User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 431 & 432: My sword is... & Brair in Love, Review./@comment-25111584-20150428170803/@comment-7418318-20150428211524

I always considered Lucy to be strong.

She's a mage for far less time than literally EVERYONE in the series, including Romeo! due to the timeskip and yet she's among the strongest in Fiore.

And where other main chars get enemies against whom they have no particular weakness, Lucy get's matches up against enemies who seem to be perfectly equipped to fight exactly her more times than not.

There was Shelly, who could controll Celestial Spirits, Angel who had the perfect two Spirits to counter Lucy's strongest Spirits Aquarius and Loke, there was Minerva how could teleport Lucy's keys away, Jackal who she couldn't attack since he would turn anything that touches him into a bomb...

Lucy always get's the short end of the stick and thus people think she's weak, but really think she is strong. Sure she's no overpowered Natsu or Erza... or post-Silver Gray, but she's definitely not weak.

Short of the Dragon Slayers and S-Class Mages (and equivalent) or higher I can't think of anyone right off the bat who'd be stronger than her.

She probably could have beaten Cana and Levy who were S-Class candidates back then.

But what makes her truly strong in my eyes (not in terms of power, but in terms of personality) is something else. Natsu and Erza are pretty much fearless and far more powerful than Lucy and yet Lucy faces off against the same enemies. She's afraid, she's less likely to win and yet she still goes up against those same enemies.

Wow... that became quite a long text >_<

DL:TR Lucy is strong and awesome!