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She is comparatively weak, but even then she is supposed to be physically  stronger than Izuku. As is, her technique is also top notch. 5/5, the same as Bakugou so she is actually a more difficult opponent to deal with than most would imagine. Her main Achilles heel is her speed though. Her quirk isn't really affected by her physical strength, but being as slow as she is, using her quirk on an opponent faster than herself would be difficult. Take note of the fight between herself and Bakugou and how he made damn sure that she never got close enough to touch him. During the whole fight he kept on trying to blast her away while keeping his distance because he knew that her quirk would have pretty much been a one-hit kill move if she had been able to land it on him. So the very nature of her quirk determined the nature of the actual match. He HAD to fight her the way he was and this severely limited his options and put him at a disadvantage. In the end it was only his speed and intelligence that gave him the victory.

Fighting somebody like Todoroki however, Ochaco would have been destroyed quickly since she had no real way to deal with his ice and he could have just frozen the entire field as soon as the match started. Bakugou however could meet the ice with his blasts so he didn't have this problem.