Originally Posted by
Matt Parker
Eh, I think his skill level was reasonable for a novice Spidey. He wasn't completely incompetent or anything. During that ATM heist, he was winning pretty much effortlessly, tossing the thugs around like rag dolls, and was only challenged when they pulled the high tech gravity gun (which he didn't expect them to have) on him, and even then he quickly disarmed the guy who was using said gun. He was probably within a few seconds of winning that scrap before the one henchmen sliced the Bodega in half.
When he interrupted the arms deal, once again, he managed to disarm Herman Schultz and was merely caught off guard by Brice's Shocker gauntlet. Even then, he tracked the two through the neighborhood and would have caught them if the Vulture hadn't swopped out of nowhere and dropped him into a lake (which is basically what happened when those two first met in the comics).
The next two times he fought Vulture, it should be noted that he was actually holding his own pretty well, and the fights only ended because of outside factors (him getting trapped in the DODC vehicle and then the Ferry splitting in half). Plus, when he intercepted the Ferry arms deal, he took out 5 armed thugs and the Shocker in about 30 seconds.
When fighting the Shocker by the busses, Peter defeated him instantly once he got his web shooters. Near the end, he was able to survive the Vulture's attacks while on a plane while simultaneously stopping said plane from crashing into the city. Sure, the Vulture made pretty quick work of him on the beach, but that was after Peter had just been through a plane crash while wearing no protective gear whatsoever.
So, I think this version of Peter is pretty competent, but is just inexperienced. Most of the times where he straight up lost a fight were when he was completely blindsided. And, to be fair, I think the comic version was the same way, Remember when Doc Ock effortlessly defeated Spider-Man when they first met, or when the Vulture easily beat Spider-Man by snatching him up and dropping him into a water tank, or when Kraven shot him with tranquilizers and buried him underground for a week?