User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Volume 1 Weapons In Depth- Myrtenaster/@comment-24994749-20140614011630

I have to admit I'm not a fan of rapier and weapons similar to them. Mainly because, as you say above, they have basically two offensive moves. I also find such a pointy and thin blade should be more fragile than that of a flat sword, though this last aspect might not apply to the RWBY world materials. Going specifically to Weiss's weapon, I find it lacks defence. Yes, she has her glyphs but those come from her semblance not the weapon, so any other user would be kind of screwed since rapiers and the like ain't meant to be used with a shield (or that's what I learned from SAO) because it would slow down the user when the main objective of the weapon is speed. The only other user, from the known characters, I could see doing well would be Ruby since her semblance is speed.