Just a Chopper rant...

Sorry if this is unwarranted, but I don't understand why the OP community downgrades Chopper's combat ability so much. People act like Chopper doesn't fight or something. He's in the "weak" trio and would get fodderized by Brook, Franky, and Robin no problem.

How, though?

Did Chopper not beat the second strongest enemy of his arc in Chessmarimo back when he was first introduced by himself? Did Chopper not beat Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas (the third strongest team in Baroque Works under Crocodile) along with Usopp in Alabasta? Did Chopper not defeat one of Enel's priests in Skypeia by himself? Did Chopper not beat Kumadori (who had a higher Doriki than Franky's opponent) in Enies Lobby? Was Chopper not instrumental in defeating Oars in Thriller Bark? Did Chopper not tank a full powered Gatling from this beast and live to talk about it?

I get that people get caught up in the whole weak trio, mid trio, monster trio concept and I'm not saying that the mid trio aren't strong.

But to say that they just wreck Chopper based on, at best, comparable feats concerning strengths of enemies defeated (Franky), a hax devil fruit that we haven't seen used to the best of its ability yet (Robin), and speed (Brook - really can't see another reason why people put him ahead of Chopper so comfortably), is just wrong, imo.

Idk, I guess I'm just saying it would be awesome if we all respected Chopper's strength a little bit more, but whatever. Sorry for the rant, guys.