User blog comment:Keviinmac/Gildarts on Dragon King Festival/@comment-8949942-20130410131731/@comment-4829046-20130419111045

Why so late?

Yes but you didn't see my "he barely survived against Acnologia who wasn't even using his roar". Because if it can destroy an island(or nation) then no way in hell can Gildarts withstand it. I suppose Acnologia actually used more flexible combat skills than just toy around and stomp on everyone like he did on tenrou, remember!, since he considers all humans as insects there is no reason for him to use his full power of Gildarts.

Final Verdict; Acnologia pulled a frieza. Using 50%(or lower) on Gildarts and 1% on the rest of FT until he did the roar, so as to not soil his hands any longer. And the 50% is very doubtful cause according to the latest chapters, just one Dragon can do the kind of damage Gildarts can do, so what do you think the Dragon "King", the human that killed almost every single dragon, can do? Gildarts wouldn't survive. Maybe today's chapter will prove me wrong.