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So, this is about Acnologia and anyone who might be scaling to him.
He is currently at 5A, thanks to Selene's feat of increasing the size of the moon. It was taken for granted that the 5DGs = Pre-SBT Acnologia.
- Not only do we not know for sure which version of Acnologia it was referring to, the statement was "AT LEAST as strong as Acnologia." They were bumped up to his level immediately, which is fine.
-However, Selene's feat is her own. It's fine to put the other DGs on her level, since statements confirm them to be equals, but why Acnologia? If the statement was "at least as strong" does this not simply mean they are stronger?
-It would explain Acnologia's poor performance against far weaker opponents. He got double-tagged by Irene, a 6A. People took that to mean he wasn't trying, but that was never proven in-series at all.
-He later, while serious about going after Wendy, got tagged by Jellal and Erza, both 6As. Not only that, one of his attacks was stopped by Jellal, which means his firepower is clearly not 5A.
I think Acnologia is simply not as powerful as the Five Dragon Gods.
-While he was still the strongest character pre-100YQ, it was heavily implied that the only reason no one was able to beat him was due to him eating all magic, thus making the attempt pointless. For years, it was believed he was simply physically FAR above everyone, but his showings go against this.
If he cannot eat an attack, he is not at all difficult for 6As to tag. They are also capable of reacting to him, as shown multiple times, by Erza, Jellal and Irene.
-I believe Zeref is currently scaling to Acnologia, but also because of the "Zeref clone's" work against Aldoron; That was the part of the curse he cannot control. It was never stated that Zeref's own magic hits as hard as the curse he was afflicted with when it acts on its own.
-The curse affected the 5A Aldoron enough to make him believe he would die, but a direct hit from Zeref's spell, done intentionally, was not enough to one-shot Larcade, a 5A.
-Both Zeref and Acnologia lack the feats to be considered 5A, and statements don't entirely support them being that high. Between constantly failing to finish off 6As, being outsped by them, and being injured by them, I do not see how they can be considered 5A.
-It is clear all of the characters are far stronger now than they used to be. Zeref and Acnologia have been left behind, and are no longer god-tiers.
There are others scaling to them, like certain versions of Natsu, that would need to be edited as well if this is accepted.
TLDR: The Dragon Gods, while featless, used to scale to Acnologia - but he should never have scaled to them. That's not what the statement implies.
He is currently at 5A, thanks to Selene's feat of increasing the size of the moon. It was taken for granted that the 5DGs = Pre-SBT Acnologia.
- Not only do we not know for sure which version of Acnologia it was referring to, the statement was "AT LEAST as strong as Acnologia." They were bumped up to his level immediately, which is fine.
-However, Selene's feat is her own. It's fine to put the other DGs on her level, since statements confirm them to be equals, but why Acnologia? If the statement was "at least as strong" does this not simply mean they are stronger?
-It would explain Acnologia's poor performance against far weaker opponents. He got double-tagged by Irene, a 6A. People took that to mean he wasn't trying, but that was never proven in-series at all.
-He later, while serious about going after Wendy, got tagged by Jellal and Erza, both 6As. Not only that, one of his attacks was stopped by Jellal, which means his firepower is clearly not 5A.
I think Acnologia is simply not as powerful as the Five Dragon Gods.
-While he was still the strongest character pre-100YQ, it was heavily implied that the only reason no one was able to beat him was due to him eating all magic, thus making the attempt pointless. For years, it was believed he was simply physically FAR above everyone, but his showings go against this.
If he cannot eat an attack, he is not at all difficult for 6As to tag. They are also capable of reacting to him, as shown multiple times, by Erza, Jellal and Irene.
-I believe Zeref is currently scaling to Acnologia, but also because of the "Zeref clone's" work against Aldoron; That was the part of the curse he cannot control. It was never stated that Zeref's own magic hits as hard as the curse he was afflicted with when it acts on its own.
-The curse affected the 5A Aldoron enough to make him believe he would die, but a direct hit from Zeref's spell, done intentionally, was not enough to one-shot Larcade, a 5A.
-Both Zeref and Acnologia lack the feats to be considered 5A, and statements don't entirely support them being that high. Between constantly failing to finish off 6As, being outsped by them, and being injured by them, I do not see how they can be considered 5A.
-It is clear all of the characters are far stronger now than they used to be. Zeref and Acnologia have been left behind, and are no longer god-tiers.
There are others scaling to them, like certain versions of Natsu, that would need to be edited as well if this is accepted.
TLDR: The Dragon Gods, while featless, used to scale to Acnologia - but he should never have scaled to them. That's not what the statement implies.
