Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-130.245.192.22-20170629055623/@comment-189.216.50.150-20170829012832

Yea, I'm exaggerating. But the point is that Tanking in Remnant will never work because every person in it is extremely nimble and fast. Even people who wear massive weapons like Cardin or Yatsuhashi are not slow at all.

For instance, you mention that Jaune has a shield to block attacks with. Well, what if the other character hits too hard, or moves too fast or is able to hit blind spots or attacks from behind or overwhelms with several strikes until one gets pass the shield or can do all of these? The simple idea of hiding behind a shield is not going to work in this world and animation style where the fights are extremely fluid. Same thing with his Aura. It is large but it doesn't mean it can resist like 20 direct hits from a blade. At best he can endure like five or eight which any swordman can deliver in the spawn of 30 seconds as per the RWBY animation style.

Basically, the way I see it, Tanking's mayor weakness are fast enemies and every single person in this show is hella fast. Even the heavy ones. Hiding behind a shield and enduring damage would be suicidal. You gotta play aggressive.