User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 45: September 2015/@comment-25111584-20151003185436/@comment-3290324-20151003190131

I don't think Loke is as strong as you're saying. Perhaps pre-timeskip, but after everyone in Fairy Tail has been training for a year (which is only four days in CSW) I doubt Loke can even keep up with them.