User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail Chapter 359 Review: Fairies vs Hades/@comment-5681812-20131109202943/@comment-5580383-20131113224319

But even that one roar he had no control of was a stronger feat than even Thunder Palace or Erza's Fairy Armor. After all Attack that goes through islands> Towns and town sized floating islands. Not saying Natsu can beat Erza or Laxus, just saying that he has more raw power and strength than them overall when factoring in his best feats.

Also Natsu in the timeskip thanks to Second Origin can now fully control Lightning Flame Dragon Mode and was shown within the first fight with Future Rouge to have perfect control of that power as well as during his brief exchange with Jimmea of Sabertooth where he only electrified his fists for the attack Minerva blocked with her War God Maic.

Also Laxus was losing to Hades even with Hades having his eyepatch limiter on, it was Natsu in Lightning Flame Dragon Mode who pushed Hades to removing the limiter which pretty much shows that Lightning Dragon Mode Natsu>Laxus, at least at the time.

I don't count Fighting Festival as a difference of power. Natsu lucked out entirely on that fight, Laxus used Fairy Law and due to his botched attempt of it, lost alot of power and was weakened both physically and mentally, especially after learning Marakov was sick.