User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 439: Albareth Empire, Review./@comment-1153699-20150608231059/@comment-1153699-20150609012843

1) No, I said people who are stronger than Current Laxus (assuming he trained hard for a year straight) are extremely rare when looking at all the Mages that exist in FT's world. Keep in mind there are a lot of weak guilds like Ghoul Spirit and Naked Mummy in FT.

2) Warrod is like 100 years old. Possibly even older than that. Magical Power wise I think he's the same as he was in his prime. But physically wise? I doubt it. Makarov for example has heart problems due to his age and he's younger than Warrod so I think Warrod being as old as he is holds him back.

3) But Laxus was a lot stronger than Rogue back in the GMG. He was at least one of the strongest Mages around. He was even stronger than Jura. That is why I'm so skeptical that there are many people in Alvarez capable of challenging Current Laxus individually. If Gildarts and/or Jura trained hard too, I would have the same opinion about their strength as well.

Even Wendy can be described as immensely powerful during the GMG. It just depends on who you are comparing her to.

4) I don't think Makarov took into account how strong Natsu, Erza Gray, Laxus etc would get after one year of training. Again the difference in power between GMG Laxus and Current Laxus should be huge. I think Makarov was comparing the Empire to GMG FT. And the Current FT is so much ahead of GMG FT that I think Base Natsu can actually solo it.