Talk:Velvet Scarlatina/@comment-98.226.60.170-20160214030711/@comment-71.90.65.5-20160215151945

It needs ammunition (i.e. photos) to be used. She likely has spent all semester taking photos to get a large collection of weapons to use. And since she is so strong with them (nearly as skilled as the owners of the original weapons I'd say), Coco, and Team CFVY in general, like to have keep them stored up for emergencies when the other three members can't handle the threat on there own.

Also, if you remember, they had been on a prolonged mission during the majority of Volume 2, Velvet might well have used all of the photos she had at the time, and needed to spend time 'reloading' with her camera. Alongside that, we don't know how long each weapon actually lasts, but given the speed in which she burned through eight weapons in one fight (Ruby's Scythe, Weiss' Rapier, Yang's Gauntlets, Blake's Swords, Coco's Minigun, Sun's Staff, Nora's Hammer, and 'sniff' Penny's string swords) I'd say she burns through them very quickly.