Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160103163552/@comment-19626905-20160103170227

Shadow at Morning wrote:

How the hell did just three people manage to bring down a Maiden, who presumably has vast Aura reserves? I think it might be due precisely to the Maidenhood; recall what Winter said about Semblance (and Aura presumably by extension) being like a muscle. Could it be that Amber relied overmuch on the powers of her station and neglected Aura? I think is not as much "Three skilled fighters stomped a Maiden" as much as "It took THREE SKILLED FIGHTERS to neutralize a Maiden". And Amber lost because she turned her back to Cinder, and got nailed as a result, just like Drumboy said.

The way I like to see it, Maidens are powerful, way-above-average fighters, but are not invincible. Once their Aura depleates, they are as fragile as any other human (and still, an arrow to the spine's gotta hurt A LOT, and she only fell to his knees).