by DGFone » July 11th, 2012, 9:56 pm
If I remember correctly, Simba did take on a bit more than just a few hyenas. It was when he started to get overwhelmed by their numbers, and most likely his lack of fighting skills, that he started to need the help of the rest of the Pride, Timon, Pumbaa, and Rafiki.
Also: the hyenas were also most likely bad fighters: they lived in a malnourished environment, and only had a brief stint of good life before the Pride Lands got into the drought. In fact, if anything, the graveyard was better than the Pride Lands under scar, otherwise Banzai wouldn't have muttered that he liked it better "under Mufasa".
So yes, Simba is a bad fighter. But so are his enemies. It really explains why the pride won: everyone were weakened and hungry, meaning that most likely, Simba and Nala were the strongest around.