Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-101.255.68.197-20160419151548/@comment-24198837-20160426213633

I mean, Ruby's only had two poor hand to hand showings, and context is key.

The first was after a day of straight fighting monsters with like three hours of sleep before taking a fall that would've killed a normal human and then fighting someone with their aura unlocked, i.e. with superhuman strength.

The second was an ambush from someone who was far more powerful than her, and specialized in unarmed combat. There's no shame in losing to a monk in h2h. Furthermore, Merc was prepped and Ruby had so many emotions going around her head that I'm suprised she was still able to make competent decisions.

Normally, she's not actually entirely incompetent, see V1E1. Just bad - but she can't be good at everything, can she?