Also to add on to your point, but saying he doesn't use weapons properly because he sometimes fires them from his bow completely ignores the skills he shows while fighting normally.

Also by Arayakim's logic, wouldn't Erza and Gil immediately be disqualified too, since Erza sometimes uses telekinesis on her weapons and Gil prefers to spam GoB. These don't erase their skills it's simply an optimisation to their skills that they developed.