Here’s everything you want to know about Luffy’s gear first: For Luffy, gear first is his natural, even resting state. He only has the first gear for a significant portion of the early saga, and it’s enough for him to fight every enemy he comes across until he gets to Enies Lobby. If Luffy isn’t clearly using one of his higher gears, he’s in gear first, whether relaxing or fighting. So if you want to learn all about Luffy’s gear first, then this article is for you. Keep reading! Who Is Luffy? Since you’re reading this, I assume you’ve heard of Luffy before. He’s the protagonist of One Piece. As such, talking about Luffy and his gears actually involves a lot of plot points related to One Piece, and that’s the real point of this section. There are spoilers ahead. In fact, there are massive spoilers ahead, even if you’re fully caught up on the One Piece anime. So, if you’re avoiding One Piece spoilers, you need to leave right now. If you’re caught up or don’t care about spoilers, then we can talk about Luffy’s gears. What Are Luffy’s Gears? (4 Kinds) Gear first doesn’t fully make sense unless we fully discuss all of the gears. Luffy has five different gears to date, each offering different power-ups and coming with different drawbacks. As you go up in gears, the power Luffy gains from it does increase, but it helps to understand how and why the gears are so different. #1 2nd The first time Luffy ever mentions a gear is near the end of the Enies Lobby arc. At this point, most of the Straw Hat crew has paired off with various enemies, and the only one left to find and fight is Rob Lucci. Lucci is the most formidable opponent that Luffy has faced at this point, and earlier in the arc, Luffy realized he wasn’t strong enough