User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 373: Life or Death?, Review./@comment-24446496-20140228224759/@comment-24264679-20140304221826

Lucy is stronger than Bicklow even without Loke. Sagittarius easily dealt with his dolls. Only reason she had a problem was due to the unlimited amount he had underneath. It was also because he let down his guard. Lucy is more than equipped to deal with Bicklow with just Sagittarius. Shot down his dolls then shot him down. Even Taurus can deal with his dolls. Also everytime his contract is in play with Lucy he uses her magic to summon himself. Ergo why he said close my gate and summon Holorogium to up your defense. Now that Lucy can summon 2 spirits Saggittarius and Virgo would dominate in that fight.

Also Lucy even pre time skip had the same power output as Juvia. Lucy also had just as good if not better durability. Aquarius waves kinda outshined majority of Juvia attacks. Also to people who keep on saying serious Juvia there is no difference everytime Juvia has been in battle she has been serious. The attacks she used against Meredy was basically the same attacks she used against Lucy and Gray nothing different. "Serious Juvia" Output = Regular Juvia output. Go back and compare the feats you will see there is no difference between the 2 except for her whole creepy face thing but as far as damage output there is little to no difference. She was actually using stonger attacks during the TOH arc and during her fight with Gray versus during her fight with Meredy.

@Lovely Heartfilla From the beginning she always thought of herself on the level of Gray and Natsu, well Gray atleast. I always thought of her as being up there with them too in the power output section. Now there is always other things that come into play but as far as power output I always put Lucy up there with Gray. Many people just overlook her feats because they are so busy complaining to actually factor in other things. Most of her opponents always tried to use some mind control on her or her spirits. This is why we really never get to see them in battle. It likes it always something with them.

It would be great if she used Multiple spirits but a spirit like Aquarius, Loke or Capricorn would do. I feel as though I would rather see individual spirit feats than combinations right off the bat. A lot of Lucy spirits lack actual combat feats. Usually either she handles things with her whip or spirits like Aquarius, Sagittarius or Loke take the spotlight for once I would love for it to be spirits like Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, Gemini, Capricorn, Aries, or Cancer. I would actually love to see these spirits in a 1v1 battle with no trolling getting in the way. If they deserve to win they win if the don't then they don't. No half way from either side.