Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20131216223649/@comment-99.125.200.81-20131217111957

I <3 all the characters and my opinions are unbiased.

Ruby vs Pyrrha

Pyrrha wins. She has plenty of tournament experience and an amazing semblance when it comes to fighting opponents with metal weapons. Ruby has little experience, and is far too reckless. Proven in episode 8 when she charged the Death Stalker head-on, alone, and without a plan (other than to show off, which she failed miserably at). She is very fast, but that's due to weapon recoil. Pyrrha can take that away. In addition, her semblance speed appears to only work in short bursts. Ruby gets magnet-smacked.

Nora vs Yang

At first glance, this match is pretty much even. Both of them have the ability to fight from a distance. Yang's amunition is much faster. Nora's ammunition explodes. Unfortunately for everyone's favorite Queen of the Castle, Yang proved that she can dodge bullets and missiles in the Yellow Trailer. Both are also devestating up-close. Normally, 1 hit from Nora would be enough to end someone. But again, Yang proved that she can take hits in her trailer, although they were probably weaker attacks. For that reason, I'll take Yang's durability out of the equation. Like Nora, Yang is VERY strong. Unlike Nora, she is quite fast. Without weapon recoil, she's Dempsey Rolling machine gun fire and doing backflips to escape missile explosions. With weapon recoil, she's a blur. Nora is very slow. Her only method of getting around in a fight is to use the explosions from Magnhild to propel her through the air. This is still slow when compared to other characters. Her weapon also takes more time to swing than it takes Yang to throw a few punches. Yang gets in close and Nora gets boxed.

Blake vs Ren

Before I start on this matchup, it is necessary for me to point out that Ren does not lack stamina or endurance. People should stop saying that he does. When he collapses after fighting the Death Stalker, it's not because he can't take a hit. It's because he was exhausted. Earlier that same day, he fought and killed a King Taijitu single-handedly. During that fight he took a direct hit from one of it's attacks (he did block, but it still made contact). Next, count how many backflips he does during that fight. Seriously, count them. He also used up quite a bit of aura when he caught the snake's fangs, snapped one of them off, shoved it into its eye, and palmed it with enough force to send it flying out the opposite side with enough force to make its head explode. And that was only half of the snake. The other half of the fight was offscreen. Immediately after, he had to chase Nora through the forest on foot, and run even more when the entire group was attempting to escape the 2 large Grimm. Then he fought a giant scorpion that smacked him into the side of a cliff. Ren is not made of glass. He was exhausted. Now vs Blake...this match is not as much of a Blakestomp as many of you seem to think. I will admit that Ren's weapon is not going to do much at all in this fight. Blake is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to fast to be hit by any of Ren's shots. Her weapon is also waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more versatile. Ren's chance at winning this would be in close quarters combat...without using his weapon. During his fight with the King Taijitu, he showed amazing aura control and acrobatic skill. I don't see him having a problem aura-blocking Blakes attacks. He could even possibly take her weapon away if he predicts correctly or Blake makes a mistake. However, it is unknown if he's fast enough to react to Blakespeed. If he is, he takes the fight up-close. If not...he has a chance, but not a very good one. Onto Blake. Blake is a speed blitzing maniac. She is POSSIBLY the fastest character in the series thus far. When you combine her speed with the versatility of her weapon and her shadow clone, she's deadly. Her shadow clone is also exceptionally useful if the fight is close range. At a distance, she has a major advantage over Ren. Ren won't be able to shoot her and he won't be able to dodge her fire. All Ren can do at a distance is aura-block...which won't be winning him this fight. He'll eventually run out of steam and get destroyed by Blake. This match has way too many different variables to legitimately determine a winner. I'm calling it a draw.

Jaune vs Weiss

Jaune steals her heart with his dance moves and they ride away into the sunset. Either that, or Weiss curb stomps him. ; )