User blog comment:DiegoAnime3000/It's also a gun! -Team CRDL/@comment-24631732-20140613224732/@comment-2006510-20140614173032

And yet, they survived the landing strategy in the first place - that alone says they can do something.

However, as befits a team of bullies, they are arrogant and therefore don't actually practice their skills much - plus they run when something bigger/better ruins the intimidation factor. Yet, they must have some level of skill just to survived the forest in the first place

They're simply outmatched by Pyrrha - by Semblance ALONE - and even without it, she's in-universe touted as the 'strongest fighter'. So it's no really surprise she's kicking their asses in the opening