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Hmm, well very rarely will "strongest" mean best in every form of combat so I can only guess at the best of individual combat styles. I can think of 5 forms of "strongest" in RWBY: strongest Aura, best hand to hand, most proficient with weapon, most combat-effective Semblance, and most strategic mind in combat.

Jaune, Id wager has (or will have) the strongest Aura. Pyrrah noted he has a lot of Aura and his Aura activated itself when Cardin was punching him.

Ren is without a doubt the best at hand to hand. Displayed when he fought the 2 King Taijitu's and actually faired better WITHOUT his StormFlowers

Yang is the best with a weapon. Id say Penny but me thinks shes a cyborg or robot and thus cant be compared to humans and Faunas. Adam definitely has his powerful one-hit kill but I think he has to absorb damage to release it or something along those lines. Actually Nora might possibly be better as her Magnhild is a goddamned grenade launcher warhammer and thus can hit REALLY hard in either form.

Glynda may have the most powerful Semblance if her attacks in episode 1 were indeed Semblance and not Dust. Otherwise, Id say Yang for her fire.

And Blake is definitely the most level-headed. Evident when she fought the Spider Droid.