After running for nearly a quarter-century, One Piece has amassed an immense and colorful cast of villains. Over time, the power of these villains has steadily increased to complement Luffy and his friends' own improvements, to the point that the villains currently being faced are capable of cataclysmic feats. It usually follows that an arc's main villain would probably lose in battle to the next one, and that their powers can be gauged or compared quite well based on the battles that they fought. There is one exception to the rule that stands out in particular: Enel, the primary antagonist of the Skypiea arc.