User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 474: In the Moment of Complete Silence, Review./@comment-25085824-20160223115654/@comment-7418318-20160223200215

@CNBA: Yes they are very capable fighters, but as fighters they are two among a dozen (or more) so as fighters they have medium value so to say.

But they are literally the only two healers in the entire battlefront (if not the entire Fiore or even Ishgar forces) and as such the are not just high value but invaluable. And that means they are - or at least should be - far too valueable to send into direct battle or allow them to do it on their own.

@Sane: Yeah, I guess this one is on Lyon if he's in charge of his own guild mates at the site or Master Ooba if she's the one giving orders to Lamia Scale's troops. Either way it's massive incompetence.

But then the same could be said about Mavis and/or Makarov, if they neglegted to tell Wendy to stay the fuck behind the frontline and heal up the wounded instead of putting herself at risk. Though I wouldn't rule out the possibility the masters told Wendy that, but Wendy ignored them in order to save her best friend Chelia.