Talk:Weiss Schnee/@comment-35455126-20180511153446/@comment-24113789-20180511190532

It's likely she was rusty. It's also possible that she just wasn't good at the specific sort of fighter Vernal was. But she did seem rather rusty to me, taking longer than usual to prepare attacks and dropping her guard too easily. It seemed like she never expected her opponent to strike as soon as she did. Although, it's important to remember that most of her experience fighting people would be tournament-style dueling, which has a turn-taking concept ( recall "You attacked out of turn!" in Volume 1); and beyond that, she's used to fighting Grimm. Vernal's tactics could have totally thrown her off.