The shichibukai/akatsuki/Espada if owl house are the 9 coven heads under the emperor while the emperors coven guards are storm troopers, in case you didn't know storm troopers are actually elite soldiers higher then the standard conscripted soldiers the empire uses so the coven guards sucking just cements them as storm troopers.
I don’t know if I’d put the Emperors coven on the same level as either the Akaski, or the Arankars. At least not well known members at least. Maybe more around the Ginu Force. Also you have to wonder how strong they can really be. Yes they have access to all forms of magic. But before they joined they could only know one track of magic. Still making there knowledge rather limited.
The only episodes a really didn't like all that much this season were Once Upon A Swap and Hooty's Moving Hassle. With the former, the reason is pretty obvious; the whole "walk a mile in my shoes" trope has been done to death and the end lesson is almost always the same...that everyone's lives are garbage (in their own way.) With Moving Hassle, it just didn't feel all that interesting to me; save for the part where we learn that Amity and Willow used to be friends. After that, the rest of the season was great
My problem with Amity is my problem with most gay characters. Nearly the moment it becomes obvious that they're gay, that becomes the central part of their character, their crush on another character being practically their only defining trait. It happened with Benson and now Amity. Which is a shame, cause in past episodes her crush (while slightly obvious) was more tame. Then come Wing it Like Witches and she becomes pretty much "Girl with crush on main character" as her defining role.