Talk:Ozpin's Group/@comment-27404492-20160102191805/@comment-4010415-20160102201849

Oh, right, and of course, yet another reason: If they targeted Pyrrha instead of Yang, they would've had to played a completely different trick.

Yang was a much, much easier target.

Yang is used to reacting to threats by punching them before they reach her and/or hitting back. Hitting back is even what her Semblance is all about.

Pyrrha is used to reacting to threats by dodging them or blocking them with her shield. The whole reason she has a shield is to use it for blocking attacks.

Their fighting styles have programmed reflexes into their muscle memory. Yang's reflex is to punch, and Pyrrha's is to block.

If they tried the same exact trick on Pyrrha, it would've failed. She wouldn't have hurt Mercury. Instead, she would've put her shield up to block the perceived kick and then tried to push him away, just like she did in her spar against him in Extracurricular. They would've had to figure out some way of getting her to attack instead of just block.

Yang, meanwhile, reflexively attacks, so they knew she'd fall for it.