As much as I like Claymore, I think they've introduced way too many overpowered creatures too soon, all in the last six chapters. The resulting power spiral is simply insane.
Think about it; for a long time, Isley was the second most powerful creature in the entire Claymore universe. And then, all of a sudden, they introduce the Devils, a class of creatures so powerful that they utterly destroy him.
On top of this, there is a Raphaela Luciela fusion that is at least stronger than anyone except Priscilla, and now the prospect of both an uncontrollable Awakened Alicia monster as well as some horrific Beth hybrid.
Thing is, all of this makes the Claymores, Claire included, seem pathetically weak and insubstantial. (Forget about the original Yoma, who haven't even been a factor for the last 60 chapters)
Claire has become so powerful that with a single sword strike, she utterly decimated the former number 2, Raphaela. At the same time, she is only on par with an awakened Dauf, who is vastly weaker than Riful, who is in turn much weaker than the army of Devils, Alicia + Beth, Priscilla, AND Raphaela-Luciela.
It just makes all the Claymores, including Claire, Miata, Miria, etc. seem weak and insubstantial by comparison. What can they possibly hope to do against all the titanic monsters that the author introduces in volume 17? What do they even matter, anymore?
I'm very interested to see how the author will try to resolve this, and if he can do so successfully.