+1 as he has the Nemean lion fruit, close combat should be one of his specialties, especially with his defenses, if not as a main weapon however, could he get gauntlets later on as side weapons?
Didn’t shakkys Gun eat a devil fruit some how, then if in animate objects can get DF power maybe feed the ship a zoan bird devil fruit or wind/ cloud devil fruit so it can fly or hide in the sky as a cloud when the crew goes on land?