User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 11: No brakes/@comment-3146930-20141024021616/@comment-3146930-20141025001556

Neo was there the night Yang beat up Roman's mech, so she probably already knows what her Semblance is. I also have to wonder if those rounds in her gauntlets actually get more powerful when she does. I mean they are (presumably) Dust shells, so would they become stronger because Yang gets stronger? In any case, I'm not saying Yang had a chance of winning in the first place. However because she didn't even attempt to use her Semblance when she normally would, I feel she was limited only so that the other woman could come in and save her; making her weaker in this fight to make another character(s) seem more impressive.