User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 399: Wings of Despair, Review and Commentary/@comment-24367018-20140908121133/@comment-7418318-20140908122801

If you think this Erza fight was a worst case scenario you are lacking in imagination... which is a blessing in this case.

While not great, I can imagine many ways this fight could have been even worse, "crying fist" being just one example.