Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140725003808/@comment-1860621-20140726033015

I think Blake would have a pretty solid chance of beating Pyrrha if she were using Gambol Shroud and not, you know, french baguettes. As someone above said, fighting with just a standin for her twin swords was never gonna end well for her - people need to keep in mind that they were fighting with friggin' turkeys and leeks and stuff, so this isn't necessarily a full representative of a proper fight between the two teams. That's gonna impact and affect styles in different ways - Blake, whose weapon is more than likely the most complex to use out of all of team RWBY's, just couldn't find her groove.

Now, put it in a tournament setting, with Pyrrha and Blake both starting out with their real weapons? I think Blake's chances of victory would be MUCH higher.

But yeah, Ruby's semblance was pretty ridiculous. I'm fine with this power jump so long as it's reflected in the other characters's semblances too - I'd rather this not turn into a Dragonball Z type thing where the main protagonist just eclipses the supporting cast by so much it's absurd. Everyone should stay more or less the same level.