User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V4E7 - MEGAChristmas -Impressions/Recap/@comment-9090085-20161228142133

'' "I feel his Multi-asskicking skills have decreased since last time." ''

Mmm... Not really.

This fits with my assessment of him in the opening, where I thought he was the kind of person who, while incredibly skilled, had a tendency to make tactical errors.

When Qrow was disarmed, Tyrian believed that he, much like Ruby (or indeed, most weapon-focused Hunters) was next to useless without his weapon, and took the opportunity rub his imminent victory in Qrow's face.

And while Tyrian was feeling himself, Qrow punched him in the face; and it wasn't a light breeze like he was expecting, but a hammer blow. He was caught so off guard by this, that he is unable to recover psychologically until Qrow is halfway to retrieving his weapon...

...At which point he pretends to still be in shock to lure Qrow into a false of security and attack him when he leaves himself open; after all, when his focus shifts from Tyrian to his weapon, he's not exactly ready to defend himself.

(Of course, Qrow anticipated this, and adjusted his retrieval strategy to compensate, but still.)