User blog comment:GotMilk5101520/Top ten best/favorite fight in the Tartarus Arc/@comment-4449950-20150103032029/@comment-7418318-20150103110549

"Oh, Jackal vs. Magic Council was great! :D But we don't really count that one, do we?"

I don't think a one-sided massacre can be counted as a fight, but it sure was a fantastic way to kick off the arc with a bang (pun intended) and show us both the danger that Tartarus represents (to anyone not of Fairy Tail anyway -_-) and the stakes.

My list looks the same, except I'd switch 1 and 2 around. I just love Lucy's fight soooo much. It's my favourite fight of the entire manga, not just the arc. And it finally shut the "Lucy is weak and useless" cryers up, which is a definite plus.

I also couldn't agree more about Gray. The vs. Silver fight started out on a good note, but ended not so well for me. And after that Gray just went with a typical Natsu tactic (i.e. thoughtless brute force) instead of the smartness we are used from him until he was literally forced to employ some tactics by Mard easily overpowering him and even then his tactics were rather basic with hiding Natsu and playing dead. I used to really like his fights, but in this arc I really don't.