Due to his low attack turn and decent damage - you have to be careful when facing Mihawk without a "Tank Team". The pre-emptive attack will essentially ensure that you have to control your stalling before facing the "great" Mihawk.

Due to his Special Spam (when 20% health or below), it is highly advised to save specials in general for later in the battle opposed to earlier if you can manage (so that you can burst down the final 20%). 

Recommended Teams:

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Nefartari Vivi Teams 

Tank Team

The Nefartari Vivi Team is the definition of Tank Teams. You will have a secured/guaranteed win, however it will drastically increase the time required to clear. Expect to reserve an hour or more of your time to clear the Stage. 

Nefartari Vivi Teams (Laboon Variation)

The Laboon Variation of Vivi Teams will allow players to survive any 1 hit with 1 HP. The only catch is your health needs to be 50% or higher when they take the hit. As such, your Vivi (or friend Vivi) WILL need to heal 50% of your health or higher. 

Due to this - you will generally use weaker units (for the lower HP) so the battle will take longer than the other Vivi Team variations.

Nefartari Vivi Teams (Lion Sion Zoro Variation)

The Tank Zoro variation works in the opposite of Laboon. While the player has 100% health, reduce the damage taken by 80%. As such - Vivi needs to heal back the damage dealt by Mihawk.

In 30 Stamina, the most damage that Mihawk can do is 10,000. When reduced due to Tank Zoro's ability - the damage drops to 2,000 damage. Thus Vivi will need to be level 72+, so that you can heal back 2,000 health to continue tanking.

Tips, Tricks and Advice

• Use Characters that can deal health percent damage such as a low-levelled Mihawk for Laboon and/or Whitebeard for Tank Zoro
• Take a break, you can continue the battle later if you get bored xD!
• Be careful of Stage 4/5 - It will make or break your team ^.^

For a visual guide - refer to this video that one of our readers has created!!~

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Monkey D. Luffy: Gear 3
Burst Team



Most people that invested into pulling the mighty Gear 3 Luffy will have possibly the easiest time with this Raid Boss. Gear 3 Teams have a crazy amount of damage output. They WILL need to run Hammer Usopp (in most cases) to secure the win - but realistically, as long as PERFECTs are hit, Mihawk is easy.

Suggested Crew-members

Golden Pound Hammer Usopp

Gear 3 Teams do NOT tank - they are squishy. As such using Usopp will be extremely useful to assist players to secure the win (buy enough turns to win). Due to the minimal amount of Stages (5 Stages only), it isn't advised to use the 20-turn Sogeking.

Arlong/Other high Stat STR Units

Gear 3 Teams really doesn't need Specials to conquer this version of Mihawk. Simply using STR Units paired with Usopp should be enough to conquer Mihawk. It is advised to have decent levelled STR Units (around level 40+)

Tips, Tricks and Advice

• Stall in the earlier Stages to have Golden Pound Hammer Usopp ready but be careful not to take too much damage. 
• Make sure you come into Mihawk with a decent amount of health or risk dying to Mihawk's pre-emptive strike.

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Whitebeard Team
Burst Team



The premier team for Mihawk. Whitebeard Teams are known to clear every Raid Boss and will have a fun time against Mihawk. It is advised (similarly to Gear 3 Teams) to run Golden Pound Hammer Usopp to negate the 30% or below risk. Users of this team is recommended to plan their health so the pre-emptive strike will put them at 30% or below which initiates the skill.

Suggested Crew-members



Golden Pound Hammer Usopp


Due to most of Whitebeard's Skill not being MAX :P and/or most Whitebeards not being a 6-Star Unit... Golden Pound Usopp is suggested just to ensure the ride is a little less bumpy and bring a more guaranteed Victory.


Arlong/Other STR Units


While you will be stalling, tanking hits - you may have the opportunity to get some specials up and ready. So you have the option of using units like Alvida. However for the most part, using Arlong and other STR units will be enough for 30-Stam

Tips, Tricks and Advice

• Stall in the earlier stages (don't be afraid to take hits) so that Mihawk's pre-emptive will take you down to 30% or below health. You should have Usopp's Special ready for Mihawk and get your boost.
• Try not to stall in Stage 4/5, if you can avoid it. As they can lock units if you are not careful

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Blamenco Team/ Mr. 5 Teams/ Monkey D. Luffy: Gear 2 Teams

STR Team

A more risky team compared to the ones above. STR Teams may be able to clear Mihawk 30 with a bit of help from Golden Pound Usopp. High level STR units are recommended for this team as well as damage reduction like Alvida for those "just in case" moments. If you can't do 20% of Mihawk's health in 1 turn - it is not advised to run this team.

Suggested Crew-members

Golden Pound Hammer Usopp

There's a reason this guy is on the top of the Tier-List. The turn delay will again prove invaluable in reducing the damage taken by the Raid Boss. It is almost impossible to do Mihawk with STR teams without him

Alvida of the Slip Slip Fruits

 Just in case, the battle gets tough... Alvida may be able to help. Her damage reduction buys you an extra turn while not destroying your team's damage output completely. As such it is advised to use her if you can.

Arlong/Other STR Units

I hope your STR Units are ready - it will be a tough battle filled with bumps and bruises. But if you have a good collection of STR Units which are high levelled - Mihawk will fall before your might... I guess Arlong becomes the World's Greatest Swordsman?

Tips and Tricks

• In Stage 4/5 - focus on the Purple Shooter and the Green Mob, this way even if you cannot kill all of them, your STR Units and Usopp will not get locked
• Ensure your STR Units are levelled as High as possible for the upcoming battle
• Make sure you stall to get your Specials up especially Golden Pound Usopp

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40-Stamina Statistics

Health	1,180,000
Attack	10,000 (1 Turn)
Abilities	Pre-emptively Deals 4,000 damage (Deals 4,000 damage before you attack)
When 20% or less Health	Mihawk deals 25,000 damage every turn using his Special when HP drops below 20% Health.

DISCLAIMER: Mihawk 40-Stamina has a 0% chance of dropping in 5-Star Form

Overall Advice for all Players

1. Be cautious of Stage 4/5 - it will have units that lock thus players should prioritize and plan your hits effectively and well or risk a fight against Mihawk without your full team
2. Stall effectively to try and get your Hammer Usopp special up before Mihawk. This means that hitting a unit with only 1 unit as opposed to all 6 at times.
3. The EXP provided by 30 and 40 Stamina are
• 30-Stamina: approx. 3,050 EXP
• 40-Stamina: approx. 6,600 EXP