Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24183436-20131118140639/@comment-209421-20140507052518

Pyrrha and Jaune are the two most defensive fighters amongst both JNPR and RWBY, when you examine their weapon setup and fighting styles. Every other character is reliant on speed or power to overwhelm their opponent. Ren is a potential exception to this, but his true effective weapon seems to be manipulating his Aura, rather than the StormFlowers, making him an exploiter of opportunity. However, to distance themselves from that, both Pyrrha and Jaune carry shields, and from what we've seen, Pyrrha is adept at using it, while Jaune is improving rapidly.

I agree that Jaune will end up with the ability to outlast everyone else in the end, both due to his aura and his skill with his shield. As he improves, he'll probably be able to fend off any singular member of team RWBY, due to their offense focus. What his main issue in such a fight would be is that he lacks any method to really hamper their movement - all the members of RWBY are capable of extreme movement speeds, and their semblances seem to be focused on amplifying that. (Barring Yang, of course). Once we find out what Jaune's semblance is, we'll be able to make better predictions on how well he could tank blows in a fight.