Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33484193-20171112020744/@comment-33484193-20171112043005

Adam was focused on hurting Blake feelings and crushing her mind berfore killing her. It would cause Blake more grief to know that she was responsible for Yang's death (if she died) than if only her arm was cut off. It would be the same for the case of Pyrrha if she only cut off Penny's arm, rather than killing her. So Atam would've tried to kill Yang, not just leave her disarmed, knowing that Blake would suffer more if he did.