Talk:Garfiel Tinsel/@comment-5.64.123.168-20200902214148/@comment-171.4.216.239-20200918143628

That's because Garfiel knows that Satella has possed Emilia's body. In the LN, he even apologized to Subaru in advance before engaging her. Because, to stop Satella, he had to destroy her physical body (which is Emilia's body in this case).

Since Satella has to use someone else body, it is safe to assume that she's not at her full power. Heck, he and Subaru even had a deliberate plan to utilize the fact that Satella is a half elf and the nature of the Sanctuary barrier to weaken Satella.

Sadly, that was cut in the anime and they appeared to have no plan other than the suicide Ryuzu clones.