The Straw Hat Pirates are an eclectic group that has terrorized the seas and entertained fans for more than than 20 years. And while its band is famous for its powerful members, not all of them are heroically infallible. One resident of the Thousand Funny has in fact been remembered by fans and even referred to in the industry as the Harbinger Hats' weakest fellow member.

That person is none other than the Sniper Male monarch and God, Usopp. Usopp is the cowardly trickster of the Straw Chapeau pirates whose sniping skills perfectly compliment his need to be as far away from his opponents as possible. Though he isn't exactly known for his musculus, Usopp is one of the most agile fighters in the series. This listing will be going over some of the brightest victories in Usopp'southward adventure (& some of his almost humiliating defeats).

10 Defeats: Kuro

Captain Kuro with blades one piece

Usopp's introduction in the series didn't start off on the right foot. He made it abundantly apparent that he would be the comic relief coward of the group and didn't show off the proper muscle to prove otherwise. His chief shining moment was finally telling the truth nigh a pirate raid for the first fourth dimension in years, but information technology would sadly fall on deafened ears.

This would actually force the poser adventurer to really stand upwards for his village and to disastrous results. He'd keep to challenge the traitor of the isle and the leader of the Blackness Cat Pirates, Kuro, and easily fell to the guy'due south evidently superior strength. He would so go on to require Zoro's help to accept down Jango.

9 Victories: Chew

Usopp more than proved that he could be a jolly companion to the Straw Chapeau Pirates, but it took him quite a while to really evidence his strength. That wouldn't be until Arlong Park in which Usopp would go a glimmering and rare instance of stoic heroism. After learning about Nami's plight, Usopp helped fight against the Arlong Pirates and personally went up against Chew, a fishman who spat h2o like a pistol.

While a lot of the meet involved Usopp running away (a literal running gag across the series), he'd eventually turn back and utilise a variety of his all-time tricks to get his first victory in the story.

8 Defeats: Franky Family

This 1 is perchance Usopp's almost humiliating defeat to date. When the Harbinger Hats decided to go the Going Merry some repairs, he was in charge of ane of the briefcases carrying the Straw Hats' newfound treasure. However, he wasn't expecting the metropolis of engineers to too take a few hoodlums and fell casualty to an early villain of the beloved arc, the Franky Family.

Usopp didn't stand up a chance and was mugged and left bloodied in the heart of the street. Non only did he lose a proficient portion of the Harbinger Hats' money, but he came to realize just how weak he really was as a pirate.

vii Victories: Daddy Masterson

Though this one isn't canon, it's ane of the nearly honey filler stories in the anime and possibly the most defining story for Usopp'southward sniping skills. When a cool pair of goggles defenseless his eyes, Usopp constitute himself competing for it and his safe confronting the Marine sniper turned bounty hunter, Daddy Masterson, aka Daddy the Begetter.

Masterson in one case challenged Usopp's father, Yassop, to a shoot out and inevitably lost, deciding to terminate his Marine career right and then and at that place. He'd get on to claiming Yassop's son to a like competition and would unfortunately lose in a similar way (and to a slingshot no less). Usopp doesn't get that many opportunities to hype upwards his sniping skills, so the anime really gave fans a gift with this one.

6 Defeats: Carbohydrate And Trebol

During the Dressrosa Arc, Usopp was part of the Straw Hat team that was left backside to fight the Donquixote Family unit. He would get the unlikely job of getting the save the isle in its entirety when he challenged i of Doflamingo'south commanders, Trebol, and the person transforming people into submissive toys, Sugar.

Unfortunately, his beginning go about information technology didn't go as planned. He was beat downwardly past Trebol's clearly superior strength and was force fed his ain, spiced grape. In turn, the pain from the grape would contort his face so much that he'd end up scaring Sugar to exhaustion. While Usopp was clearly defeated in this encounter, he did get to achieve his mission and saved Dressrosa's citizens from Saccharide's curse.

v Victories: Sugar

Sugar from One Piece

While his initial tour with Saccharide was cryptic in its outcome, their 2nd clash wouldn't take equally vague of a winner. Saccharide would somewhen milk shake off her daze and immediately went later Luffy and Law. If she could manage to make everyone forget most the leaders of the revolution, the boxing would be a clear victory for the Donquixote Family.

Withal, Usopp immediately caught eye of her from beyond the kingdom. To be able to shoot her from miles away, Usopp was able to unlock his Observation Haki to come across further and more accurately than his onetime scope e'er could. This fourth dimension around, he didn't have to be poisoned to win.

4 Defeats: Douglas Bullet

In another non-catechism bout, Usopp got to challenge to one of Gol D. Roger'south most infamous crew members. Douglas Bullet was once a demented beast that was used as a child soldier but would eventually exist defeated and taken in by Roger. Subsequently Roger's execution, Bullet would get on a rampage that required an entire Buster Call to quell.

In Ane Slice: Stampede, this man conspired to take down both the Marines and the new generation of pirates with his bare easily and made Usopp one of his targets. While Usopp made a brave effort and fifty-fifty got to institute a few traps along the way, he'd once over again prove only how human he really is.

three Victories: Miss Merry Christmas And Mr. 4

Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. 4

The Alabasta Arc and the clash with Baroque Works was perhaps the Harbinger Hat Pirates beginning encounter with a big name organization. While Luffy was off challenging the big kahuna, Sir Crocodile, Usopp and newfound coiffure member, Tony Tony Chopper, went up against ane of the organization'southward most infamous compensation hunting pairs, Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. four.

Merry Christmas would trap her opponents with her Mole Mole Fruit past grabbing them from hush-hush and dragging them to Mr. 4 whose monstrous forcefulness would bash them with his four ton bat. Usopp's wits had to match Chopper'due south beastly power to be able to defeat a genuinely powerful and unique duo.

ii Defeats: Monkey D. Luffy

Luffy Vs Usopp

This is one of the saddest encounters in the serial. As stated above, Usopp'southward defeat at the hands of the Franky Family inspired new feelings of inadequacy that only the meanest of viewers had idea of before. When he learned that Luffy wanted to trade away the Going Merry, he felt as if he himself was existence abandoned and quit the crew.

In a last ditch attempt to salve the Going Merry, Usopp challenged Luffy to fight for it. While his efforts were well-considered and well fought, even Usopp knew that he couldn't win this fight.

1 Victories: Perona

In what may very well be Usopp's virtually well fought battle to date, he went up confronting an opponent that literally but he could fight. Perona was the Ghost Princess of the Thriller Bark Pirates who used her Hollow Hollow Fruit to remove all of the positive energy within ambitious opponents.

This fabricated her a nightmare for fighters similar the Monster Trio simply nigh powerless confronting Usopp, a guy who gave upwardly on the fight every bit soon as it started. Having learned that he was immune to Perona's powers (not that this was a expert matter), Usopp would become on to use his sniping skills and best trickery to take her down.

NEXT: One Piece: Luffy's 5 Most Triumphant Victories (& His 5 About Humiliating Defeats)

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