Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-30975241-20190331052730/@comment-25936766-20190331143946

In regards to Tyrian and Neo:

With Tyrian, it is undeniable canon that Tyrian, for all of his skillful dodges and amazing reaction speed, failed to avoid or block a slow punch thrown by a man about his own size, standing 2 feet in front of him, right within his field of vision. And CQC is Merc's specialty.

Merc also had a moment of forced-to-be-stupid at Haven, but that moment involved him throwing his entire fighting style out the window and trying to punch Ruby, despite being a kick fighter. Which becomes even more stupid since he also spent most of the Battle of Haven kicking Yang's ass without help.

As for Neo, she kicks Yang's ass so hard Yang can't even land a hit unless Neo lets her for fun and lulz, and she kept up with Cinder quite well. But Merc's fighting style is different from Yang's, being kick-based and less wild, and Cinder spent most of that fight weaponless, despite her skills making her better at using a sword or bow instead.

So I'd say he could give Tyrian a good fight, but maybe lose depending on who RT wants to turn into the jobber of the episode, while against Neo he would at least do better than Yang or Cinder, but whether he could win I don't know.