Noooo, Opal is boring. Toph is well...a questionable mother but more awesome yes. 

I'll steer them towards the lake then. They could do a combination of hand to hand with the water jutsu. By now, Sakura has a good grasp on it, so somehow marrying combat and the jutsu could be tricky if he's coming at her. Though that might be asking a lot since most in that situation would just put distance to finish the jutsu instead of engage...hmmm. Now I'm just thinking any hand to hand should be put off.