Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20170505174118/@comment-25936766-20170531123843

HookshotHotshot wrote: 1) we've never seen Yang kill Grimm with her Fists Alone, have we? From what I can remember, she ALWAYS has the Celica. And that's been shown to deliver a shotgun blast with every punch. The punch itself isnt a cutting attack, but the shotgun blast, which is presumably Slugs, is a piercing attack, like any bullet. Every punch comes with a high-velocity stab.

2) All the rest of your points are valid. I guess the main part about my 'blunt weapons don't kill' mindset came from the fact that we've seen Grimm fade instantly when hit with swords. If they're hit with blunt force, they tend to just collapse. 1) Wrong. The shots fired by EC should not be compared to what the classic/stereotypical shotgun fires. They're better thought of as small grenades or missiles.

They don't pierce you. They explode, blasting you with fire due to the Dust, and increasing the force you receive on impact. They don't even fragmentate into multiple pieces, they just explode like a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 without any pieces flying around, for some reason.

And even if they did....the main damage comes from the punches. Hell, the shots are almost useless on their own (too weak to be used offensively on their own, too slow, explosions too small, and so on), so she must add the punch if she wants to do any good damage.

Stop thinking any attack that is Blunt would do nothing against Grimm. It's stupid logic, really. For starters, if Blunt attacks were useless, why would people use Blunt weapons like hammers and maces? Hell, you'd think that if they were useless compared to Cutting weapons and Piercing weapons, someone at Beacon would've told Nora and Yang that Blunt damage is useless against Grimm.

They're not useless, they're just as effective as other weapons and against some Grimm more effective. What really matters is the Hunter.

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2) Sigh........it all depends on whether RT chooses to show a Grimm dying on-screen or not and whether they focus on it. Sometimes they don't vanish inmediately, instead remaining for a while, regardless of the kind of damage received. Other times the Grimm vanishes in seconds.