User blog comment:B214/Volume 17 spoilers./@comment-24.2.168.254-20140220012350/@comment-24468758-20140220085457

In the incomplete JD the power out put most likely wasn't as high as a complete would have been so the LS was considerable weaker than it would have been otherwise.

In volume 12 the curse was already lifted, so that can't be the reason Draig said that.