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Yes, Dragon Natsu would be able to prevent Zeref from taking Fairy Heart from Mavis by incapacitating him. DF Natsu could blast him to pieces and then collapse shortly afterwards(while Zeref's regeneration kicks in), because at the time combining FDK and DF was too exhaustive for him, but DF Natsu with his base ds would have probably fought on a similar (possibly a bit lower) level with him I'd imagine.Or Ko him like Ultear did. His magic wasn't working properly but his curse was still active and he could still be KOed. If DF was stronger than him, he could just take him out like he's done most of the other villains in the series.
Again it was developed originally for Acnologia. His priorities switched with the invasion of Alvarez and he knew that Zeref was the leader so that became his target. He even debated on using it against Brandish and Ajeel when he felt their magic power, so it wasn't created specifically for Zeref. And there's nothing about what Natsu says about the power that implies that he thought it could hax away immortality. Igneel was the second strongest dragon in the series at the time so he probably thought that releasing the power would give him a shot against Acnologia. Then Alvarez came and he thought maybe it could erase Zeref. The massively different results are a function of Zerefs intention. Zeref believed Igneel's flames could kill him so he didn't resist. But Zeref against Natsu purposefully dropped his magic guard to show off his time powers. It's like the difference between a knight not putting up their shield, and taking off all their armor.
Or DF Natsu just isn't stronger than him so the form wouldn't help him win the fight. As evident by Zeref's statements, and his ability to keep him at bay with just a glare. Not a single time did he imply he was going to abuse his immortality. Maybe I should make an Igneel Flame Natsu vs DF Natsu thread (alvarez version). Would be pretty funny to see how useless a power that took 10 months of training was when he could just pull out a form significantly stronger than Igneel's flames at any time....
Yet Zeref was shook at the savage flames which didn't kill him either. I could list the other times after their first fight that Zeref praised various magics power but I'll refrain to keep the discussion focused. Narratively it doesn't really make much sense to hype up the heat and the magic power of a one time use ability that took 10 months to unleash and came from the second strongest dragon in the series, just for it to be significantly weaker than an ability Natsu already had.
1. Irrelevant. Your argument of speed being the gimmick therefore it can't be surpassed doesn't make sense since Jellal isn't the only speedy character.
2. Nope. Luckily we have in series statements describing his increase in stats. 2-3x his base speed is what blitzed Jellal. Erza would need less than that since her base is already faster.
You see a few weeks ago I would have agreed that the difference in fire was massive, but now I've noticed that the 2-3x boost seems pretty consistent in terms of the gap between base and DF Natsu. Here's base Natsu trying to block Zero's spell.He has to use his iron fist and it take everything he has. He gets a 2-3x power boost and this happensHe casually swipes it away. Erza's armor no sold the heat from Natsu's purgatory attack so I don't think the random flames would burn her. And Natsu isn't Laxus and the flame empress armor isn't the flame empress armor. Flame empress was shown to tank higher heat than what his "burning the earth" fire would be. He'd have to do an actual attack to cause significant damage to Erza and she can intercept him. Also you do realize that Erza can swap armors instantly during battle right? She doesn't swap to one thing and is stuck there. She also has moves that can momentarily raise her speed. If she could momentarily blitz Laxus (who's also a character that has had emphasis on speed btw) why wouldn't she be able to do it to Jellal or Natsu?
Go re-read that chapter (443). He grabs his arm while it's trembling with a GRNN sound-effect. It seems way more likely that the power was acting up in response to their massive MP and that he was just keeping it under control, rather than Natsu instantly considering the possibility to use his secret weapon on these mages he just met.
Both scenarios are the same. He didn't resist against IgNatsu, and he didn't resist against DF Natsu. There's no evidence that he purposefully "drained" his guard against DF Natsu.
Igneel's power took 10 months of training to master. From how it looks, it was probably similar to the Gray/Silver situation. He inherited that power and the fdk flames, spent the 10 months to get stronger and master the flames, then after completing his training, still had the power (unlike Gray who used it straight away against the demons). He obviously knew that they were special in nature, because he got it after Igneel had died, and probably figured that it could work on Zeref.
Savage flames was actively burning FH out of Zeref and in that regards, fully surpassed DF Natsu, so Zeref would naturally react to it, 'cause it was working against him.
Jet is a fodder. Surpassing him in speed is not a huge feat (even if he has speed magic), Jellal is actually a top tier among good guys who uses a huge speed amp.
I think you're putting in way too much stock in that 2-3x statement from a Natsu with a less-developed DF. No matter how you look at it, if DF Natsu can blitz Meteor Jellal, and Erza can blitz DF Natsu, that makes Erza way faster than Meteor Jellal. She would be able to casually dance around him and blitz-stomp him while he's using a magic that hugely amps his speed. Do you really think the narrative implies this to be the case?
Even if his DF boost is still 2-3x, why does that mean that Erza is more than 2-3x Base Natsu? Why couldn't she just be like 1.5x his base or something, if such a small boost results in such a huge change?
Those 2 armors have a similar name and serve a similar function. No reason to believe that their performance is massively different. Portrayal doesn't put DF Natsu at < Base Laxus' nameless punch, nor does it paint Erza as absurdly fast as to be able to blitz someone who could already blitz one of the fastest good guys
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