User blog comment:ChishioKunrin/RWBY 3 Livestream points/@comment-25209034-20160213095108/@comment-4010415-20160213102844

He fought off Blake and Sun in Volume 1. The only reason Blake beat him in No Brakes is because he wasn't expecting the Dust clones, and Blake has experience fighting in a train car. During the fight in No Brakes, when she wasn't using Dust clones, he fought back really well.

He at least has a decent amount of Aura.

I don't think that Griffon swallowing him whole when he had almost 100% Aura and took his cane with him, followed by the Griffon immediately dying and most likely absorbing at least most of the impact of the explosion, would actually kill him.

If it did, then that's stupid.