Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-65.94.50.112-20131215233249/@comment-16502426-20131219074315

She may have come close to death more times, but she also faught things she had no chance against more times. The few other times people have fought powerful things, they've been similarly near death. Ruby could very well have died fighting Roman, or the Deathstalker. Ren's fight, though awesome for demonstrating aura, can hardly be described as going according to plan, and the later slam against the wall can't possibly have been safe.

The thing to remember is that every single one of her fights has been one she had no hope of winning. I would not expect any student in all of Beacon to be able to do much against a Spider Droid, a Deathstalker, a Nevermore, or Roman, and not one of them has!