User blog comment:Lucy Heartifilia/Battle Of The Ace's/@comment-5036235-20120718050152

@Rai and Osuras no, I guess Laxus isn't very far behind. According to Makarov, Jura can nearly be a match for Gildarts. According to the manga and Mashima's sketch in Volume 31, Jura, Jellal and Laxus are about the same level, though Laxus may be the weaker due to his lack of experience (if memory serves, Jura is 34 years old, Jellal is 27 and Laxus only 23), he isn't very far behind. By the way, the Chinese forum has recently came to a conclusiong that Erza and Mira are far behind Laxus and Jellal, though I dunno exactly why.