User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail vs. Alvarez Empire! Place your bets!/@comment-24553184-20150917214724/@comment-24553184-20150918045353

Lucy isn't stronger then her XD Mashima has a tweet someone posted it on here, that Cana before Tartarus was the 3rd strongest female mage above Lucy and Evergreen. Lucy relies on spirits now she can use them herself so the ranking may have changed, but Cana trained to. So I hate to say it but Word of God > Fan opinions