Yeah, this preview is definitely not getting me excited about the next issue. Why do so many Marvel writers have such a low opinion of Gambit's skills and powers? Yeah, I'm sure they are both still powerless in this scene and Black Panther is a strong, very skilled fighter, and I know this is just the first bit of the fight, but I am just so over Gambit being a pushover and getting beat up all the time. The writers seem to have no problem with all the rest of the iconic and popular characters being uber competent and awesome most of the time that is for sure. Thank goodness for Claremont's Gambit series and especially his still going X-Treme X-Men series(loving that one so much so far). He and Kelly Thompson seem to be the only ones at Marvel right now that think Gambit has a brain and is at all capable in battle.
Definitely learned. Gambit did just fine during his stint without powers in X-Treme X-Men. You can see two examples in this post of his skills on display while powerless(sparring with Storm, and beating Bishop)-
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...=1#post5959275