User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-63.135.255.25-20150630101303/@comment-63.135.255.8-20150701020737

@Carrot You are right about both points, however you fail to realize that there are other ways to counter Minerva's magic not just by having a blade that can bend the laws of magic. Minerva's powers are tied to her line of vision as stated by herself, that's why Erza was able to slash her in the first place when there was smoke all around her. Laxus has shown to be pretty fast with his lightning body and Minerva hasn't shown any amazing reflexes that she can use at a high speed close combat. Another way is to temporarily shut out her vision and using flashes of lightning could definetly work for Laxus. If Minerva were to show the skills this new Marron Hollow has with his space magic, then yeah I can actually see her giving Laxus a tough battle or even defeating him, but given what we've seen so far from her Laxus clearly surpases Minerva in every category excluding inteligence. In my opinion both are good strategist given what we've seen in the GMG an Fantasia.