Quote Originally Posted by Silver-Strider View Post
No because of countless examples of us being humbled.

The bloody banquet at the end of ARR
Thordan outplays us immediately after Bismark by taking the key to Azys Lla and again when the Garleans use us to break thru the barrier into Azys Lla for them.
Zenos throughout SB
Emet Selch when we fail to contain the light of the 1st.

We had moments of weakness in our seemingly impenetrable armor of a character. Even against the Endsinger, we had help from the Scions and Zenos to do that. In comparison, Wuk Lamat is just so naturally gifted that she's able to tank blows from Sphene that would've somehow been too dangerous for us to handle and are so inspired by her that we're able to beat Sphene. There isn't even a comparison.
It's true that the WOL was humbled several times, but I think you're missing a big way Wuk Lamat did fail.

She didn't predict Zoraal Ja's attack.

It was pretty clear Zoraal Ja wasn't going to accept the results, and his prolonged absence would've been a huge warning sign. I don't blame her for not knowing how he'd attack since even her father didn't know what was on the other side of the gate, and it wasn't entirely her fault, but in a lot of cases with the WOL it wasn't entirely their fault either. The Bloody Banquet happened because both the WOL and Alphinaud failed to properly vet the Crystal Braves, and Nanamo didn't take more precautions even though they'd just exposed one spy. Emet-Selch was able to put the WOL in a dangerous position not just because they agreed to take the light, but also because the Exarch put all his light in one basket by using one Echo user instead of two, as well as not predicting Emet-Selch would try to interfere.

Wuk Lamat's mistake did affect her actions afterwards too. Bakool Ja Ja taught her that she should try to see the good in people, even if they're really difficult. Even with Sphene she tried to get through to her as she fought, tried to get her to let go. But she knew she couldn't sway Zoraal Ja. She knew she had to kill him.

Also, if you think she isn't constantly relying on other people like the WOL is, then you're intentionally seeing just what you want to see. The only two times people didn't fight alongside her were the solo duty against Bakool Ja Ja and when she broke Zoraal Ja's regulator. She could tank a hit but she wouldn't have been able to beat Sphene all by herself. She would've taken too many hits at some point.