User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 398: The Final Duels, Review and Commentary/@comment-24784846-20140901142226/@comment-24.45.179.151-20140901150529

I feel that Tempesta is just VERY unlucky. Just look at who he fought and lost to: First Laxus and we know Laxus is beast, then he has to fight Natsu and Gajeel with assistance of Torafusa,which ended up a draw until Tora was all "Let me handle it" which results in him losing. Now Tempesta is all "Hey maybe I can win a battle this time". Gray shows up and is all "NO" and shoots him Hawkeye Style. Gray then uses the Devil Slaying ice and slices him, taking him out. When you add the Devil Slaying multiplier to Gray's attack, its almost like Tempesta is getting hit by Laxus again. Mashima be trollin Tempesta ever since his appearance. If he fought anyone that wasn't Laxus or Gray The Devil Slayer, I'd say he would be winning his fights.