User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 362: Natsu vs. Jackal, Review and Commentary/@comment-77.194.131.171-20131129122316/@comment-7418318-20131129173337

But on the other hand you could say that midnight's magic was a good (or actually perfect) counter to anyone who didn't use organic attacks, which would also include Hoteye, since he used earth magic.

So the argument you just made why Hoteye could come even with Jura also applys to why Midnight was able to bash Hoteye so easily.