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Also Laxus is not that far behind from Gildarts. You're overrating him too much. Hades already said that Laxus is on the same tier as Gildarts. Plus Laxus also beat Jura, who Makarov stated to be on the same level as Gildarts. So no, Gildarts is not MILES above Laxus.