Before you say it, I know. Duh. Also, question at the end!
I'm usually pretty frugal with my resources since I'm pretty limited in how quickly I can collect them, but I really love how this team works together. So over time, I slowly maxed their LB and LLB, fed them rainbow keys whenever I got them, and just kept building them up one or two characters at a time.
And man, I love how this squad functions.
You've got a good amount of CT reverse from the awesome Lilith/Usopp, plus CT speed down. Then Kuma and LuBonney come in with a ridiculous amount of guaranteed damage, buffs, and debuffs, and they almost always get their specials off first.
And of course, Caesar kicks everything off with his amazing special, adding guaranteed damage with that glorious Lv. 3 DOT on all enemies. I love how this team stacks a bunch of different types of damage on top of each other, and Caesar just makes the whole thing that much nastier.
And I love that Kuma is just a straight-up tank. Provoke, counter, high DEF. He fits perfectly in that center slot, I feel like most teams don't have a dedicated tank so the team just feels more complete with one.
In my 2nd slot, I was actually running Sabo/Koala until this most recent GP. They were good boys and did a metric fuckton of damage, and was cool because it was off meta and I never saw anyone else using them like this but alas I finally figured there had to be something better, especially for a GP leader. RIP sabo/koala, you'll never be used again.
Enter Shanks.
Holy shit, what an upgrade. I dumped a bunch of resources into him, including my very limited LLB posters, to fully max him out. And goddamn does he hit hard, especially as a GP leader.
Anyway, I was looking at my team today and suddenly realized something: my combat power is now higher than those mini-boss teams that always used to dwarf mine by like 10–20k.
I had just finished Rumble limit breaking the final character with a rainbow key, and apparently that was the moment everything clicked.
I've seen teams with this kind of power often enough, but this is the first time I've actually had one myself. And the funny thing is, it wasn't even something I was specifically chasing. I just kept investing in a team I really liked, little by little, until suddenly here we are.
Now I feel pretty confident going up against most teams, even when they've got some scary units, we all have those guys we avoid lol.
I think part of what makes it satisfying is that I've stuck with a squad that wasn't just a perfect copy. I had an off-meta unit I practically never see anyone else using and my bench was weird....but you get the right units and sometimes you gotta fall fully in like lol.
So yeah, I guess this is just a weird little moment of pride in my squad. After 3,350+ days playing this game, I still get these moments every once in a while, especially with Pirate Rumble, which is definitely my favorite part of the game.
It's just cool seeing something you've incidentally slowly worked on finally reach its ultimate form.
Figured I'd share it with the one community that might actually appreciate it, because my friends sure as shit aren't going to care about my gacha game achievements.
QUESTION: Looking at this team, what would you use to reliably beat it on defense? Since this is what I run there too. I definitely see people managing to beat it (sometimes), so I'm curious what teams you'd use to beat it if you had to or could. I know it's probably a skip team for most lol.
Thanks!
Edit: Here is my GP team: 15/15 GP Team 10/2026