Zoro is a highly skilled swordsman and serves as one of the crew's combatant, though he has a terrible sense of direction which he is very insecure about since he never admits when he gets lost, instead always blaming someone. Zoro is the first crewmate to join Monkey D. Luffy to be part of his crew of pirates, after he is rescued by Luffy from execution. Unlike Luffy and most of the other Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro has been known to kill his opponents if he has to, though never in cold blood.