leader of the Blackbeard pirates and with the power of the yami yami fruit that gives him the power of darkness and gravity.he has no problem with showing intense force to get what he wants and others that get in the way.
[b]powers[b/]:According to Blackbeard, this fruit is "unique", even for a Logia type. It allows the user to transform into and control darkness and gravity. The user can absorb physical matter and attacks of any type, either by sucking it into a dark mist which spreads from the user, or into the user's body itself. The user can use this ability to irresistibly draw the opponent to them. The most unique and powerful strength the fruit has is that the user also has the unique ability to nullify the powers of other Devil Fruit users by simply touching them and "sucking" their abilities out. All powers from other Devil Fruit types from Paramecia, Logia, and Zoan are affected by this.
[[skills]]: * Black Hole: Blackbeard spreads his darkness over a large area and, much like a real black hole, swallows up anything he chooses. When swallowed it is subjected to a large amount of gravity and crushed, such as an entire village on the island of Banaro. This was first seen being demonstrated before Ace.
* Liberation: Used following Black Hole. Blackbeard expels all of the destroyed remains of what his darkness has swallowed up at once. This is especially good at demonstrating his power. This was first seen being demonstrated before Ace. Though it is unseen as of yet, in the anime Teach foreshadowed this attack can possibly be used to launch cannon balls and swords like projectile.
Teach using the Kurouzu
* Kurouzu (Dark Vortex): Extending one arm towards his opponent, Blackbeard activates the gravity power of his darkness to pull them into his grasp. Blackbeard can then attack them with his massive strength. This move is particularly useful in conjunction with the Yami Yami No Mi's power-nullifying abilities, since the target could easily avoid it by fighting at a distance from Blackbeard, as Ace attempted. The name of the attack is also a pun on the English word "close".
Blackbeard's flag is that of three skulls--one looking left, one looking forward, and one looking right.
The first time the crew is mentioned, they are said to have ransacked the kingdom of Drum. Upon seeing their immense power, the cruel and cowardly king, Wapol, fled without even fighting back. In Arabasta, when the Straw Hats meet up with Portgas D. Ace, it is revealed that Ace is hunting him down for what he did to his crewmates.
Laffite marks the first visual appearance of the crew by appearing at Mariejoa to recommend Blackbeard to replace Sir Crocodile as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The other crew members are first seen in Mock Town of the island Jaya, playing several "games" to see how fate works out. When Luffy meets Blackbeard himself in a bar, they at first seem to have the exact opposite opinions. While Luffy hates the bar's pie, Blackbeard loves it, and while Luffy loves one of the bar's drinks, Blackbeard hates it, which leads to them challenging each other to a fight, but they decide not to go through with it when Nami points out that they are fighting for no reason. Later on, after the Bellamy Pirates taunt them for believing in Sky Island, Blackbeard assures the Straw Hats that it does exist and in response to the notion of the "New Age", states that people will never stop dreaming. Because of this, it is not yet known whether Blackbeard is truly evil or whether he is just misguided. When Blackbeard finds out about Luffy's high bounty, he and his crew try to capture him, but the Straw Hats are launched into the sky by Knock-Up Stream before they can make an attempt.