User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 487: The Third Seal, Review./@comment-14155342-20160531013544/@comment-24264679-20160608023133

First off Gajeel couldn't do anything against Bradman until he absorbed the anti magical particles.

Second off Lucy has superior feats. Her Taurus form in the Avatar arc has superior destructive/strength feats than Gajeel. She is more versatile than Gajeel with having many different magics and being able to summon multiple spirits at once. Her spells like Urano metria outclasses all of Gajeel's top spells so I don't see how Gajeel is superior to Lucy.

Her magical reserves clearly surpasses his as in the Tartarous arc she was able to summon a the CSK while almost on empty yet Gajeel needed a boost in power to take out Torafusa. Gajeel prior to his fight with Torafusa during that arc had not fought any other 9DG member while Lucy had atleast 2 prior fights against the 9DG members while still having to hold her own against Tartarous foot warriors and 2 9DG members afterwards.

On top of that the versatility of her magic outclasses his. Psychical strength wise her Taurus form and Gajeel have the same level of physical strength. Taurus Axe holds just as much power as Gajeel's Iron sword. IN attack power things like Starshot and Urano Metria hold more power than a shadow Roar. Lucy has more going for her with the:

CSK summoning

Stardresses

Multiple Spirit summoning

Spells like Urano Metria

high intellect

Also Lucy outclasses Juvia proven during the Tartarous arc when it was confirmed by Silver that Keith was nowhere near the other 9DG power and Juvia struggled against him while Lucy was holding her own against Torafusa and Jackal.