User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author, Volume 3: Jaune Arc/@comment-25258408-20141121050739/@comment-173.58.251.107-20141121051742

To be fair, Blake is skilled because she was trained by a terrorist group, and she's learned from the last time she fought Roman, the last time, she had no idea what he could do, now she does, so she was able to beat him. She also has a force multiplier she didn't have last time, it's been a semester, she's had time to train, hone her tactics, and she was using dust as opposed to just brute force.

Jaune beating anyone would be unlikely. I mean, really, this is the guy who only beat an Ursa because his partner subtly shifted his attack, and his attack strategy mostly consists of random slashes in hopes he'll hit something. Jaune only wants to be a hunter so he can live up to his family, he's clearly not putting any real dedication toward the job, it's just an "I wanna be Special like all of my ancestors" thing with him, not "I want to be the best I can be" thing. He falls asleep in class, gives stupid answers in class, hits on a girl that hates his guts, couldn't block an attack to save his life (and even then he couldn't), and basically everything that's tried to kill him so far has only been stopped because someone else did something about it.

So I share your belief in that Jaune probably won't beat anyone.