User blog comment:Megadracosaurus/Adam's skill level/@comment-5426254-20190518135625/@comment-24018437-20190518151412

Point taken for the Spider Droid, though I'm still inclined to believe it to was being replaced. The Knights were about to be replaced, so you wouldn't ship them off to a new location where they were to be used. They'd likely be transported to somewhere where they would be decomissoned or destroyed. If that's the case, why would the Spider Droid be there as well?

But even IF the Spider Droid wasn't about to be replaced, that still leaves Adam with only one, one, battle that you can actually he was seen having skill. But even then...robots in the RWBY universe honestly aren't all that impressive. Velvet was able to hold her own for quite a while against several Mechs, and Qrow managed to crush a few with his bare hands.

As for your second point, its true. We don't see it on-screen. But CRWBY actually confirmed she was weakened and low on aura in their commentary. So...no. Still not impressive.