Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24183436-20131118140639/@comment-3257939-20140507065724

Zolnir wrote: What is it with people overestimating Blake? Roman's moves about as fast as Ruby or Yang or Weiss or just like any other Huntsman, it's just that Blake's inexperience and headstrong was so bad that he countered the crap out of her after just seconds of being on the defensive side. It's not overestimating. Simply, at the level of a huntress in training, Blake is actually really strong. Considering how there are other teams like CRDL who got into Beacon even when any member of Team RWBY can kick their butts in a flash.

Roman is stronger than Team RWBY. He has proved to be faster and more experienced in combat than the girls, that's how he easily predicted Blake's movements and found an opening in her shadows semblance. He has a better aiming than Ruby, she was a lot of meters away from him and with just one arm, he was able to shoot a cane with the strength of a grenade launcher directly into Ruby's chest so fast that she wasn't able to react and dodge it like she did before.

And considering how good he is with his cane. I bet even Weiss would have a hard time beating him in fencing unless she uses her glyphs and spells.

Yang seems to be the only one who can actually defeat Roman. So far, she's the strongest member of Team RWBY and more mature than all the girls.