Talk:Semblance/@comment-31050068-20180108001235/@comment-2001:569:737F:AE00:881F:D911:989A:9E47-20180108054708

That my friend, is a very interesting question... There's a lot of good pairings I think, and probably a lot more things of which could be effective if we count characters we don't know the semblance of yet... (Mercury, Neon Katt, Ciel, Penny, Coco, Yatsuhashi etc.) But we also need to wonder what we're trying to accomplish.

Are we going for taking someone out of battle, or utility? Both have rather different answers. Also, I write Fanfiction for RWBY, so it's best you trust me when I say I've thought this shit's effectiveness out pretty well.

For Battles:

Neo's Illusions + Emerald's Illusions: You would be able to create illusion upon illusion. If we assume Emerald can create feelings, smells, as well as sights with her semblance, then that already can make someone think that they're being attacked when they're not. Layer that with Neo's illusions, and you could trick them into thinking that they've broken free from an illusion, only for them to find themselves in a second one, and then a third, so on and so on. That would be immensly effective, and cause your opponent to essentially question absolutely everything, as you pick them to pieces.

Jaune's Semblance (Unconfirmed as I haven't seen Epsiode 12 of Volume 5 yet.) + Yang's Semblance: If we think that Jaune's semblance is a shield which stops damage, yet is connected to his aura, then that alone is amazing. Assuming that it 'actually' healed him in Forever Fall, and that wasn't just a rendering bug, then we can say his heals, and defends from damage. Combine that with Yang, and you're impossible to take down, and everytime they try you hit them back harder. That's pretty damn amazing, and you could potentially come out without a single cut, while leaving behind a smoking mess of a city.

Glynda's Semblance + Neo's Semblance: If we assume that Glynda can actually cast 'spells' of a sort, and it isn't 'only' telekinesis, then that's good. (I mean that it's a possibility based off of Episode 1 of Volume 1 in which she casts a 'ice storm' type spell.) If someone could make an illusion of what's really going on, they'd never see the spell coming, or could be ripped apart by someone as they stand right in front of them, essentially invisible.

For Utility:

Glynda + Weiss: Glyphs as well as telekinesis is an powerful combo. Clearing rubble, quick travel, high survivability, things like that.

That's really it for utility... As that's basically the best one we know of at the moment. Or at least, the best one I can find which matches my personal thought of 'utility' as in being able to do a massive amount of different things.

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