blackslash32 said:
When they waited at the start, they missed out on so many easy to get points. Now all there is left
are the though guys. You could argue that they are now more exhausted but they clearly ain't.
They avoided being ambushed by stronger people while taking out weaker people. They basically avoided one of them being in the situation where Bacchus was squaring off with Yuka and Toby, and Sting ambushed him from behind and above, and while Yuka and Toby were focused on Sting, Kagura ambushed them from behind.
And paring Gray vs Rufus is also stupid since he got owned last time and nothing has changed since then.
The rules of engagement have vastly changed. In Hidden, Gray was surrounded by scores of decoys that he couldn't hit, or clear away without losing points, forcing him to engage with pinpoint accuracy. He had one guy specifically focusing on him, causing him distraction. Any hit, regardless of whether or not it was enough to defeat you in a real fight was counted as a knock down, and you were held down and forced to wait and restart in a different location.
Those things no longer hold true. This is a real battle now. There are no convenient decoys walking around serving as obstructions and distractions that will cost hordes of points to clear. Rufus can make his own, and Gray will be free to blow them away, or start freezing whole city blocks without penalty. Rufus can blast Gray, and Gray is now free to simply tank the attack, and throw a counter attack into Rufus's teeth.
The bottom line is that there were a whole bunch of rules holding Gray back before. They aren't holding him back anymore.
Also if Mavis isn't communicating right now, during the battle, why is she talking out loud. It makes her look kind of stupid.
She's explaining Team Fairy Tail's strategy to Makarov and the rest of the guild.
