User blog comment:CNBA3/Fairy Tail Civil War!/@comment-25324252-20160406051931/@comment-5894890-20160408012743

Laxus most certainly did hold his own against Hades. He lasted all a minute before Mashima wrote him out, and made Laxus say some BS along the lines of how he is no longer a part of the guild, thus relying/ giving his power to Natsu to finish the job.