Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-3146930-20140418044732

50.121.81.253 wrote: Even so Jaune will be ultimately be bringing a knife to a gun fight. That alone is testment to require either an upgrade or some special ability later on. It doesn't matter how smart Jaune or how strong his aura is.

Not necessarily. Pryrrha mentions that weapons can be used as a way to channel Aura and also Jaune has a lot of Aura. In theory, Jaune could channel his Aura into his shield, making any long rang attacks hard to hit and force the opponent to come in close, where his sword skills would come in handy. Not to mention his Semblance appears to be some kind of limited invulnerability, so Jaune makes for a very strong tank. Plus if Jaune is the strategist that I think they will make him, he can use his tankiness to wear down enemies before going on the offensive.