Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1.40.59.59-20160717064827/@comment-4010415-20171108230825

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

Of course, there's the "Aura Sparkles" that supposedly indicate that someone's Aura reached 0%. If that's the intended purpose though, it's inconsistent then.

1. -Yang didn't show those sparks when she got 1-hit-KOd from Adam's attack, which was stated to take down her Aura to 0% and still have enough damage left to dismember her.

2. -Then there's Ruby showing said Aura Sparkles practically every time Tyrian hit her. If her Aura was taken to 0% then it wouldn't make sense for her to keep showing them on the 2nd, 3rd or 4th hits.

3. So I think that the Aura Sparkles should be treated more like this: They indicate that the hit was too strong and the Aura Shield could barely shield it all. However, this doesn't mean the Aura overall was taken down to 0%.

Like breaking someone's guard in a videogame; they block the attack and likely don't get hurt from it, but their guard is down, at least momentarily.

So in other words, this theory is that Aura Guard can only protect from so much damage or force, and Aura Sparkles show when X attack received reached the Aura Guard's limit. 1. That's because it immediately went into "Everything is a silhouette" art style because of Adam's Semblance.

2. Ruby's instance is literally the only inconsistency.

3. All other times that we've seen Aura shimmers, it was because their Aura hit 0%, considering that A.) When it happened to Mercury, the scoreboard clearly showed he had 0 Aura left, and B.) When it happened to Amber, Pyrrha, Qrow, and Tyrian, they all got injured soon afterward. In Pyrrha, Qrow, and Tyrian's case, they were still in battle and should reasonably have still been keeping their Aura active.