User blog comment:SoulRise99/5 Things Alvarez Empire Arc Shouldn't Have Done/@comment-24264679-20170603141627/@comment-125.212.122.99-20170605001413

I wouldn't say though that Fairy Tail, a mere guild, plus its allies in Fiore, would outclass the entirety of the Alvarez Empire (unless we're assuming that below the Spriggan 12 and a few underlings the empire is just composed of mediocre mages and soldiers, and even then with proper strategy and tactics the empire can overwhelm the various countries of Ishgar)

While I agree that the lower 10 spriggans can be countered with the right combination, there's still Irene and August to worry about... and their deaths and fight scenes leave so much to be desired