They're stronger than what, Awakening? That's not true at all.
I didn't say that. I literally said the opposite...
Bellamy was able to overwhelm Luffy for a short period of time due to the advantage of Luffy's emotions. He didn't defend because he couldn't bring himself to hurt Bellamy.
Awakening accomplishes the same result in different execution: It will overwhelm Luffy through sheer brute force.
No it doesn't. Luffy wanting to kick Doflamingo's ass is completely different then the Bellamy situation.
Plus Trebol's assistance during the fight wasn't even really based on physical strength and power.. it was more troublesome and annoying for Law and Luffy.. Doffy's awakening doesn't produce the same effectiveness just because it's physically stronger..
Gear 2 and Gear 3 were 100% useless against Cracker and his shield. His Haki deflected them both like nothing, and Luffy couldn't do even a scratch of damage. However, one Kong Gun broke through Cracker's shield and damaged him. This establishes that Gear Fourth is levels beyond Gear 2 and Gear 3.
By the same measure, that means that Awakening is also far beyond Gear 2 and 3. Awakening fended off Gear Fourth Luffy for 30 mins. Meanwhile, one instance of Gear 4th immediately broke through something that rendered 2 and 3 useless. Doflamingo just has to separate Law and Luffy using Awakening, injuring them both.
And if he doesn't separate them? I mean, come on, you act as though that's guaranteed, when I can argue that Law's abilities can prevent that from happening.. in fact, Law can actually make sure that him and Luffy stick together against Doffy.. without any Trebol or Bellamy to interfere.
Law ends up defeated, and Luffy goes Gear Fourth as planned, except this time, Luffy doesn't have Colosseum fighters to protect him when Gear 4th fails.
If we start off with Luffy and Doflamingo alone, Awakening can intercept Luffy while he's going Gear 4th.
Two can play at that sense of logic.. I would say Law doesn't get defeated.. and I would also say that Luffy uses his G4 and KKG earlier on, granting them the win sooner than later.
You see, I'm not saying Luffy > Doflamingo based on my opinion.. it's 100% in the Manga.. there's no way around it. KKG puts Doffy to sleep. Both Doflamingo and Luffy had help during the fight. (I wish Oda didn't do it that way, trust me.. I wish Oda gave us a fair 1 on 1 fight between the two of them.. that way it wouldn't even be up for discussion. But unfortunately this is the reality of what we have to go by.)