Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-65.94.50.112-20131215233249/@comment-4010415-20131217155002

XDex wrote: Good point. She seems to make up for offensive power with that ice ability, which is probably on the edge of being a bit overpowered.

That does make me wonder... With the Deathstalker so immobilized, they could have easily taken it down. It probably couldn't turn around, has no armor near the base of its tail/belly, and probably can't reach behind with its claws. Surely it couldn't have taken too long for eight huntsmen and huntresses in training to take it down and eliminate the threat of it breaking free.

Sure, Weiss immobilized it, but if she could have taken it down on her own then they could have demolished it in about 5 seconds flat with the eight of them. I guess it must be more resilient than it appears. How would stabbing it in the butt kill it? And to get to the part of its body under it, they would've had to go underneath it or flip it over. But if they flipped it over, it would be able to lash at them with its pinscers. If they cut its tail, it would've been free. Plus, like Jaune said, the Nevermore was coming back. If they took too long trying to kill the Death Stalker, the Nevermore would've made it back around and attacked them.

In short, they found it easier to just get back to Beacon instead of messing around with elder grimm. Their assignment was to get a relic and get back, not "Win the boss battle on the other side of the forest!"