User blog comment:B214/Talk About What You Want! 2/@comment-24098614-20140818231513/@comment-1359322-20140819060515

The Boosted Gear replica is weaker than the original one, but yes, it does make Euclid stronger. Though we shouldn't take any credit off Euclid, Euclid was able to overwhelm Issei in his CCQ mode in just a normal Scale Mail, which is weaker than an actual one too.