User blog comment:Dragonboy78/Natsu not getting credit/@comment-1153699-20151016115248

He didn't beat them using his own strength though. When he came at them with his own strength (no power ups or help from others), he got overpowered easily. Every single arc.

Natsu has to beat the arc bosses because he's the main character and that's just how Hiro does things. But the problem was, and probably still is, that he's only the 4th~5th~6th strongest in FT. So to help Natsu beat arc bosses (major bosses like Zero and Jellal. Not like Erigor and Lyon), Hiro gives him power ups (Etherion DF, Flame of Rebuke DF, LFD etc), help from others (Gajeel, Gray, Team FT) and often nerfs the enemy using PiS, CiS and WiS. Which is a shame really..