Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.235.154.24-20130908031350/@comment-9090085-20130913034857

SanguisAnima wrote:

Ruby practically materialized out of nowhere when she attacked the Beowolf in EP06 Not practically, literally: I claim no credit for this Gif; in EP05, I assume Weiss was surprised because Weiss assumed Ruby would be slow - and she wasn't.

Interestingly, it appears everyone has about the same running speed - so what abilities characters use to increase that speed will likely be the deciding factor in this discussion. With that in mind:

Weiss come across to me as the fastest - her runes let her move incredibly fast(crossing a football pitch in seconds?), and let her attack/defend unimpeded.

Ruby is the next quickest in my mind - Cresent Rose can clearly give her great bursts of speed, but not to the same extent or distance as Weiss's runes, I feel; her "teleport" is a big fat unclear to me - it appears to have good range, but she uses it very sparingly(I'm not even sure it is a teleport in the normal sense; Ep05 gave me the impression it was more her turning into rose petals by how they seemed to move with purpose through the brush, but the petals become just an accompanying presence in Ep06).

Blake is the second slowest to me - she really just has a very short range(but very fast) teleport; most of her movement abilities appear to be mobility and agility oriented - even the teleport seems more like something used to confuse enemies in combat.

Yang is obviously the slowest - she just has Ember Celica's recoil boost, which is really only useful in a brawl or to increase her jumps.

So to summarize how I think to speed lineup is arranged: Weiss>Ruby>Blake>Yang