afro was essential to beating foxy! So foxy leaves the strawhats in shambles and the story basically ends there 😂

I would argue that the gang most likely get stuck on Skypeia just due to Ussop not being there to do any repairs. It's possible that the spirit of the merry still exist, but I'm pretty sure that the attempts at repairing were still needed for the Merry to get the rest back together after all the damage she takes going up to skypeia and getting thrown on the altar

There are few things to keep in mind.

1. The crew might be caught by the marines in the end of Alabasta, given how Usopp destroyed two of the ships making it easier to escape.

2. The afro was important to the Foxy fight, and the only other person who seemed to even care about it was Sanji, so high hopes that he'd bring it to them.

3. Merry would realistically break apart before Water 7. Usopp wasn't the best shipwright yeah, but he still kept repairing the ship and delaying her breaking down for water 7. Realistically, The ship would probably break down an arc or 2 earlier. Either Jaya, their fall off the sky island or Long ring long island

To be completely fair he was the MVP for solid portion of thriller bark and dressrosa. In thriller bark he was the only one that personas df couldnt incapacitate and without him taking her out of the game the straw hats might not have gotten as far as they did. Similarly in dressrosa usop warranted the most attention for his ability to keep sugar and the hobi-hobi fruit in check.

At the end of One Piece, the narrator gives his final briefing of how the crew lived out the rest of their days before revealing himself to be Ussop, the great storyteller.

If you did Nami they would be lost forever the second they got into the grand line if they even made it to the grand line.

WOW! I am a BIG, nay, HUGE fan of Usopp and I never noticed that Usopp facilitated Sanji's recruitment.