Talk:Mael/@comment-120.188.79.25-20180305194112/@comment-5407586-20180307055550

The shepherd who told off his son during the battle said that there was still more than half an hour before noon. Until then Estarossa's darkness could swallow up Escanor's Cruel Sun, so no magic attacks and his Full Counter negates any physical attacks.

About Mael's base power, we don't know, that's just my guess. But Estarossa is by no means weak, he's on par with Zeldris (despite not possessing the Demon King's power like his younger brother, Estarossa could move more freely than Zeldris while both were under the effects of Meliodas' darkness).