Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37107289-20190129231942/@comment-37471367-20190131024846

Hmmm, except Cinders Scroll indicates all of team RWBY. And I would guess that Cinder would be smart enough to find out what happened offscreen in Volume 6, so she most likely knows Weiss is still alive.

I also have to point out that your title is inaccurate. Weiss and Cinder have never engaged each other in combat. And truth be told, Cinder only attacked her because she was vulnerable and to spite Jaune. It would probably be more accurate to say “Jaune vs. Cinder” rematch.

Don’t get me wrong. I’d love to see this Jaune/Weiss/White Knight vs. Pyrrha’s murderer concept. It’s just I find it more likely Cinder will fight Jaune and/or Ruby, considering her grudge for our favorite reaper.

However I could see a couple ways of “getting the drop on her” either one could do in a fight.

So to set up the hypothetical fight, let’s say it takes place in Atlas. Her goal would be to get to Ruby by hurting Ruby’s friends, though she probably would also like to torment Jaune and/or finish what she started.

Maiden powers will obviously present a problem. In truth, Ruby is probably best suited for this fight. But Jaune would have a tactical advantage of an unknown Semblance. Of course, he would need to be in a calmer state of mind to exploit it, which Volume 6 seemed to show his relative recovery so to speak.

Jaune honestly would be smart to stall until back up arrives. But if Jaune were to come out on top alone, his best bet would be deception. Basically he would have to feign being the same Jaune that fought Cinder before. Pretend to be reckless and rage filled (Which probably isn’t hard to do) and allow himself to be toyed with. Cinder, knowing that she killed Jaune’s partner and nearly killed a friend and former crush, knowing Jaune’s apparent skill gap, not knowing his Semblance, and driven by her desire to hurt Ruby, would probably be lulled into a false sense of security and confidence. Once an opportunity shows itself however, Jaune pulls the same trick he unintentionally did with Cardin. He feigns being vulnerable to a blow that requires Cinder to overexpose herself. Cinder goes for it and gets knocked back by the Aura Amplication. Jaune would then continue to use his Aura Amplifier to enhance a strike. Assuming Cinder did not activate her Aura like in V5, Jaune could land a lethal hit right then (Aim for her center mass this time!)and then perfect the moment by commenting on how Cinders past actions made this possible. At the very least he can do serious damage to her Aura reserves if he exploits have Cinder off balance and buy himself more time.

As for Weiss, she likely does not have any real surprises besides a Lancer summon. Hopefully she has learned not to depend on summons that take precious time. Her best hope is really to buy time. For coming out victorious, it comes to two options.

1.) Keep her distance and use hit and run attacks. Stay unpredictable as well because she can’t afford to take hits.

2.) Manage to keep Cinder pinned, stunned or distracted long enough for her to summon the Arma Gigas, which is considerably more powerful than any other summon (Took out Queen Lancer and a partial summon took out an Atlesian Paladin.) and wreck the still vulnerable Cinder.

In a 2v1 scenario, my best answer is for Jaune to go toe to toe with Cinder and keep her occupied whilst Weiss performs one of the two options shown earlier. I’d also recommend for Jaune to do the same feigned recklessness and surprise Semblance again.