User blog comment:Imhungry4444/What if: Hades vs. Gildarts/@comment-3390396-20111117161808/@comment-3290324-20111118004038

Well, while I do agree with you about the fact that Gildarts couldn't force Hades to remove his eyepatch, I don't think your reasoning is correct. The two S-Class Level Mage along with one of the S-Class Mages was severely battle-worn so you cant really count that as a reason.