Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20170505174118/@comment-25936766-20170531034505

HookshotHotshot wrote:

1-I really think she does need a weapon. Your feats from Yang required something Yang possessed. She punched the Paladin apart with her strength-boosting Semblance and blasted several shots down the Nevermore's mouth- with the Ember Celica......

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2-And...I think you're right. I think I misjudged the weapon. Instead of looking at a weapon of the same size (Ren's knife) I was doubting a 4" blade when it didn't perform as well as full swords. 1-You missed my point with those examples. Yang shattered the Paladin thanks to her Semblance, yes, but my point was that in the end, she did great damage against a much larger and tough oponent thanks to her strength.

And the part of the shots can be easily replicated with Aura blasts, so it becomes moot.

2-Never underestimate a weapon by it's size.

Ever heard of Sai? Those knife-like weapons Mileena from Mortal Kombat uses? The ones with 2-3 heads, like a trident of sorts? These things were made to block, trap and parry attacks, even from weapons much bigger than them. Hell, one could even use them to break the oponent's weapon in some cases.

Well, parrying daggers in general were like that. Small, but effective in the defensive aspect, while not completely useless at all in the offensive aspect (though it wasn't the intended use), both Swordbreaker and Trident daggers. They only fell in use when swordsmanship turned into a sport with small-and-quick weapons, the one we call Fencing.