[quote=@Lucius Cypher]
Element of surprise aside, I think Amber handled herself quite well. She just had an unfortunate case of dramatic tension when she was about to take out Emerald (Not that it would have stopped Cinder if Emerald was offed then and there, probably) with an arrow to the back. Plus Qrow literally came in at the last minute, when everyone was turkered out from the fighting. Heck I'm certain even Cinder would have a hard time taking a more-or-less fresh Qrow, Maiden powers notwithstanding. 

Though it really does make me start to question just how aura works. Assuming that Amber wasn't totally pooped out, you'd figure her aura would have protected her from getting shot in the back, or at least not leave her in such a weakened state. Could be explained by Cinder's arrows being funky, but I dunno. Maybe it's one of those active passives where if you aren't trying to protect yourself your aura isn't going to save you, so people can still be assassinated in their sleep or whatever.

Also who wants to get their limbs chopped off? I think Gren should start selling cybernetic parts.
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If you watch closely the part where Cinder uses a devastating fire attack against Amber, you can see her aura break just like Mercury's did in his fight.