User blog comment:Imhungry4444/Let the election begin/@comment-3061966-20110910054654/@comment-3290324-20110910134740

Never said that Laxus and Gildarts weren't more powerful (although in Laxus' case it's not by a tremendous amount). And I'd say Erza's stronger. I love Mirajane and I wish she would go back to her old personality and start to train and get stronger, but she spent two years without fighting so i'd give it to Erza (for now).

Here is what I mean. Instead of killing him she decided to pin him down and wait for Etherion. And what's even more than that, not only did she fight Ikaruga before her match with Jellal. She didn't use a single armor in her fight with him. All she used was swords.