User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 452: The Prelude to the Final Battle, Review./@comment-1153699-20150915213648/@comment-1153699-20150916164228

Laxus casually overpowered Azir twice. Here and here. Granted, Azir wouldn't have died from Laxus's nuke, but he would have taken a lot of damage. August feeling the need to intervene pretty much confirms this imo. Azir being confident says nothing. The guy was confident he could solo Ishgal. :P

That sounds horrible. I really hope this doesn't happen. I hate it when characters win due to powerups from out of nowhere. Especially when the power gap is as big as the one between Lucy and August. Lucy defeating a Spriggan is already a HUGE achievement for her, but defeating the strongest Spriggan (so far at least) is just.. No.

Baby steps Hiro. Baby steps...

Some Spriggans are inevitably gonna be fodders compared to Gildarts, Laxus and Jellal. The same thing happened when Tartarus arc started and everyone thought Tartarus is full of Laxus-tiered+ opponents. And we all know how that turned out. 12 enemies being that strong is very unlikely. Keep in mind FT still has to win at the end of the day.