User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-2208155-20170319171250/@comment-31137559-20170319181919

Correction: Crom did show up, but only to reveal himself and taunt Issei. The others basically took care of the match. Besides Elmenheide, Issei's team is as powerful as Rias'. If Rias and Akeno can easily take down Ultimate-class devils, there should be no reason Xenovia or Irina or Rossweisse can't. They have been getting stronger along with the others. And Rias hasn't faced a god or one of the other youths. Just insignificant unnamed teams. Barakiel's team had high-level fallen angels and Issei's team took them out easily. And Issei took on the Vice Governor-General of the Fallen Angels in True Queen mode on even footing. She is about to face Vali and Vali is stronger than most of these Ultimate-class devil teams. And Sona has won every match except one and that was because she fought a god.