Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-35051074-20190213030148/@comment-5430952-20190217102056

Yang also managed to get in a week of training at Qrow's house in Mistral, Shady did say it'd been a rough week for him, hence she was there with Team RNJR and Weiss. While Blake's training was never shown, she knew Adam's fighting style better than anyone, hence she knew how to counter him, especially in the last fight when he fought recklessly and paid for it, so that definitely helped her.

Not to mention being stronger doesn't mean much if you lack self-control, which Adam definitely did in the last two Volumes. He fought like he had nothing left to lose, which was very much true at that point. So it didn't matter if he was the superior opponent, Blake and Yang still had something to fight for, hence why they managed to defeat him.

And saying Yang had not improved since Beacon is also untrue, since her skills have shown visible improvement after Beacon fell. She no longer rushes in, does much more blocking and kicking, and only uses as Semblance as a weapon of last resort. Fighting like she did in Beacon cost Yang her arm, still fighting the same way would be downright idiotic, and CRWBY is definitely better than that.

And just because he toyed with Blake and Yang in Volume 3 does not put him on the same level as Tyrian. Did he fight Qrow afterwards? The answer is no. Adam never fought anyone who pushed him to his limits, a common trait of most anime villains, and one big reason they eventually fall. And had Qrow came to Yang's aid immediately after she lost her arm, then Adam wouldn't have left Beacon alive, he'd have been another casualty of that dreadful night.