Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170124093450/@comment-25936766-20170126000629

RayStrikeAbius wrote:

Any who, I'm curious, how would do you guys approach the issue of making a villain strong without making them too strong? Are RWBY OC villains held to a different standard of what's acceptable before they are considered overpowered? Yes. A villain needs to be far stronger than the heroes, unless they're supposed to be not.

The key is in not making them impossible to seemingly defeat. If you make them too powerful, you may have to resort to a Deus Ex Machina or jump through many loops to make the heroes have a believable chance of winning (Cough Mass Effect Cough).