Natsu is a mage that uses the powerful flame dragon slayer magic This is current natsu and ace up to the point of death He is a member of fairy tail
As a young boy he was raised by a powerful dragon named igneel Natsu's character concept is inspired by cyclops, with her. He is one of the most powerful fairy.
Where he once needed help to defeat the books of z Zeref with natsu and their two parents Zeref dragneel is the older brother of fairy tail wizard natsu dragneel Due to a dragon attack when he was little zeref's entire family died excluding himself.
A powerful team composed of erza scarlett, natsu dragneel, gray fullbuster, lucy heartphilia and happy. The key here is as you said, speed But natsu cant simply absorb the sheer force and amount of something like an x burner which has miles+ range and intensity beyond anything natsu has dealt with. This is current nika luffy vs pof amped composite natsu
