Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-73.140.18.107-20160909055159/@comment-25936766-20161003023418

Atebox wrote:

Yang did actually get rest before that whole train scenario and if it wasn't at 100% it was damn close. So it still makes sense that the precise attacks from Neo were more effective than the strength attacks from the Paladin. I mean the final blow that knocked Yang out was being thrown against the roof of the train. What makes you so certain? She had been fighting all day and did not get a full rest, and IIRC she was the one on watch before Ruby's turn so even less rest.

Meanwhile, when she fought the Paladin, she had not fought anything before that, and didn't do anything that would make her need to rest beforehand either.

In the latter case, her Aura was at pretty much 100%. In the former case, her Aura was at a far lower percentage. Thus, it only makes perfect sense that when the Paladin punched her it did not do as much as when Neo kicked her ass.

It's not that Neo is stronger than the Paladin. It's not that precise attacks are more effective than being hit by a car-sized punch. It's that Yang was weaker when she fought Neo, than when she fought the Paladin. Hence why Neo took her down so much quicker.

Let's compare Aura to armors for a moment. When she fought the Paladin, her armor was all shiny and in almost-perfect condition. When she fought Neo, it had some cracks here and there.