The consensus seems to be "Luffy hasn't had any powerups since Wano", but that is just not true at all. Luffy has had several powerups since his Wano fight before facing off against Imu.

POWERUP 1: MINI GEAR 4

https://preview.redd.it/cfyyxbx77ibh1.png?width=862&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a60125459f066778e168ee63228344c3374205e

Better Devil-Fruit Mastery is always good.

POWERUP 2: OBSERVATION HAKI

We have known Luffy observation Haki >> Zoro & Sanji observation haki for a while, but this was given emphasis on TWICE, this very arc.

This first one isn't really a power up, but let's see.

https://preview.redd.it/e25hc48a7ibh1.png?width=1893&format=png&auto=webp&s=d118f74d33b40ee823419269de5a378aaf4cc09a

this is when he felt loki's conquerors haki. this isnt a buff, but the next one is.

https://preview.redd.it/jokru0le7ibh1.png?width=1182&format=png&auto=webp&s=76e5744c8ac19caf993e691e5c2f2acf9d85b1e4

his is pretty clearly a buff.

POWERUP 3: AWAKENING AOE

When Luffy awakened his fruit in wano, it wasnt doing half the shit it does these days.

https://preview.redd.it/iepvzepg7ibh1.png?width=436&format=png&auto=webp&s=295725dfa96ce09c3b9c9780fdcffed36094664f

nothing is happening to the surroundings when he awakened his fruit, but lets look at what happened in egghead and elbaf.

https://preview.redd.it/espbiolj7ibh1.png?width=552&format=png&auto=webp&s=f76567de0784baef9547fe105acedac1c5ed7cd9

luffys fruit is literally causing elbaf and the ocean to shake.

this is natural growth

POWERUP 4: FOOD BUFF

Eating Food has clearly upgraded Luffy's physical stats. they were shown in the exact same way as Killingham's omen buff.

https://preview.redd.it/cn2me8yl7ibh1.png?width=364&format=png&auto=webp&s=75ae915451540ffcebabde23b1b7b5c4844c58c7

POWERUP 5: NATURAL GROWTH

https://preview.redd.it/b7qj4ueo7ibh1.png?width=1388&format=png&auto=webp&s=c4c21975c7fcaf10e077158c08d8e819f4ba7094

its been 2 arcs.

WHY KAIDO SHOULD TO SOME EXTENT BE UPSCALED?

He was performing well against gear 5

https://preview.redd.it/b5z6w16r7ibh1.png?width=653&format=png&auto=webp&s=98042ba38bcabcf49a8fcae161086272dc204218

https://preview.redd.it/4upiytds7ibh1.png?width=599&format=png&auto=webp&s=19f07d11c2813814d053cc2122cb516f56d0f66c

https://preview.redd.it/nzzsx17u7ibh1.png?width=499&format=png&auto=webp&s=76237133526cecf37185bcfe7babe62ff51bfe71

https://preview.redd.it/960tlo8v7ibh1.png?width=432&format=png&auto=webp&s=6ea0a9c99dcba43f6a776b3dc5a841745c158787

https://preview.redd.it/8qvrz6cw7ibh1.png?width=412&format=png&auto=webp&s=5bc47adc0dfcf5836cec4e582656450a0c15352c

im quite happy for yall, and sanji.

just so we're aware, its always been about strength, sanjis character gaps zoros so hard its unreal

shanks and luffy in all 3. rocks in 2. roger and whitebeard in 2.

im not saying this to push shanks > mihawk, im just saying i want mihawk fans to see how as absurd as it is, the idea of someone who is so god damn irrelevant to the plot is above shanks and potentially loki depending on how that went is so ridiculous.

of course i dont think zoro will fight shanks, so mihawk should still be > shanks, just.... saying

note: you must sincerely love ragnir

Swear your allegiance to Ice Squirrel Ratatoskr, and Warrior God Loki. Let's bring our agenda back to the glory days (3 months ago)

strength is useless since she basically cant hit luffy

law's dura neg attacks were making her feel it, acoa ID attacks are washing her, so durability is also kinda useless

g4 take every other stat
g4 is washing big mom

both of them state they are overflowing with strength and then blast off.

seems like luffys physical stats did get increased, but i dont remember something like this ever happening.

idk, maybe its a one-off thing just so that luffy is stronger before he fights imu

put down zoro and sanji 😱😱😱

for 2 chapters

cut off gerd's fingers 😱😱😱

reattached by chopper

put down hajrudin 😱😱😱

for 3 chapters (most of the other part was flashback)

couldnt break a squirrel's ice 😂😂

having even exchanges with a yonko victim 😂😂(loki is goated though, just slandering imu for the fun of it rn)

punched by base luffy (lucci has better reaction speed 😂😂)

ODA LOCK IN THIS IS THE PENULTIMATE VILLAIN FFS.

(loki is still a badass)

i dont think he has surpassed roger yet, but when his feats against imu land, i will not hesitate to put him above roger.