User blog comment:Dreyar/Canon Power Scale/@comment-10554972-20131113192120/@comment-10554972-20131114004910

Oh, it was four Gods of Ishgal? My bad.

Was it stated that Makarov was 5th before the time skip? I don't think that his rank was ever given.

Hades said that Laxus was someone at Gildarts' level. Now I'm not saying that Laxus is as strong as Gildarts, nor am I saying that he could have necessarily beaten Bluenote before the time skip, but I think that by now Laxus is stronger than Bluenote.