Starlight Breaker isn't really a close combat spell, it's bombardment. Curren most likely didn't use anything comparable because there was no point in that situation.
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I'd say that rather than being "more powerful than Reinforce and more intelligent than Jail" she strikes a balance between the two. She has both brains and brawn.
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And none of the obvious weaknesses the brains and brawn in this case had. That's not really balance.