Laxus blitzed him 4 times. He kicked him, then punched him, then smashed him into the floor and then smashed him into the floor again later on. Laxus missed him once with a punch and once with a roar. Laxus fell to knees but he was far from done in, he still had plenty of MP left, and he then proceeded to endure one of Hades blasts with none of it.
Laxus did not loose, he temporarily fell to his knees. He did not utilize most of his MP because he wanted to give the honours of beating Hades up to Natsu. Falling to your knees for a second =/= defeated.
She's also overrated.
Its never been overly up. The strongest she has frozen was Kagura, and even she was implied to have seen through to an extent. I refuse to believe it works on Spriggan level characters until it does. As of now nothing there to suggest it would, especially given that she considers her God Soul her Spriggan level trump card. We'll hopefully see in due time. If it works perfectly on a Spriggan level character then I concede (though then there is still characters like Irene and August who are leagues above the other Spriggan and Acnologia who is leagues above them), but I'm having doubts that's what's going to happen (cause I doubt DiMaria is going to win the war here).
Agreed. If Hyberion and Wolfheim go on to solo a Spriggan then Serena is something else (at least as far as attack power goes) but I'm finding it hard to believe.
Depends on how you look at it
When laxus arrived, Hades was shocked because of resemblance with markarov. Laxus headbut him. Hades didn't block him or retaliated. So I don't put that hit in the fight. Because Hades isn't fighting.
In chapter 245 laxus and Hades are standing pretty close together. Then suddenly laxus hits him. Hades hasn't even move. This allows him to hit Hades again. And Hades goes flying. Keep in mind Hades hasn't even started fighting yet. Was he too slow to react maybe, but they are standing face to face. So I don't find it impressive.
Then laxus flies after the Hades he punched away. Hit him again
And then Hades started to move. you can see this in mangapanda chapter 245 page 7.
And then its pretty much over for laxus. Ones Hades started to move laxus only landed one hit after the 25 formula.
And collapsed
To compare fairly. I have to give both chance to attack. Not one attacking and then getting the benefit of the attack, which seems to be the only reason why laxus managed to land all those hits other than the last one.
To give a stupid example, I am exchanging angry words with someone and then suddenly punch him in the nose. While he still recovering I start beating him up. Would you say I am stronger than him? Of course not.
Of course there two more things in this Hades vs laxus fight. First, they are both fighting mode, so should be ready for blows. And second, Hades has no worries of laxus actually doing any sort of damage thanks to his heart.
Also keep in mind, Hades was fighting back against wrecked fairy tail attack team from the start.
So that's why I say laxus only managed to land one hit in the fight after Hades started to fight. Hades has to fight to compare them fairly.
As for falling to knees meaning not defeated.
I dont know.
To me it looked like he couldn't move anymore. So if he had tried to fight he would have lost very fast. That is why everyone mentioned that spell.
If he could have fought on with same efficiency as before. Then I do think it would have been better to show laxus standing and looking perfectly able to fight. Then giving his powers.
Instead he was pretty much bowing to Hades and talking about monsters. And then he gave away his powers.
