Talk:Octavia Blake/@comment-26601629-20170902033419/@comment-25593389-20180320162206

Well, they've spent probably about a year or more on the ground, a lot more than just 4 months...

Also, you said "training, training, training..." but it is not the same as "surviving", give a sword to someone, put him in life or death situations with some basis formation and a little of help, and you'll see the results quite fast.

Also, you said they could've chosen someone else, but there is no one else really proeficient at using Melee weapons (+ bow) other than her. The others like the guards, are mostly used to guns and taser rods, which are basically one hit-KO weapons if used efficiently. And to fighting unarmed opponents when using their taser rods or fighting bare-handed.

They've basically no experience of having someone charging straight at them with an axe, sword, war-hammer, and having to fight them with melee weapon.

as a comparison more simple :

If I had to put someone in some middle-age arena, I would rather choose a young Knight apprentice with some experience with such fights and using a sword. Than a super trained-soldier from our era which never really fought someone in such ways.

So yeah, Octavia should be far from the level of the others participating in this fight, but she is still much better than anyone of the Sky-people...

The Next one to choose would probably be Clarke and Bellamy.

Clarke : because of how well she survived in the wild alone, and her profound knowledge of human body. (It's not for nothing than some top-soldiers, assassins, and so-on were forced to learn human physiology perfectly trough history...)