User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 470: Hybrid Theory, Review and Commentary/@comment-24546844-20160125184650/@comment-24102956-20160127000732

If August learned many Magics throughout his life, then he also knows how to use hand-to-hand combat to make himself more dangerous if others severely underestimated the Squishy Wizard appearance of his. Perhaps he fights with his staff like Gandalf or Saruman in the Battle of the Five Armies at Dol Guldur.