Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26259025-20150401152057/@comment-25857155-20150404122437

Perhaps it is better to say she underestimates her opponents. We have seen several occasions where Weiss has slipped up. She took a hit to the face from the Knight in the White trailer when she thought she had him on the ropes. Then, the Boarbatusk managed to disarm her. Then once again, she got "COMBO-BREAKER"'ed by the White Fang lieutenant on the train.

Weis still by far has my favorite fighting style out of anyone we have yet seen in combat, though Sun's is a close second, and we have yet to see Velvet truly do her work (please be a Dust 'mage', oh please). Penny is just to OP/BA to be my favorite. XD

I don't think "pure crowd control" would really be Ruby's roll - rather, she would be a main striker/damager. Lots of one-hit kills at a fast pace, but not so good at prolonged fights against powerful enemies (see the Deathstalker). If she can dismember it, decapitate it, or otherwise severely maim it with a single strike, she can kill it. Otherwise, she comes up with a plan for her team to kill it. Whether she would be able to one-shot people in a duel is something we cannot answer at this time (though I rather think she could, had she the desire and focus to). But aye, we have yet to see her realize that potential.