Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26512661-20200118161649/@comment-4010415-20200211012924

BlackCat2907 wrote: I wish Ironwood didn't choose to abandon Mantle. With the staff he could have  created a barrier around Mantle and Atlas. One Grimm can't penetrate. .... That... is a brilliant idea. The only downside is that Atlas would fall to the ground, but maybe there's a way to lower it gently instead.

Ironwood was too freaked out to think of a better solution, and so was everyone else, when they literally could've just used the Staff to make a barrier.