Latest situation where A beats B, B beats C, but C beats A. - OR most powerful situation where weaker char beats someone a stronger character can't

[Warmmedown]

Basically combat math not working. Eg Luffy beats Crocodile, Mr 1 beats Luffy, Crocodile beats Mr 1.

 

[Future Warrior]

I don’t remember anything recently. Usopp vs Perona only comes to mind.

 

[Warmmedown]

You think One Piece went fully linear? Or do nerds just act like it because they can't comprehend not having a linear ranking?

There must be hypothetical ones later than Perona, because armament haki was barely a thing until post-skip. Eg Franky has a better chance against Magellan than someone stronger than him who has to fight by touching his poison.

 

[Future Warrior]

One Piece really doesn't lean that heavily into it. Yes, matchups can matter to an extent but the scaling is generally straightforward. It isn't HxH or JoJo.

If we go solely on hypotheticals I can see Law faring a lot better than Luffy did against Cracker, perhaps.

 

[Yoshi]

I miss when Nico Robin still fought.