Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181124081953/@comment-4010415-20181129012348

MobiusEternal1 wrote:

I would like to add that there is a difference of opponent fighting style between the two. Neo uses CQC and her umbrella usually as a defense or bludgeoning. She’s only deployed her blade when the opponent was seemingly defeated. You don’t really need a bladed weapon to fight her hand to hand, especially when you have no intention of killing her.

Jaune, on the other hand uses, depending on the circumstance, sword and shield or a claymore. Why does she use a blade on a weaker opponent? Because said opponent is using a large sword, and using CQC on that is a terrible idea regardless of skill. Think about it. Confronting a great sword with your bare hands means you have to either dodge or use up precious Aura/powers, to block with your hands (Only one in Cinder’s case.) It's like how people kept questioning why Qrow used his weapon's sword against Winter and Tyrian instead of the scythe form.

Neither of those opponents are suited for him to use a scythe against. Both are swift and agile and fight up close. A scythe is a mid-range weapon where you have the blade on the end of a pole. It's one of the reasons Neo royally kicked Ruby's ass - she was too swift and agile and had a tendency to get too close for Ruby to use her scythe's blade.

It seems scythes are better against Grimm than quick-moving human or Faunus opponents.