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That may be all and good having massive endurance and defence but Darian has great endurance too. Consider the fact that he was once beaten to where his aura broke, impaled on a spear, un impale himself, and kill most of his attackers. When he was 12. (though these were just low level thugs that didn't have a lot of aura themselves so take that into account). He also went to Refuge Academy where the student's are in near constant combat and the teacher's dont step in until someone literally can't fight back any more.

Lets also not discount that Darian has already fought someone like Leo before in this RP: http://rwbyfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:128573

He was able to win there due to good teamwork with Alice in that RP and being a heavy hitter himself. So fighting against othe big guys that are tough as nails isn't a new thing for him.