Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-62.155.218.241-20171021220319/@comment-26397825-20171120090638

I never argued that Blake was the flat out strongest, I always argued that she was the better choice for sending into the doubles round because she's better equipped to deal with more types of enemies. She has good defense, being an agile fighter with an instadodge when she needs to, and she's got good offense, with basically four different offensive fighting styles: Plus if she went into the doubles round, I doubt Weiss would be stingy and not offer her dust which would make her semblance effective offensively as well, and she could always utilise the dust from the biomes themselves.
 * Gun based, pure shooting with the sheath as a shield/deflection
 * Ribbon based, using her weapon as both a gun and a kusarigama since we saw in the black trailer that she can fire the gun while it is extended on the ribbon. She mostly uses this to redirect the direction it is going in, but it can be used offensively.
 * Single sword, either using both hands on it or the other one for stability on an uneven surface
 * Dual wielding the sword and sheathe as cutting weapons, since the sheathe is stated to have a sharp section on one part of it. It's basically a cleaver.

Basically I think a Weiss/Yang matchup looked good on paper but was not the best choice in practise; the fight would have gone a lot smoother and been less of a clusterfuck for RWBY if they'd paired Blake with either Weiss or Yang (it doesn't matter which since, she can fill both support and offense in either team up).