As one of the judges for the New Star Competition, Angel was quite familiar with Reynaud's combat skills.
Although the gossip magazines often emphasized "luck" when talking about Reynaud's matches, this was just a bias in public opinion. Readers preferred sensational stories; straightforward battles naturally lacked the excitement of John's comebacks.
However, if you think about it carefully, you would understand that if Reynaud only had luck, he couldn't keep standing on the stage of the New Star Competition.
Reynaud himself also possessed quite formidable combat abilities.
Even in terms of melee combat alone, he wasn't much weaker than Nausicaa. Although his final ranking wasn't very high, there were some unavoidable objective factors involved.
Reynaud dared not, and could not, use Soul Arms in the competition, and much of his combat system revolved around it. Without Soul Arms, his strength was halved.
