User blog comment:Lucy Heartifilia/Battle Of The Ace's/@comment-24.185.138.193-20120801052849

Experience may be the key factor, but Laxus had beat five people without so much as blinking an eye. I'm not saying that they were really strong, but I have to guess for Raven Tail to be in that competition they'd have to be pretty nasty. Then again, I'm probably kidding myself. But we shouldn't put Laxus in the dirt just yet, because he may be the strongest, it isn't a fair contest. Technically, Makarov was about to leave him as the master. So in retrospect, it's a landslide, and this comparison is utterly worthless. It'd be more interesting if it was Jellal vs. Laxus. But lets not forget Natsu managed to dish out enough raw power to deliver a single blow onto Laxus (though, Natsu is always lucky with his victories)