Talk:RWBY/@comment-173.186.57.147-20150304033902/@comment-25555436-20150304201643

We could classify the fighting styles though, to make classes.

-Brawler/Fighter: Focuses on using punches, kicks, both, and similar things, getting close as heck to kick your ass. Have high physical power, average agility and defense, low/weak ranged power. Their weapons may have ranged capabilities in some way, but ranged combat is definitely not their focus. Examples: Yang, Mercury, Fox, Ren.

-Duelist/Slayer: Their weapons have good ranged capabilities, and equally-good melee capabilities. They focus on taking advantage of both their ranged and melee capabilities, either consecutively or simultaneously, to maximize damage through long combos. Good physical and ranged power, high speed and agility, low defense. Note: Ranged Capability does not include "Dust use", but rather a Gun-Mode or function, like Crescent Rose. Examples: Ruby, Emerald.

-Arcanist: They focus on the use of Dust and just Dust, along with their Semblance (if they have one), either through Dust clothes or infusing themselves with Dust. They can control 1 or more elements, and they focus on their use in mid-long range, similar to a mage. Low defense and agility, average physical power, high Dust power and Range, along with better AoE effectiveness than the other classes. Also have the higher amount of "Aura", which is their only defensive salvation. Examples: Glynda, Cinder.

-Vanguard: Combination of Slayer and Arcanist; they focus on using Dust, along with physical and/or ranged attacks with their weapon, and fight in close-mid range effectively. While they are not as fast as Slayers, nor as Dust-wise strong as Arcanists, their fighting style allows them to be good fighters in every area, with only 1 real weakness, that depending on their Semblance, fighting style and weapon may be covered, and even if not they can rely on evasion instead. Average physical, ranged, and Dust power, good agility and speed, low defense. Examples: Weiss (defense covered by evasion and speed), Pyrrha (shield and Semblance to cover defense).

-Panzer: An inversion of Slayer; they are incredibly slow, and do not really use Dust as much as they use their weapon. Their focus is to take all the shit they can, as tanks. They have good AoE attacks, and their weapons can have ranged capabilities. Highest defense, and good physical and ranged power. The lowest speed and agility of the classes. Examples: Coco, Yatsuhashi, Cardin.

Note: "Semblance power" is included in "Dust power". Considering how any Semblance can theorically interact with Dust, I felt they should be under the same "stat", as any smart Hunter would take advantage of this fact. I can separate them if you want though.