Since we're barely starting out, I think it would be a good idea to refrain from seeing a lot of devil fruit users.  Plus, I think in our area they're rarer too.  At least that's what I remember the case being for the east blue.

Was thinking we could have the liu and captain fight together, maybe as a tag type duo like one could use chains and the other could attack with knives, whose whipped around by the stronger one, or someone uses a pair of large shields and the other uses swords?