User blog comment:Sargenttacos115/Why are Sting and Rouge so weak?/@comment-24016459-20131110061912/@comment-4829046-20131110100550

Well in the games that is pretty evident but in the series itself? Not so much. It does have it but not to the level that is necessary for a top manga of the world. The FT mages don't really need anything other than nakama power and plot armour to win.

@B4 what you mentioned goes under the "sparring" I mentioned. I didn't think I'd need to point out the instances since my comments are long enough >_>