C3024
No matter who you are, no matter how powerful you are, you are like an ant in front of Howie.
His ability is to control blood. Whether you are a human or an animal, he can use the blood in your body to control you.
Thus, Howie was invincible.
The other vampires, on the other hand, didn't have the ability to do so, so Joan lost when she fought the Abrams