User blog comment:LegerPrime/Natsu surpasses Erza/@comment-5894890-20151009160914/@comment-5894890-20151009183931

No, I'm not "forgetting God Serena who was the strongest mage in Ishgar". God Serena, may be known as the strongest in Ishgar; and supposedly the 12 are as strong as him. However there are many factors to play out. 1. How strong is God Serena? Slightly stronger than Gildarts? 2. In fact, how did they measure his strength? Did they even measure someone like Gildarts as well? (may be he's not even as strong or stronger than Gildarts) 3. Did God Serena even show his true power to the Spriggans? which may have instead lead Ajeel into thinking he's of an equal? 4. Time changes, he may still be the "strongest of Ishgar", but there could be people who are getting stronger and nearing his power. For example, the protagonists of the story... It looks more like you're over-hyping the Spriggans, and under-hyping Erza to me lol. Erza is not the strongest mage of course, but she is most definitely not even close to being weak. Factoring in the time skip as well, she, in terms of strength, has most likely grown quite a bit. She is a force to be reckoned with. As one of the main protagonists, it would only make sense to have her fight someone she can at least stall or deal with, OR be completely overwhelmed, but that's not going to happen... because if it's a 'fair fight, and one of the strongest people of the series can't deal with the force (let alone what you're trying to arguing, of two)... there's just no point in trying to fight the war. Once again like a said, there's not many people stronger or equal to her strength. So if 2 people of Erza's power can't take on one of the (in my opinion) weakest Spriggans, then Ishgar stands zero chance... not to mention Alvarez out numbers Ishgar in terms of mages.