This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf arc.
The importance of Haki continues to grow for each chapter entered One Piece. Properly introduced just before the series' time jump, Haki is an important power that allows one to survive in the new world and fight against the absolute most powerful individuals. Simply put, Haki is a spiritual power that can be used to enhance sensory power, increase attack and defense, and even overwhelm others in the world of One Piece. Everyone is born with Haki, but not everyone manages to awaken it.
Over the years, Oda has revealed a lot very powerful Haki users to the fans, and with each passing arc, Oda continues to show the fans different uses for Haki. In the Elbaf arc of One PieceOda has touched on the concept advanced Conqueror's Haki on several occasions. But even with that, he has also shown a new form of Haki that only a handful of individuals can use in One Piece world. Rocks D. Xebecin particular where the first user of a broken Haki type that blew up everything in his vicinityalthough it was fired with a sword, almost like cannon fire.
Rocks could use a new Haki to blast away targets
Rock's swordsmanship was special
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Xebec's attacks hit like a hammer
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Xebec's sword attack rarely cuts
One Piece's Elbaf arc finally introduced the incredible character of Rocks D. Xebec to fans. While Rocks was first mentioned in the Wano arc, around chapter 957, he was only properly shown in Elbaf, as his relationship with King Harald and Loki was somewhat significant. Whatever the fans were most interested in, when it comes to Rocks D. Xebec, was his incredible power.
Rock's attacks were known to be special. They were known to strike like a hammer or cannon fire and blow away anything in their path. — Narrator on Rock's special technique
When Rocks was first mentioned, it clearly stated that he was Roger's greatest opponent, even greater than Whitebeard, and that he was a formidable foe that required Garp and Roger's combined effort to put down. Fans wanted to see this monstrous force for themselves One Pieceand that is exactly what happened in Elbaf.
Immediately after Rock's introduction, Oda made it extremely clear Rocks D. Xebec had a special fighting styleand that he could use a new, unique Haki. Rock's Haki-infused attacks were special. He used his sword in battle, primarily, but more often than not his sword didn't cut the mark. Instead, the attacks from his blade were such that they blasted everything nearby, causing utter chaos. Oda himself went on to confirm Rock's sword attack to be a giant hammer or cannon fire instead of slashes. This was achieved by Rocks with Haki, and this particular application of Haki is truly broken.
Who could it be, you ask? Well, to put it simply, I'd say it's the world itself! — Rocks when I see Imu
Luffy needs to learn blast Haki
Roger and Shanks learned Rock's Haki as well
It is unknown how Rocks learned to use this particular broken Haki fighting style. Whether there was another user before him remains to be seen, but what fans do know is that two others ended up inheriting his power. Roger also learned this ability, as evidenced by his technique, called Kamusari. Right now, only one character that has this power lives in One Piece the world, and it is Shanks.
Shanks has the same broken Haki that Rocks had, and it just might be that Luffy will get it too, probably in Elbaf. Even though Luffy doesn't have a sword, he should be able to mimic this power with his Gomu Gomu no Mi. After all, these attacks are not decreasing at all. In the fight against Imu, maybe Luffy will use it for the first time.
One Piece Chapter 1163 is out this week. As usual, One Piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12pm JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on October 26th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1163 is October 26, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.
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October 20, 1999
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Fuji TV
- Directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
