These devil fruits have much better counterparts

Summary

• Some Devil Fruit powers in One Piece overlap, with one version strictly superior to the other in skill and power.
• Examples include the Ton-Ton fruit vs. the Kilo-Kilo fruit, the Ice-Ice fruit vs. the Snow-Snow fruit, the Arms-Arms fruit vs. the Dice-Dice fruit, and the Magma-Magma fruit vs. the Flame-Flame fruit .
• While showcasing creativity, having similar powers creates mirrors between One Piece characters, leading to interesting comparisons.

One piece features some of anime's most creative abilities through its Devil Fruit system. While at first glance these powers may seem a bit standard, through creative use and interesting strategies, Devil Fruit powers make for extremely entertaining fight scenes. With so many different devil fruits around the world One piece in-universe, there is an almost infinite amount of possibilities for creative and interesting combat.

However, due to the huge number of devil fruits present One piecethere will definitely be some overlap. Some Devil Fruit powers have more or less the same ability, with just a few slight variations. Furthermore, often, one of these overlapping Devil Fruit abilities is strictly superior to its counterpart in almost every aspect.

Devil Fruits that are way better in one piece

Same skill but better

In order for a Devil Fruit to be considered the counterpart of another fruit, the two fruits must have largely the same abilities. If a fruit has too many extra powers, they should not be considered equal. For example, although Monet's Snow-Snow Fruit and Brook's Revive-Revive Fruit can both use ice-based abilities, Brook's fruit has too many other abilities to compare the two.

Machvise's Ton-Ton fruit and Mikita's Kilo-Kilo fruit

Tons of weight

One of the easiest Devil Fruit comparisons in the whole One piece the world should go to Machvise's Ton-Ton Fruit and Mikita's Kilo-Kilo Fruit. Both Devil Fruits give the user the ability to change their body weight, allowing them to drastically increase their weight to fall on enemies and crush them. However, the Ton-Ton fruit, a devil fruit that would be perfect for Garp, allows the user to increase their body weight to the extent of tons, while the Kilo-Kilo fruit's maximum weight is only 10,000 kilograms, making it an all-around inferior choice. Although the Kilo-Kilo fruit can make the user feel lighter, this is not enough to distinguish it from the Ton-Ton fruit.

It's true that “superior” devil fruit abilities exist, but for now it's pretty much just these four pairs. – Oda in reference to the Ton-Ton fruit against the Kilo-Kilo fruit, the Ice-Ice fruit against the Snow-Snow fruit, the Arms-Arms fruit against the Nut-Nut fruit and the Magma-Magma fruit against the Flame-Fruit of flame.

Kuzan's ice-ice fruit and Monet's snow-snow fruit

Ice is stronger than snow

Next is another fairly simple comparison between Monet's snow-snow fruit and Kuzan's ice-ice fruit. Both of these Devil Fruits are Logia-types that heavily deal with cold-based attacks against their enemies using ice water. While the Monet Fruit is powerful in its own right, the Kuzan Fruit can do almost everything the Snow-Snow Fruit can, all while boasting even greater firepower thanks to deadly ice attacks.

Baby 5's Gun-Dice Fruit and Daz Bonez's Dice-Dice Fruit

A sword against an arsenal

Returning to The one from One Piece Dressrosa Arc, the next Devil Fruits are Baby 5's Daz Bonez Dice-Dice Fruit and Arms-Arms Fruit. While both of these fruits give the user the ability to transform into a weapon, unfortunately, the Daz Bonez Fruit he just turns his body parts into blades. Baby 5, on the other hand, can do this and much more by transforming itself into an entire arsenal of useful weapons.

Akainu's Magma-Magma Fruit and Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit

Magma burns flames

Next up, although some may not consider them direct counterparts, are Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit and Akainu's Magma-Magma Fruit. Again, this is a similar situation between Kuzan and Monet's Devil Fruit abilities. Akainu's Magma-Magma Fruit completely outclassed Ace's fruit in terms of heat and firepower. Although Ace was an incredibly strong Devil Fruit user, his magma power was able to easily cut through flames, burning them hotter and suffocating them.

Gladius's Pop-Pop Fruit and Gem's Bomba-Bomba Fruit

More explosions

Lastly, Gladius' Pop-Pop fruit is probably way better than Gem's Bomb-Bomb fruit. While the former can only explode inorganic objects and the latter explodes parts of the user's body, in terms of destructive capabilities, Gladius' Pop-Pop Fruit is most likely a direct upgrade. In terms of utility and power, exploding inorganic objects can apply to almost anything, including clothing on the user's body, almost perfectly simulating any benefit from the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.

Furthermore, superior skill does not necessarily equate to character strength. No skill alone guarantees victory in combat. – Listen

While there are most likely many other examples of much better devil fruits One piecethese are the ones that stand out the most. While some may consider it lazy to have such powers, in many ways they create mirrors between certain characters, openly inviting comparison. In the end, it's always fun to see how a particularly underused ability is changed for a new, much better Devil Fruit.