User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 287: Real Family, Review./@comment-16344653-20120615192244/@comment-2106167-20120615193648

Laxus was just faster than him, and Kurohebi was lousy enough to use Sand Magic again. Besides, Erza + Plot Armor is sucky just as anybody else + Plot Armor, and what saved Erza's ass during her battle with Azuma was mere SHIT. Not even Natsu needs mass images of his comrades to win battles... Erza was more pathetic than him there.