User blog comment:Thewaterdragonslayer/Personal Reflections on the Differences Between 1st Generation Dragon Slayers and the Other Generations/@comment-188.171.27.28-20130207225715/@comment-5385039-20130208043842

That's not always true either. As we've seen so far, the 2nd generations have only faced off against people Mashima favors with plot armor (e.g. Natsu vs. Laxus, Natsu vs. Cobra, and Erza vs. Cobra in anime), so we don't really know. They could be really strong for all we know (Laxus vs. Raven Tail), but Mashima hasn't shown it yet.