User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 466: Assassination, Review./@comment-5303512-20151216145356/@comment-24102956-20151218013458

Maybe that kind of tactic is so predictable that Mashima had Marin choke Brandish to near death. With Spatial Magic, he could easily take down Fairy Tail when they're guard is down in a quick sneak attack like a walk in a park.

Not even Erza Sue can try stop him with her walking stick unless pulling a typical "A FT member will never lose to the same opponent twice" BS or She's Erza since Marin was the one who had humiliated her and Lucy at Caracole Island in the first place by nullifying their space-type Magics (Requip and Celestial Spirit Magic) and sent them to his "personal relaxation space".

Pedobolt couldn't even do anything against Marin either too.