What are Zoan type Devil Fruits?

A Zoan Type Devil Fruits is very rare and has different types of suppressed powers within it. It only awakens when the user undergoes various difficult training or situations.

This fruit is considered the most powerful fruit in case of any physical attacks as it can deal a major damage. It gives their users a power with which they can partially or fully transform to a beastlike creature with enormous strength. They are often known for their enormous power to withstand different types of attacks or deal the same type of it.
In the series, this fruit’s users have increased in the New World. Its users are very strong and durable.

Further the Zoan Type Devil Fruits are divided into 3 types –
Human Form,
Hybrid Form,
Beast Form.

HUMAN FORM – It is just the starting form before a battle the user is in. It can use the powers of the fruit, for e.g. it can use laser beam, powerful blast or to deal a huge damage with a punch or kick.
HYBRID FORM – It is a form of the user in which it can transform its half body into an animal or bird and he gets the full power of that specific animal. After transforming into it its power increases to a great level. It is best particularly for high-speed attacks with great potential and power.
BEAST FORM – It is the most powerful form among the all 3 forms. This is the form in which the user transforms completely into the specific animal. It has huge power and can deal a huge amount of damage. Sometimes it also has the power to fly and grow to a greater extent, which gives it a superior advantage against the opponent it is fighting against.

THERE ARE 4 TYPES OF ZOAN DEVIL FRUITS –
REGULAR ZOAN – This fruit allows its users to transform into a regular animal. It helps them to increase their sense while fighting an opponent. The users can further increase their power by developing their haki powers.
Examples – Cat Cat Fruit & Horse Horse Fruit.
ANCIENT ZOAN – This fruit allows the user to transform in a prehistoric being or any kind of animals or birds which do not exist in the modern time. It grants them the power of transforming them to a powerful animal which grants them ancient powers.
Examples – Dragon Dragon Fruit & Spider Spider Fruit.
MYTHICAL ZOAN – Among all the types of zoan devil fruits, it is the rarest and has overwhelming power. This fruit also allows the user to transform into an animal, but this time the animal is not a normal or ancient animal, it’s a mythical animal which is often called as legendary animal. Some mythical zoan devil fruits allow its users to heal themselves or can even beat extremely strong opponents with high power level.
Examples – Bird Bird Fruit & Fish Fish Fruit.
ARTIFICIAL ZOAN – It is not a natural fruit that a user can get in any part of the One Piece world. It has a creator and his name is Caesar the clown. It can also be referred as an incomplete devil fruit which comes with a major side effect. Caesar created it as Kaido, the king of the beast asked him to do so under the surveillance of Doflamingo. After eating the devil fruit, if it does not work properly, the user can suffer with uncontrollable laughter.

TOP 10 ZOAN TYPE DEVIL FRUITS IN ONE PIECE

10.DOG DOG FRUIT, MODEL 9 TAILED FOX (User – Yamato, Type – Mythical Zoan)
This is a type of mythical devil fruit which grants the user a power to transform in a wolf.

It is not an ordinary wolf; it is the wolf god of Wano kingdom. The fruit also grants her power to use ice type attacks with high speed and has enormous body strength. You can see it fighting with Kaido.

11.SPIDER SPIDER FRUIT, MODEL ROMAMYGALE GRAUVOGELI (User – Black Maria, Type – Ancient Zoan)
This is a type of ancient devil fruit which grants the user the power to transform into a giant spider which helps it to throw venom that can paralyze opponents.

When the user uses the full extent of the fruit’s powers, it can do whatever a spider can like throwing webs and venomous attacks.

12.ELEPHANT ELEPHANT FRUIT, MODEL MAMMOTH (User – Jack, Type – Ancient Zoan) :
Upon eating this fruit, the user gets the power of an ancient Mammoth. Just like a ancient Mammoth, it has enormous strength to withstand powerful attacks which would have destroyed other ordinary opponents with an ease.

When its power is used, the creature gets gigantic and can be used as an offensive power.

13.DRAGON DRAGON FRUIT, MODEL PTERANODON (User – King, Type – Ancient Zoan) :
As you know it’s an ancient zoan devil fruit, it gives King the power to transform into a prehistoric flying dinosaur that is the Pteranodon. King is from an extinct race, that is the lunarian race.

He can distribute his powers in two types that is an attack mode and a defence mode. He is the left hand of Kaido. As it has the power of a flying dinosaur, it can emerge from the sky and deal it’s enemy a deadly aerial attack.

14.CAT CAT FRUIT (User – Rob Lucci, Type – Regular Zoan) :
This is a fruit eaten by Rob Lucci of the Cyber Pole. He is basically a killing machine and after eating the fruit he ha developed a cat like reflex and enormous power.

He also possess haki power and his close combat is enhanced with rokushiki techniques to become a beast with great assassination powers. This fruit when merge with its user gives it enormous strength, speed, reflex and deadly combat skills.

15.BIRD BIRD FRUIT, MODEL PHOENIX (User – Marco, Type – Mythical Zoan) :
This fruit has different types of power with which Marco can deal damages & heal damages as well. Marco was the 1st division Commander of the White Beard Pirates.

He played a major role in the Marine ford Arc by saving Luffy many times. His devil fruit grants him the power to transform him into a mythical Phoenix Bird. With its power, he can fly and deal some real arial damages. By using its power, he can also heal himself and his crewmates with the Phoenix’s flames.

16.FISH FISH FRUIT, MODEL AZURE DRAGON(User – Kaido, Type – Mythical Zoan) :
This fruit is undoubtably one of the most powerful mythical zoan devil fruit in the One Piece world. The user Kaido is called the King of The Beast in the One Piece World.

With its power Kaido can transform into a super big and super powerful blue coloured dragon. It can emit devastating breath and high-powered laser beam from its mouth. Kaido started his journey with The Rocks Pirates in his early days.

17.HUMAN HUMAN FRUIT (User – Tony Tony Chopper, Type – Regular Zoan) :
Tony Tony Chopper is a reindeer by existence in the One Piece world. After eating the devil fruit, it granted him power to talk just like a human as gave him intelligence to learn and do works just like an ordinary human.

He feared and hated humans & other animals as he was being seen as a monster. He learned medical science from Dr. Hiriluk & Dr. Kureha. Later he joined the Strawhat Pirates as their ship’s doctor. Chopper can change his state from normal to monster point which helps him in his battle against opponents.

18.HUMAN HUMAN FRUIT, MODEL DAIBUTSU (User – Sengoku, Type – Mythical Zoan) :
Sengoku was the former fleet admiral of the marines. Whenever he uses the power of his devil fruit, he becomes a enormous giant Buddha, who can make hugh shockwaves with its powers. The shockwaves are so powerful, it can crush the enemy and the surrounding areas.

It has high durability, and can be used as a major attacking power. In the Marine ford arc, he used his power to fight the pirates who were focused in freeing ACE.

19.HUMAN HUMAN FRUIT, MODEL NIKA (User – Monkey D’ Luffy, Type – Mythical Zoan) :
This fruit was previously known as the GUM GUM FRUIT. Its power resides within the main character of the One Piece Anime. When he started his journey, he knew very less about his fruit.

Later in the Egg Head Island, the audience got to know about the real name of the fruit which was a Mythical Zoan type Devil Fruit named Human Human Fruit, Model Nika. Nika was a legendary god from the past. With the help of the fruit’s powers, he can bend reality and use it for his favour. He becomes so powerful that he defeated Kizaru, one of Admirals of the Navy.

CONCLUSION
Basically, Zoan Type devil fruits are a type of fruit from which an individual can transform from a normal being to an extraordinary being. It boosts the mental and physical strenghth of the user to a very high level. In battle a zoan fruit user mostly dominates as he attains a supernatural power from the fruits power. Be it Luffy with his reality bending powers, be it Kaido with the enormous strength of a Dragon with ultimate blasts or be it Marco with its healing ability, with which he can regenerate or heal his crewmates.
When a very tough battle occurs, a zoan fruit user easily dominates the field with his unparallel offensive & defensive powers.