The power that Luffy is displaying in the recent arc place him above the rest. He knockout a giant with one punch. His strength, haki and devil fruit powers have me thinking that no one can defeat Luffy now.
He has lost fights, Goku lost to Cell, Ichigo got crushed by the Quincys, and Naruto lost to Sasuke and Orochimaruluffy IS a protagonist... they never lose.
Luffy caught Cavendish's blades with his bare hands, no haki. Before he use to dodge and run from blades now he's stoping them with his hands, also before he couldn't hit most logia types now their all doom by his haki, Luffy is the strongestPosting in troll bait thread.
And to answer your question, no he isnt the strongest. Not even top 5 current characters prob not even top 10 yet.
Ace was weak, he depended on his df powers to much, akainu is no match for current Luffy , unless he had gotten stronger from marinefoldHell yeah he might be in the top 15 but not top 10 for sure. He has improved of course but Akainu will still wreck him like he did his brother
pre timeskip ace still beats Post time skip luffy. stop trolling.Ace was weak, he depended on his df powers to much, akainu is no match for current Luffy , unless he had gotten stronger from marinefold