Monkey D. Luffy Gear Third

Monkey D. Luffy Gear Third
The captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. His "Gear" skill lets him temporarily boost his body's abilities, although it has the side effect of shrinking him afterward.

Details
No.	217
Type	STR
Class	Fighter
Class 2	Free Spirit
Rarity	★★★★★
Max Lv.	99
Cost	22
EXP to Max	4.000.000
Sockets	2

Stats (before LB)
HP	2960
ATK	1303
RCV	105
CMB	4

Skills (before LB)
Special: Gum-Gum Giant Rifle Click to see characters with matching specials	Deals 15x character’s ATK in STR damage to all foes
	Cooldown
	Level	Turn
	1	25
	MAX - 6	20
	Manual Location
	Tsuru's Morning Stroll Little Ms. Candy the Maiden-Hearted DEAD or TREAT!! ~Twilight Party~
Captain Ability: Giant Power	Boosts ATK by 3.5x when characters land 3 Perfect attacks in a row
Sailor Ability:	N/A
Support Ability:	N/A

Switch Effect: For dual units only	N/A

Rumble Stats
Rumble Special:	N/A
Rumble Ability:	N/A
Rumble Resistance:	N/A
Rumble Speed:	N/A
Rumble Defence:	N/A

Limit Break Upgrades
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
2960	1303	315	4	(-14)
Post-LB Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 1:	Makes character's [TND][RCV] slots have matching slot effects Boosts character's base ATK by 200 when attacking last
Post-LB Sailor Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 1:	Critical ATK Pinch Healing
Post-LB Potential Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 3:	N/A
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Post-LB Key Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Key Sailor Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Key Potential Ability:	N/A

Tandem
N/A

Evolution
Chain
Materials	N/A

How to Obtain		Rare Recruit

This character entry on official Bandai OPTC page (en)/(jp) Some links may be broken due to en and jp having different numbers for some characters This character entry in OPTC-DB Sample teams using this character as a captain: Nakama Network list

Notes:		This character, or any other variation of Luffy, is needed to complete a mission on Missions: Fushia Village. This character, or any other variation of Luffy, is needed to complete a mission on Missions: Shells Town. Also known as G3 Luffy, and less often as v2 Luffy (since he was the second Luffy released on global). His special is different from his unevolved version, so you cannot use Balloon Luffy special to level G3. He was considered to be one of the best RR captains, released in the first 'real RR' batch of early 2015. As long as you are confident in your perfects (no easy feat for newbies...), he allows you to lead rainbow teams, free of class, cost and color restrictions, that can clear a lot of end-game content. Forward few years (2018), he is still good, but there is an increasing pool of RR captains that offer roughly comparable damage output with less reliance on hitting perfects (G3 is pretty unforgiving here), so very few people bother using him. Even post-LB his useless special is a big reason this unit is not seeing much play. G3 teams have a higher damage output than teams led by 2.5x ATK captain teams (again, assuming you'll hit your perfects). See images: here and here for some idea what that means. G3's major weakness is his forgettable special. A bit of damage to all enemies - this hasn't aged well. G3 was never a good sub (outside of being an ok beastick), and today his special is undeniably one of the weakest RR specials in the game. Again, his vintage (first ever batch of RRs) shows here, modern RRs can do '15x ATK damage to all enemies' on top of at least one more much more useful ability. Totally replaceable by superior on nearly all counts by LL, aka Legend/Log Luffy (who has better stats, better special, better captain ability=damage output, and more sockets). Of course, LL these days is not that OP compared to many newer legends. How to socket him? The usual dilemma: Anti-Bind, Anti-Despair, Charge Special, Matching Orbs and Auto-Heal are all good. Take whatever you need for your team. AB and AD are probably the most must-have's, with Charge Special being the least needed.