The Bonehunters, on p835, said:
Though, admittedly, he had much less time to prepare than Kuru Qan had for his ritual.
When it comes to his confrontation with Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, I would say that they grossly underestimated him, and that that is the only reason he was able to beat them (on a related note, the whole "12 warrens since he hit them twice with 6" thing some people have mentioned makes no sense; If i punch you three times, it doesn't mean I have three hands, right? I know he has more than seven, but that kind of thinking just seems silly).
Also, he was using his own powers there, not Hood's. In fact, I suspect he deliberately used up all his power on them so he'd have a reason to draw on Talamands' power, to see how reliable he was. As I recall, it wasn't until after his talk with them that he confronted Hood(though my memory might not be what it should be here; it's been a long time since I last read MoI)