Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20130807214535/@comment-30315955-20150518192258

1st Prize goes to Blake. She is ridiculously OP if you look at it. For one, she has all of her ranges mastered. Long range with her pistol (she took out mini-Nevermores, and Ursai), midrange with her recoil ribbon-whip, and short range with her sword and sheath. She is devastating at close range, and when she spins that ribbon, very little, if anything, stands in her way. Also her semblance allows her to out maneuver opponents at every turn, or even destroy them with those fire bombs. And she is fast too, being able to run from a giant mech by jumping on cars.

2nd Prize goes to none other than Ruby Rose herself. She has incredible short and long range capabilities, and Crescent Rose can take out opponents from far, far away, so she doesn't really have to get up close and personal. Not to mention, she is incredibly fast, which only adds to her ability. Her range with her Scythe, as well as it's bullets, are devastatingly powerful.

Now, for Weiss and Yang...I don't really know. Both have much to rigid and unadjustable fighting styles. Weiss does everything by the book, and her rapier doesn't have that much power. Sure she defeated that giant piece of armor, but that was only after hitting it multiple times, and she had to hold it in place to land a finishing blow. Her dust is only effective if she's near an opponent, and she does terribly against bruisers or tanks such as the WF Lieutenant, or Yang, not being able to stand against a more powerful weapon. That being said, her glyphs give her some very good mobility.

And then there's Yang. Yang's strategies can be summed up as such: Strategy One: Punch. Strategy Two: Punch harder. Literally. Her shotgun shells, while aestethicly pleasing, rarely hit their target. The Nevermore dodged most of them, the Malachite Girls had no problem, and Neo blocked them with her parasol. So, that effectively ruins her long range capabilities. And yes, I know, she's good at close range. But so are Ruby and Blake, and being good at only one range is not that good. In fact, she just beats her way into fights. She doesn't even fight smartly, as Neo has a more powerful close range capability, as she uses her entire body, instead of just punching and punching harder. Her entire "Potential Energy" semblance is actually kind of silly, and it didn't work with Neo. I'm pretty sure those good at long or short range would just tire her out. And if Junior hadn't bothered getting up close, that would have been an easy win.

So yeah, that's my opinion.