Highlights
- The Zoan-type Devil Fruits in One Piece are considered some of the most powerful and rare in the franchise.
- Characters like Dalton, Tony Tony Chopper, and Pell are examples of Zoan Devil Fruit users, each with unique abilities and transformations.
- Other notable Zoan-type Devil Fruit users include Rob Lucci, X Drake, King, Queen, Jack, Kozuki Momonosuke, Marco, and Monkey D. Luffy.
One Piece has two of the best anime/manga power systems in shōnen history, the Devil Fruits and Haki. These two power systems make One Piece the legendary anime/manga franchise it is known as today among the international audience.
The Devil Fruits are unique and have two major types - Paramecia, Zoan, and Logia. The Logia-type Devil Fruits are commonly considered the strongest and rarest of the three types, however, over the years the One Piece audience has understood that some of the most powerful Devil Fruits in the franchise are the Zoan-type. Let's explore Zoan Devil Fruit users in One Piece.
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Dalton
Formerly a Royal Guard and now the elected king of Drum Island, Dalton, is a standard Zoan Devil Fruit user. When he used his Devil Fruit to attack King Wapol, the term Zoan was first used in the franchise. His Zoan-type Devil Fruit is called Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Bison, and it gives him the ability to transform into a bison and a half-human/half-bison hybrid form. The main advantages of this Devil Fruit are super strength and speed.
Tony Tony Chopper
The cute reindeer doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates is also a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. He ate the Hito Hito no Mi Devil Fruit which gives him the ability to turn into a human hybrid at will. When combined with Rumble Ball, his Devil Fruit lets him get an additional transformation called Monster Point.
Pell
Pell also known as Pell the Falcon, is one of the two head guards or guarding deities of the Arabasta Kingdom. He ate the Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Falcon, a Zoan-type Devil Fruit that gives him the ability to turn into a falcon and a human/falcon hybrid. His is one of the five discovered Devil Fruits that give its user the ability to fly.
Rob Lucci
The notorious Cipher Pol agent of the World Government, Rob Lucci, who was the main antagonist during the Enies Lobby Arc of One Piece and made a return as one of the top members of CP0 recently, is also a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. He ate the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard Devil Fruit which gives him the ability to transform into a leopard and a human/leopard hybrid apart from his human form. His Devil Fruit combined with Haki makes him a formidable force to reckon with.
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X Drake
The founder and captain of not just the Drake Pirates but also a captain of the special Marine unit called SWORD, X Drake, is a Devil Fruit user like no other. He consumed the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Allosaurus, an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit that gives him the ability to transform into a fully-developed Allosaurus (an extinct dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period). This provides him an advantage in close combats.
King
The right-hand man of the Beast Pirates and one of the last surviving members of the Lunarian race, King the Conflagration, or simply King is one of the most notorious pirates of all time. He also happens to be an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit user as he ate the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon which gives him the ability to transform into a majestic pteranodon and a human-pteranodon hybrid. When fusing his Lunarian race abilities with his Devil Fruit powers, King almost becomes invincible in front of his adversaries.
Queen
Queen, or Queen the Plague, is one of the three main henchmen of Kaido, and one of the major antagonists of the Wano Country Arc. He is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit user just like his colleague King. He consumed the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Brachiosaurus which gives him special abilities like the ability to transform into a full Brachiosaurus and a human-brachiosaurus form apart from his natural human form. His Devil Fruit abilities fused with his cyborg-type upgrades and haki made him a major threat to the Straw Hat Pirates during the Wano Country Arc.
Jack
Jack the Drought or simply Jack, is one of the three All-Stars of the Beast Pirates directly serving under their captain, Kaido. His Devil Fruit is an Ancient Zoan-type called the Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth which allows him to transform into a full mammoth and a human-mammoth hybrid forms.
Kozuki Momonosuke
The son of the former daimyo of the Kuri region of the Wano Country and the grandchild of the former shogun of the Wano Country, Kozuki Momonosuke, is an emerging warrior, and rightful ruler of the Wano Country. Although he just transitioned from a kid to a young man by the end of the Wano Country Arc, with the power of his Artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruit, he is the powerful ruler that the Wano Country has been needing for a long time. He consumed a copy of the Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu Devil Fruit developed from the Lineage Factor of Kaido by Dr. Vegapunk. It gives him all the abilities equivalent to the ones given to Kaido by his mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit.
Marco
Known to the world as Marco the Phoenix and the former 1st division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and former World's Strongest Man, Whitebeard's right-hand man, Marco is a significant character in One Piece. He is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit user who ate the Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Phoenix which allows him to transform into a phoenix and a human-phoenix hybrid as he wishes. His is considered one of the most useful and strongest Devil Fruits of all time.
Monkey D. Luffy
The protagonist of One Piece and one of the most loved shōnen protagonists of all time, Monkey D. Luffy happens to be a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. Even though his Devil Fruit was shown as a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit called the Gomu Gomu no Mi, eventually, it turned out to be a Mythical Zoan-type known as the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika. This Devil Fruit gives him the power of Rubber (stretchability) and to transform into the Sun-God Nika and possibly a human-Nika hybrid form.
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