Talk:Battle Pages/Ozpin vs. Cinder/@comment-33389681-20181126224321/@comment-25936766-20181126231001

The same reason he didn't obliterate Hazel's ass back in Haven: He's not as magically-capable as he was when he fought Salem ages ago. He said it himself, his magic power has been diminishing.

At the bare minimum that means he can't be shooting Kamehamehas left and right as if this was Dragonball Z, meaning he can only rely on Aura and skill. However, Aura is limited and Cinder was never going to let him rest, while Cinder's magical powers don't need Aura to be used, so it's like if she had limitless ammo.

Basically, it was a battle of attrition that Ozpin just couldn't win. Cinder's magic cover her relative inferior skill and puts her on par with Ozpin's Aura-related skill, but unlike Ozpin that magic won't run out anytime soon and she can go all-out any time she feels like it.