Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-130.245.192.22-20170629055623/@comment-25936766-20170928022626

Nikoli the rebel wrote:

He trained to fight (in V1-4) with a sword and shield. His weapon upgrade is a two handed sword so his semblence logically becomes his new shield. His weapon upgrade is a "Greatsword Form" for his weapon. Which in itself simply consists of sheathing his sword in his scabbard, and then the scabbard's bladed sides extending a bit at the tip, which basically makes the Greatsword like 4cm longer than the normal Sword.

Since the Greatsword Mode is literally just the Sword-in-the-Scabbard, and the Scabbard=The Shield, he could at least theorically deploy the Shield mode while his Sword is sheathed in it, so he's not entirely ditching his shield either. In fact, I'm pretty sure Cardin did this to him in V1.

Hell, he probably doesn't even need to deploy the Shield mode. The Scabbard is the very shield. Jaune could block using the "flat" side of the blade, since it's literally the same thing he blocks attacks with.