Hype? Why hype? The only reason how Natsu and Gray survived Memento Mori was because Gray demonized his body. In other words, it failed to destroy a demon. If Gray wasn't there it would've worked. In this battle royale the only one who could survive Memento Mori is Mirajane thanks to her Satan Soul.
I'm not saying the attack is hype... We've already seen it so it is a feat. I'm saying the power of it is unknown; therefore, anything that we say about it would just be hype. It could have killed Natsu and Gray or it might have not even been able to kill Sting and Rogue. My point here is that we don't know just how effective it really was. Knowing that Mard Geer was capable of lying, this situation is very similar to Zeref telling Natsu that if he dies, then Natsu dies. We simply don't know.
I call them fodder rockets bcs they were meant to clean up fodder. He didn't even put a thought into creating them. The rockets he use against Laxus were different and they were a named attack. Dimaria never stated or acted like she couldn't beat her without timestop(she was very chilled while Kagura was frozen by Mari's overwhelming magic)... as shown with her battle against DF Wendy and Sherria she could easily rekt Kagura in stats. Also her Time Magic is her magic she can easily access it and she likes to play around with people when she uses it so why would that be a indicater that she's even remotely serious? Mard Geer's are vines are what Dimaria Timestop is to her. She wasn't surprised at all she said "Not bad". Kagura is nowhere near Mira/Erza level she got defeated by a pre-1st-timeskip Erza which puts her at only high Seven Kin tier in the GMG. Juvia beat a 9D and 9D tier surpasses Seven Kin tier. There has been no indication Kagura has gotten significantly stronger and she was going to get one shotted by Neinhart if Jellal didn't save her.
That doesn't make any sense at all. So attacks that are meant to take out fodders are weak? I've already explained to many other users that named attack or not, it tells us nothing of its power. By that logic, Natsu's unnamed attack against Alvarez fodders should be weaker than Lucy's
Starshot...
Seriously? Anyways, just look at the destructive capacity of Wahl's rockets.
Definitely shouldn't be taken so lightly.
If you read my post carefully, I said Dimaria stated that Kagura's skills are not that bad. For a Spriggan to acknowledge that, it meant that they knew they couldn't go easy, especially since they all had the idea that Ishgar mages were fodders. Either way, Kagura was clearly a match for Dimaria. You may think otherwise, but it was shown and facts are facts. Without
Time Magic, Dimaria would not have made Kagura escape. It's that simple.
I don't understand how you can say that there is no indication that Kagura is on Erza's level. Sure, we didn't see her train but she has feats to prove that she is Spriggan Tier (same level as Erza). We've seen nothing from Juvia and you can say she is higher than Kagura because she must have improved? This is just plain bias.
Kagura sliced the rockets before they exploded. That doesn't say much except that she's quite fast. There was no single instance where Kagura actually blocked a rocket after it went off. As for Kagura blocking Dimaria, again, it's a reference to speed not strength for the most part. Kagura is fast and has good reaction/reflexes but that doesn't equate to being stronger than some.
I never said Kagura was stronger than Wahl or Dimaria. I clearly stated that Kagura outclassed Wahl in speed and overwhelmed Dimaria in skills. Anyways, all my post says is that Kagura is relatively on par with those Mid-Tier Spriggans which is backed by feats. Plain and simple. As for strength, we have no reason to believe Kagura isn't on the level of someone like Erza. Besides, the fact that Kagura blocked Dimaria's attack means that they have similar strength. Just like when Erza and Kagura clashed swords in GMG. Their powers were quite similar. Had Kagura lost her grip and Dimaria flung her sword to the ground, then I would agree that Dimaria has greater strength. It has been shown and hinted many times. Meanwhile, Erza is capable of overwhelming Spriggans.
Also, Dimaria didn't use time magic because she knew she couldn't win without it. She used time magic because she simpy has the ability and then she has a thing for embarrassing people apparently. Notice that she didn't lay a single cut on Kagura when she could've literally beheaded her. She just shredded her clothes and left her half naked. When Dimaria fought Cherria, she did the same thing. She stopped time again when Wendy came in later but even when Ultear came and unfroze their time, we saw that Dimaria was more than capable of handling both Cherria and Wendy and would've annihilated both of them if not for TO and god slayer magic advantage. Kagura was practically overwhelmed by just Dimaria's presence and the latter wasn't even trying. Kagura isn't even close to Erza or Mira. Erza defeated Kagura and Minerva both at GMG (and Kagura used archenemy). Also, Erza held her own against a spriggan and only needed a little help to defeat him even though he had a troublesome ability. That's something Kagura was never able to do.
Except that Dimaria never commented on Wendy and Chelia's abilities. They were clearly fodders to her. On the other hand, Dimaria was actually surprised by Kagura. They were quite even in that battle. As for Kagura being overwhelmed, it was more like a shock as to how much MP the Spriggans possessed. Nothing there indicates Kagura losing her edge,
let alone losing the battle. The only reason Erza beat both Kagura and Minerva was because of PoF. Plus, we don't know the outcome of the battle because the falling rock that was going to land on Kagura ended the fight rather quickly. Even so, Erza won that fight, so that Fairy Tail would win the game. Not to mention, Erza's power wasn't depicted accurately during the GMG because it fluctuated a lot.
This is where I don't understand what you mean. Kagura was never shown to hold her own against a Spriggan because she never had the chance. Each time, there was some intervention. Whether she was embarrassed about her clothes disappearing or Jellal pushing her away. She never had the chance to prove herself. From the way Erza talked to Kagura, it seemed like they were pretty much equals. I have reason to believe that Kagura can also beat a Spriggan with some assistance.
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