User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-1153699-20150602132933/@comment-5268982-20150602203137


 * Why exactly would Minerva take "some" damage from Natsu + Gajeel's attacks when she can negate them? Why would she not trap one of them in another dimension while mopping the floor with the other? Or why would she not turn one against the other(something really easy, since we're talking about Natsu and Gajeel)? The dudes don't stand a chance.
 * She took Lector hostage to make Sting her pawn. She pushed Kagura and Erza's buttons using Milianna and had them turn against each other. Frankly she's one of the few characters who has displayed any level of intelligence and opponent analysis, even if she uses underhanded tactics. She had also calculated so that her guild could win even if she did lose, and indeed Sabertooth could still win after her falling. Where did her intelligence go in Tartaros? Nowhere, it's still there. Did she do something that displayed lack of intelligence according to you?
 * Different bodies. We cannot judge the Tempesta Laxus faced with the Tempesta Natsu and co. faced by assuming they are the same. For all we know goat Tempesta could be weaker, since he could go kamikaze poisoning an entire city, and they would bring him back again. When Tartaros prepared for a fight, the new body they gave him would be stronger because he would have to fight for real this time.