Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26259025-20150401152057/@comment-25857155-20150404111304

I will only be discussing the students here, not Roman, Cinder, or any faculty. I will also not be counting Penny, because... Penny.

In a 1v1 tournament-style fight, I think Pyrrha would beat any of the others based solely on her prior experience in tournaments that the other caste members lack. Between that experience and her semblance, not to mention how versatile her fighting style is, she would likely be able to win against most any of the others. I think she may find trouble with Blake's clones or Weiss' Dust, and perhaps Yatsu's giant ass sword, but would win. Second to her, I would say Weiss or maybe Yang. Ruby could be on the list, but we have yet to see enough of her in that kind of fight to tell - though depending on how she uses it, Crescent Rose could be absolutely lethal. Think of it; a pointed hunk of metal of that size with as much momentum as she can get going with it....

Blake is good, and her weapons have a high skill requirement, but her specialty lies in stealth and group-combat rather than one-on-one. Against Grimm I would rank her in the middle, or against people I would rank her on par with Ren (that is, highly).

Against Grimm, I would put Ruby at the top. Seriously, who else have we seen take down as many Grimm as she did in the Red trailer single-handedly? Coco could do it, sure, but her gun takes time and space to use, something not easily afforded against a faster enemy, so she would need her team to cover her. Yang's attacks are powerful in combo with her semblance, but she is fairly focused on taking out one enemy at a time. Blake might be near the top of the anti-Grimm rankings as long as she can catch them by surprise. Weiss is prone to overextending herself.

You get the gist. Let me know what you think.