Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170112165458/@comment-25266931-20170117064909

So I guess Aura Blacde Waves work by throwing off part of your Aura as an air slash, thus sacrificing defense for a deadly long range attack? Only Qrow and Blake seem to do it.

Well I hope Jaune has that semblance with his shield skill. They need something like that with all the power they go up against.

Another thing they can really benefit from when fighting the heavy hitters like Salem's minions would be something I like to call Aura Layering. Think of this. You have Weiss' rapier. It's shorter that say Raven's blades. So to increase range, without adding weight, and without losing Aura like with the waves you have to throw off, instead you add to the length of the blade with an aura of enegy around the blade. Think of it like light around the weapon that adds to the attack power and sharpness and reach. Remember Gowrey from Slayers. Imagine the light version of his sword, but with the light layered over the sword's blade adding to length. So it's energy from the Aura and still the physical blade. Thus changing the property of what a foe has to deal with. They might be able to block a physical sword, but the energy around the sword would still burn thru their Aura.

I'm surprised they didn't have that by now.