Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25397424-20150121015939/@comment-25555436-20150121021524

Sigh...what silly top choices you got. It's obvious the most powerful character right now is Glynda Goodwitch. She's got Weiss' level of versatility, likely much higher, good stamina and focus, great AoE in her attacks, and has THE FUCKING FORCE under her command, sending things flying and moving things around in seconds with ease.

Cinder only has fire abilities, along with a Sword-Bow. Glynda's Telekinesis makes the Sword-Bow useless, as she can push Cinder away and reflect her arrows. And unlike Cinder, she can do a lot more than just flames. And, has a freaking magic shield strong enough to protect her against explosions without even any knockback.

As for your other choices:

Yang: Raw strength and no defense makes you a glass cannon, which is bad if you are a Blood Knight who depends on being hurt-but-not-KOed to fight effectively. Yang lacks defense despite Aura, and her Semblance and "Raw Strength" become useless against oponents like Neo, who can just evade everything she throws, and beat her up in seconds in just a few counter attacks.

Roman: Only "won" the 1st fight because of the Worf Effect. He's not really that quick nor does he have that much of a reaction time, because if he did he would have lasted more than just 6 seconds in No Brakes.