User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 324: The One Who Closes The Door, Review./@comment-4047931-20130324131002/@comment-5668006-20130324170338

If Loke defeated rogue? You're kidding right...

Mira would dominate Rogue, also yes I explained the survival again because I was talking mainly to Conza who didn't participate in that other discussion. Also, that is all 100% true. Natsu's DF was clearly stronger than Sting and Rogue's DF. His gave off the aura of his dragon and he took the power of an actual dragon to the point where his body physically took on scales of a dragon. Sting and Rogue are 3rd generation DS but obviously they couldn't beat a first gen DS. We could talk about second origin but we could also talk about the fact that if if Acnologia didn't show up and ruin FT's party that Saber Tooth never would have become the number 1 guild and Natsu still would have been capable of beating Sting and Rogue because he would always be 7 years older. So instead of bringing "what if's" into the eqation, the fact of the matter is Natsu has a stronger DF. Also, here's what I have to say about the nakama thing, in the tenrou arc yes, it was completely ridiculous and impossible, however none of the other arcs even have the nakama power up like it was in tenrou. Also, i think it's funny every time how people don't think that bonds actually do make people stronger. Bonds are what seperate champion ship teams and organizations in real life.

I found out hungry is a sports fan but I don't know if anyone else here is but the reason why Louisville is dominating college basketball right now is because of their bonds, the reason Alabama is dominating college football is because of their bonds, the reason why the ravens won the super bowl was because it was their team leaders last season and their bonds were so strong. The company I work with has 900 different offices and the highest performing offices have the most tightly nit teams. It is 100% realistic that bonds do give people an advantage over people who lack them idc if you guys think that or not but it is a proven fact in business and sports. Hell, they have 100's of articles where people have done great feats because of their emotions, like the mom who threw a car because her child was in there. Humans only use 10% of their brains unless something emotional happens that allows them to use more.

^ You can ignore this paragraph if you want but the fact of the matter still stands that Natsu used a much stronger DF than Sting and Rogue.