User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/Useful Information on the Inner Cover and Back of Vol. 32/@comment-3407832-20121225013437/@comment-3407832-20121225111628

IIRC I didn't state anywhere that Jellal is blatantly stronger than Jura, it's subjective at this point to say who is stronger among the 3 since each guy has different fighting style: Jura has the best defense among the 3, Jellal is more of a nuker, can fly and lots of versatility to back up and Laxus has the best durability and hand to hand combat skill. It's like asking who is stronger between Erza and Mira. In certain situations a character can be stronger than others (think about Juvia being in a water combat), but weaker than the same people at the same time with different settings/matches up. That's why it's better to use Tier for those who are relatively close in power level rather than who is exactly stronger than who. Hence the Laxus - Jura - Jellal tier is quite popular these days, and also the easiest to lead to shitstorms everytime someone tries to claim someone is definitely stronger than the other 2:

http://forums.mangafox.me/threads/434903-Strongest-Mage-in-the-GMG http://www.narutoforums.com/showthread.php?t=885181 There are tons of thread about this but I'm too lazy to prove more. Again just be patient and wait for more feats in the future then.