User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 407: All for My Demise, Review and Commentary/@comment-25334245-20141101183131/@comment-1776824-20141105161810

Forfeiting defense for attack strength has nothing to do with the fact that Erza lost all five of her senses and was wracked with pain so powerful she should have died from shock, and still moved quite nimbly. So nimbly, in fact, that she dodged all of Kyouka's attacks and gave pinpoint attacks, as well as just outright defeated her. Erza was godmodded. Don't defend it until there's (hopefully) an explanation aside from "She's Erza."