Talk:Beginning of the End/@comment-58.170.204.162-20160103184828/@comment-4010415-20160103191139

Because Yang was the easiest target for the trick they pulled to get everyone watching the tournament pissed off. Yang reacts to threats by punching them. If they had tried to trick, say, Pyrrha into hitting Mercury, it would have failed because Pyrrha has a habit of blocking with her shield, not counter attacking.

Yang counter attacks. They knew that she would hit him if she thought he was attacking her.

The bonus is that Team RWBY will be so caught up in dealing with the consequences that they'll be less likely to notice the villains doing things. They'll be too focused on trying to deal with what's happening to Yang.