The fighting was just fine, but it was what she should have been expected to do. Any sister in the Tower who failed to fight would have been a disgrace and a shame on the Tower. Fighting back when someone attacks you is not heroic. And it is NOT a great deed when you have an overwhelming advantage and win. I wouldn't give Rand props for beating a woman in a fight, and certainly not for his defeat of the Seanchan with Callandor. The triumph for him was his tactics and manuevers that forced the Seanchan to congregate and be vulnerable to an attack from Callandor. The actual blasting was no big deal, as in the case when he fought the Shaido with the Power at Cairhien, or when the Asha'man slaughtered the Shaido at Dumai's Wells. Rand gets points for starting up the BT in the first place, and Taim for his recruiting and training and the Asha'man for standing their ground when ordered, but the fight itself - no big deal.