User blog comment:Nerdyanimegirl225/The Worst. The Best, and why?/@comment-24748439-20140525134406/@comment-24264679-20140526010112

Lucy is only weak compared to who? People constantly comment on how Lucy keys get stolen but they really don't and that is not a good argument to say she is weak. Also it is not good to compare her to people like Erza or Natsu not because they are beast but because Natsu defeats his opponents through powerups and the ones he doesn't get a powerup against he has a hard time against and usually aren't monsters themselves. Only people Natsu has fought and actually beat without any sort of powerup Pre time skip was Monkey, Virgo, Toby, Yuka, Brothers in Duke Everdue arc, Gajeel(Which whom he had a hard time against), Erigor(Which he had a hard time against) and Hughes. I wouldn't say this are power houses most of this people Lucy could have beat with Ease. Post time skip we are only looking at the twin Dragon Slayers, Eye bird, Executioner Guy and Jackal. Lucy has shown she can hold her own against Jackal without her new found power and she beat one of the executioners with little difficulty same as Natsu and Lucy with her whip alone was able to hold off the Fiore army just like the rest could while their powers.

Lucy was never weak compared to people like Natsu but she wasn't as strong as them but base Natsu feats pre time skip rarely overshadowed Lucy's. Pre time Skip Lucy was only weak compared to the S class mages and Post time skip Lucy is only weak to people like LDF Natsu(Before she upgraded) and ISD Gajeel and of course those Minerva+ Level but most of Fairy Tail is.

To me I wouldn't call someone Weak who can hold their own against Fiore Army, Edolas Army and Tartarous Soldiers with just a whip and a kick. Can easily dispatch a large group from a minor dark guild and defeat 3 prominent Dark guild members and hold her own against 3 Tartarous members 2 of which where high ranking weak. I also wouldn't call someone who can summon 3 spirits and summon the Spirit King weak. Also I wouldn't say someone who can cast the ultimate magic of the stars weak. Also only people who can steal her keys is those who posses super speed and/or can teleport items away not every mage can do that. Also that problem is irrelevant as her spirits can summon themselves and just return her keys back to her.

P.S Lucy has always been able to cast Urano Metria by herself. She only needed Gemini to double her power which still doesn't matter as Gemini is still part of her magic. Lucy would have had to learn the spell first then be able to do the spell alone in order for Gemini to be able to do it.