User blog comment:MarineroLelouch/Power Ranking and Classes./@comment-93.232.255.51-20140218135727

I think Angel and Ichiya should be around erzas league. in fact, acording to canon angel is the strongest female (alive).

while ichiya IS a source of comic relief, he was proven to be capable of at least something. he won against baccus and anoder member of 4cerberus (what erza would not have managed, since baccus and erza are equal, which means baccus+1 > erza). as for angel, she was able to make gemini change into ichiya. but it is said that gemini can only take a form equaly strong or weaker than the summoner.

as for lucy: first of all: her keys are part of her power. not including them is like not including natsus fire, grays ice or erzas armors and weapons. second: she was able to fight without them. in her fight against angel she did not had any keys/her spirits werent fighing her opponent. she managed to do a lot of damage (maybe through plot, but who cares anyway? Id even go as far as saying plot is a part of your power in ft, just like your magic is)