User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Volume 24 discussion blog/@comment-34061653-20171223170843/@comment-34061653-20171223205855

So in other words it was a combination of strategy and bad luck. Vali leaves to fight Crom while Rias (Baylor of darkness) fights Fenrir. Valerie gets eliminated which is a blow to Rias team since they lost their healer. Rias not having her protected was bad move. And from what Crimson said Rias was wounded and exhausted which means her new corm must consume much of her stamina. Yeah, I see how Vali team won this match. Rias didn't think things through and just relied too much on her heavy hitters.