Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
Honestly his fighting before was pretty smart, and it prioritised being alive above all else. What it doesn't help with, is when you're trying to save the world, which protagonists tend to do. As a simple pay-to-kill assassin and fighter, Killua's doing just fine. A noble warrior, he is not.
True, but we have seen the Zoldycks are also hired to off quite powerful targets. Maybe they can afford to default once or twice against especially tricky opponents, but if they fail (run) too many times, that's it. Nobody serious is going to hire them anymore. But I suppose his brother wasn't even training him to be an excellent assassin, just to stay alive no matter the cost. It simply hasn't been shown too well in the show before this arc.