Originally posted by FrothByte
Him punching through the bag was a one-off thing. Just because he showed he can do it once (and mostly by accident) doesn't mean that all of his blows will be just as powerful. And just because he says he learned from Oliver doesn't mean that he all of a sudden becomes an excellent tactician.Barry may say what he want but until he shows the feats to back it up then he still sucks at fighting... in which case Slade wins.
It wasn't an accident. He was getting annoyed at Eddie telling him to punch harder so he put a little oomph behind a blow and he punched a hole in the sandbag. There is no reason to believe he couldn't casually replicate that at any time, not to mention that is hardly the best striking feat he can do. I only used it as an example of what Barry could easily do without arousing suspicion of him being superhuman. Him actually trying would probably punch through the bag and hit Eddie. And I wasn't saying that all of his blows are that powerful, just that if he wasn't saddled with PIS several of the combinations he landed in the Green Arrow confrontation should have ended the fight.
And even if he did still suck at fighting, if he was actually taking this seriously like he did against Reverse Flash, it would be like fighting a statue. Skill isn't necessary when you can read a newspaper column in the time it takes your enemy to reach for his sword.