I feel this is completely baseless.
I've written much longer about this subject, so forgive this brief post on this subject.
The main problem is that we are comparing Clarice's Era Claymores to the "super" (HAs and/or Ghosts) Claymores of Clare's Era.
Don't forget that 17/24 Claymores of Clare's Era died in the Pieta battle, and 4 of those 7 surivivors were the HAs, whom definately were the reason that the other 3 survived as well.
also, the Pieta dead, aren't the only dead of Clare's Era... look at this list below, and see if you still think that Clarice's Era is actually inferior/weaker then Clare's Era (excluding the "super" Claymores of Clare's Era)
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Clare's "Era":
+47 total
-30 killed
+17 remaining (7 Ghosts and 10 Claymores)
-1 Alicia (killed by Awakened Priscilla)
-1 Beth (killed by Awakened Priscilla)
-1 Ophelia (killed by Clare)
-1 Rafaela (possibly lives on in Clare's head, but I'm calling her dead as she has no body of her own anymore. "killed" by the Destroyer)
-1 Hilda (killed by Ophelia or Miria, can't remember which actually kills her)
-1 Eva (killed by Isley's 30 AB army)
-1 Flora (killed by Rigardo)
-1 Jean (fatally wounded by Rigardo, death by partial awakened Clare)
-1 Undine (killed by Rigardo)
-1 Veronica (killed by Rigardo)
-1 Katea (killed by Dauf)
-1 Raquel (fatally wounded by Dauf, died in Clare's arms in town)
-1 unknown (killed by Dauf)
-1 Lucia (killed by Isley's 30 AB army)
-1 Kate (killed by Isley's 30 AB army)
-1 unknown (killed by Isley's 30 AB army)
-1 Elena (killed by Clare)
-1 Cuinee (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Lily (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Wendy (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Carla (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Eliza (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Amelia (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Natalie (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Diana (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Zeruda (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Claudia (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Juliana (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Pamela (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
-1 Matilda (Killed by Isley's 30 AB army in Pieta)
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-HK