Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27312496-20170205195843/@comment-28522425-20170317113939

SpiritedDreaming wrote: I wasn't saying she was weak, I was pointing out that using Qrow as a measuring stick for her power is the wrong move as Qrow was playing around for pretty much the entire fight and had her on the retreat when he did actually put effort into it. Winter wasn't just playing around for the entire fight. Other than that one instance, which Qrow immediately turned the tides and forced her to retreat again in, she was serious. Qrow however was playing around and not actively acting for the majority of the fight.

So she is strong, she's a Special Operative. Qrow is still stronger than her however, as he has about 15-20 years live experience on her. Winter is roughly 21-24. Qrow is between 38 and 40 years old. Even as an Atlas SpecOp, she's not gonna be on his level. Personally, I don't think Winter was taking it seriously, at least not completely, until she drew out her second sword and started usung her Semblance offensively, at which moment she briefly put Qrow on the defensive and apparently caused him to take it seriously as well.

I'm sure that Qrow is significantly stronger than Winter, but I think that under the right circunstances, she would stand a reasonable chnace of beating him.