[Question] How was Luffy able to hit Enel?

[Lordlloyd7]

This is a dumbass question to say the least.

 

[GenKiDama]

it's simple, electricity can't go through rubber, therefore he is tangible to being hit with rubber.

 

[doubledude]

Electrical current can't pass though rubber, just like how Luffy beat Crocodile (a logia) with the help of water.

 

[YellowFang]

Rubber being immune to electricity is given as an explanation.... which I don't think is legit enough!!!

IMO
At the end Luffy hit Enel with a huge boulder of gold(excellent conductor), and being rubber he didn't get a shock but Enel couldn't disperse himself as Logia in presence of a good conductor...

 

[Punk Hazard]

Rubber being immune to electricity is given as an explanation.... which I don't think is legit enough!!!

IMO
At the end Luffy hit Enel with a huge boulder of gold(excellent conductor), and being rubber he didn't get a shock but Enel couldn't disperse himself as Logia in presence of a good conductor...

Luffy was able to hit Enel without the ball. He was able to hit him because the Gomu Gomu no Mi is the Goro Goro no Mi's natural superior, so its user can touch the Goro Goro user.

 

[SasoriOfTheRedSaand]

There's not much to it, unfortunately for Enel, the one guy he had to fight, had the very fruit which negated his own. That's just how it is.

 

[Skylar Knight]

as the peeps already said ^
because of the elemental advantage, rubber>lightning
and you should just leave it at that

it wasn't logical how could Luffy make set fist on fire, and punch a merman 10 000 meters below the surface,
so yeah..embrace the OP logic!

I don't disagree when you say the logic of One Piece has its flaws, but the part where Luffy set his arm on fire is actually logical to some degree. Depending on the speed of its stretch, rubber can be set on fire for a few seconds under water.

 

[VongolaX]

He is made of rubber and Luffy in the last case, was able to hit enel because he was fast. Normally Enel will evade luffy and stab him with his trident, (which he did) but luffy ended up sling shot himself fast enough to hit enel with his golden-thing around his forearm.

 

[Pervy Wrath]

Well, it's its elemental weakness, same way that when Luffy had water on his hands, he could hit Crocodile. Because of his rubber abilities, Enel's lightning form couldn't let the punch pass through.