Neither of them used the powers that makes them strong. Jacob didnt use transport? Mira didnt use Alegria either. That is why i was considering hand to hand combat in which Jacob apparently excels than any other spriggans. (also that was the only thing which was shown) And saying that she didnt use her stronger forms to defeat her opponent doesnt mean that its a -ve point,it may very well also mean that even her weaker forms of magics were strong enough to take him down.
Wahl def. takes this though- extreme/high diff
I agree with you dude. Jacob overpowered Lucy and Natsu in 1v2 in hand to had combat, he's excelling in this type of combat, and Mira was able to beat him at his own game. I don't disregard that.
What i meant earlier was only, Mira being exhausted at the begining of the fight isn't a nerf, that's Mira's own weakness that led to this. I don't consider this a nerf. I mean, it's her own stamina, not a nerf coming from an external source or somethine like that.
I agree that, for something heavily relying on MP to use TakeOvers, Mira being low on MP was a big deal. (though i believe Jacob's disadvantage was even huger). So yeah, i agree, had she been in perfect shape she would have won easier, more convincingly with Alegria or something else.
But that didn't happen, because of her mediocre stamina.
It's not like Natsu being "nerfed" by not wanting to damage the guild hall, or Erza being nerfed by Marin preventing her from using her magic. Mira's nerf was her very own weakness...
It is also my belief that, if Erza had fought Jacob instead of Irene, (so just replace Mira with Erza), Erza wouldn't have struggled nearly as much as Mira did against an opponent who was fighting with no hax and no vision. Basically, Mira can be pretty good with the right TakeOvers, but Alegria was shown to last a very very little time before running out of MP. Without powerful TO, this is the kind of result we have: an extreme diff against an opponent that, imo, was not AT ALL Spriggan level if we remove his vision and his Transport.
Hence whhy i'm saying: Mira's performance was mediocre, despite being a win. That's because of her being low on MP i agree, but that's her own fault: mediocre stamina.
I hope you get what i mean.