Zeref barely even fought. He used two spells max and they got incinerated and for the rest of the fight it was just Natsu punching him and Zeref smiling. Not to mention that the next second after they left the burns regenerated instantaneously.
Save three dragonslayers? Are you really using this argument now for Gajeel being below Erza?
Why do you say that E.N.D will be a villain they have to face? I highly doubt that. He'll just be Natsu with a power-up.
From what we've seen from Plotsu (one-shotting Jacob in FDK; the mass of flames that him barely trying gives off), then Demolition One-Shot or some other spell should be able to just nuke the ground and burn away all the sand and just make everything glass. That'd be a sight for sore eyes wouldn't it? And very trippy..
Sting > Rogue with Shadow posessed? Are you serious?????
To be accurate, we don't even know for sure if that was DF (Y u so vague mashima). Bradman called it as Jet-black Iron mode and Gajeel was always talking about how he was lacking behind the other slayers (like wut m8, you're like the 3rd strongest) and that he didn't possess DF but he didn't care so why would he say that if it was actually DF?Sting > Rogue with Shadow posessed? Are you serious?????
Also for the argument of Erza >< Gajeel, it's hard to say. DF Gajeel is tough for sure, I'd say he's above Erza, but it seems too circumstancial and time-limited, whereas Erza is ridiculously versatile (elements, good overall offense, defense, speed, very plain character).
That form was dubbed "Shadow Iron Dragon mode" wasn't it? It's like Natsu's Lightning Flame Dragon mode. Sort of a permanent Unision Raid that one DS can gift to another. So if i'm right then Gajeel really hasn't used Dragon Force as of yet. Interesting...
Oh no, I'm not talking about that. That form is what he used against Rogue. I'm talking about the one against Bradman when he absorbed the iron in the MBPs (ugh that fight was terrible) and gained the form.
Frankly it's been ages since i read that fight over again but I know the form you mean. Hiro was deliberately vague on whether or not it was in fact Dragon Force. He absorbed the Magic Barrier Particles and gained this uber op form, but I still don't think it was DF
Having a natural resistance to Bradman's curse does not make Gajeel > Erza, simply because the latter did not have an innate counter to Ajeel; he could move freely within his AoE spell (Sand world), whereas Erza has always been a CQC mage. Gajeel was able to metabolize the iron present in Bradman's particles, so he had a natural counter to the curse.
She kinda did with her water/wind swords and her Nagakami armour (though that's a counter to everything). She also had a field advantage and was saved by Jupiter at the most critical moment which also gave her the opportunity to strike the finishing blow on Ajeel. The only gained advantage he got was the ability to hit Bradman (Bradmans intangibility is not a curse). He still blitzed him before he was able to do anything and took him out with a regular punch.
She was caught in three, had a perfect counter to one of those three and was saved quickly by Gajeel in another. Tenchi Kaimei is still a very deadly curse for most characters.
There was a lot of MBP present and MBP contain iron, Gajeel absorbed much of it and gained DF, hence he had the dragon force scales on him. He basically filtered the iron from the poison in the MBP although he had to digest the poison for that to happen, that's what Bradman is talking about.
To attack he has to come out of the shadows. Gajeel easily blocked his punched while he was using shadow body.
That's not an innate counter, it's an acquired one. Her water/wind combo only allowed her to harden the sand and hit him once with it, and Nakagami Armor was hardly a counter to anything in this fight, as it was only used to deliver the final hit. How did she have a field advantage, when she was inside Ajeel's "world"? Her opponent had the upper hand, not her. The only thing Erza needed was a disctraction and she took advantage of her being at Ajeel's mercy to guide Bisca's aim with Jupiter.
She'd be dead before she even got to the level where Bradman used the Curses from the 9 Demon Gates, also how exactly does Erza counter the 2nd Seal? She doesn't have Holy Attribute Magic
The only Seal Levy countered was the Holy Attribute one, Gajeel was with her the whole time Bradman was using the 9 Demon Gates Curses, he protected her from all of them except Tenchi Kaimei, an Ice Devil Slayer Roar would have destroyed Levy if Gajeel wasn't there..
Good point but Rogue can use it to get good hits in.
The first example is because it was Holy Element magic, by what Bradman stated it would appear that anyone with Holy magic could dispel the Second Seal. As for the poison water, she did that to Torafuzar's water too, it's a simple counter, anyone with the capability to create a hole like that (something Gajeel and Erza likely couldn't). I don't see how this discredits Bradman, both cases were scenarios where the magic used against it were direct counters.
That is clearly a plot hole, the only reason Gajeel was ok was due to his Iron lungs and we saw in Tartoros that Laxus and the Thunder Tribe were almost killed just by being in the MBP mist so unless Tempesters MPB's > Bradman MBP's (no reason for this) Levy should have died like Bill.
Erza would lose to Bradman, she'd be fighting to live through the MBP's, let alone tanking the curses. Plus he could pierce Erza's skin via Thorns. Also remember that Bradman still had the other curses of the 9DG at his fingers, meaning he could have used the Sensation Curse at any time. Besides, the only reason Gajeel beat Bradman is because he altered the properties of his magic to counter Bradman's intangibility, had he not done that he wouldn't have been able to do that and since Erza has shown no ability to do that she'd just be swiping at an intangible Bradman.
While she could block that she'd have to counter his other curses too, whilst chocking on MBP's.Erza Red pants sword is superior to his Ezel curse power. I Mean Erza was able to block something like this with relative ease:
Where as Bradman curse:
"Pose no threat" is an exaggeration, especially since she'd be getting poisoned if she couldn't drain it in time, plus it would limit her movement.
She'd be dead before Bradman started using curses, she has no resistance to MBP's, even Laxus succumbed to MBP's.
What? If anything Gajeel absorbing the MBP to hit Bradman was an acquired counter since its not part of his natural/regular arsenal. The sword/wind combo are in Erzas innate arsenal, so its an innate counter. Its about as innate a counter as someone who summons swords and armours could have.
It allowed her to disperse his basic attacks (which is all he could use on a flying ship) and hit him (something someone like Kagura wouldn't be capable of doing). Both the neptune and wind swords only dealt basic damage though, Nakagami bypassed Ajeels sand body due to its magic immunity and hit him harder then anything in her arsenal ever could. Thats a counter.
They were fighting on a flying ship, Ajeel did not have access to many of his ground sand moves. Sand World is one of Ajeels moves, its not an outside factor so it doesn't count against him or for her. Jupiter did not just distract him, it also outright saved her.
It was a regular DF punch. I repeat, a regular one. He still has named physical hits and roars. An innate ability would be an ability that he has normally at his disposal, this instance (much like in most of Gajeels fights) is an instance of an acquired ability, specifically to hit Bradman and go DF.
Not really sure what her piercing plutogrim has to do with with her getting out of Tenchi Kaimei. She is a physical fighter, Tenchi Kaimei almost completely shuts down physical fighters. That curse is her worst possible nightmare.
But unfortunately levy survived his MBP. Whether it was for plot reason or whatever. MBP isn't helping here, because what we saw Bradman could do with it, erza isn't choking much.
My problem with Levy surviving the MBP's is that: