User blog comment:Josephyr/Why Werner Zytle Could Have Easily Defeated Arrow/@comment-77.168.25.48-20141123175619

I disagree. The drug makes you see your fear and freak out. However Oliver confronted that fear and used his mental discipline to counter the effects of the drug.

Also this time he knew what Werner would do. The first time Werner struck his eyes and throat and kept hurting him while Oliver could not recover and was unable to concentrate because of the drug.