Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-130.245.192.22-20170629055623/@comment-4010415-20170830000755

189.216.50.214 wrote: 1. It hasn't been properly established that your Aura's size is what defines how many hits you can endure

2. or how much your physical abilites are enchanted.

3. like how Ren can't endure much damage but his defenses and abilities are super strong.

4. Jaune has always been very strong even before being properly trained.

1. But it stands to reason, considering that Aura acts as passive armor, similar to the overshield in Halo (the writers have made this comparison multiple times), so the more Aura you have, the longer your armor will last.

There's a reason why the scoreboards in the tournament all had the meters cap out at 100 - it's not saying that every single competitor has 100 units of Aura, it's saying that the meters were actually measuring percentages. After all, that is the most efficient way to measure when the competitors should be considered defeated by Aura amount, when everyone has varying amounts of Aura.

2. I think that does require training.

3. Like Phantomlink said, that is because Ren has more training in Aura use. It seems like some people go through more extensive training in Aura control and are able to form small shields of condensed Aura, while most people might not train with Aura quite that much. Cinder and Amber training with their Aura that much makes sense, as they both used raw Dust, and WoR: Dust said that using raw Dust requires training and discipline to keep from losing control over it. Ren has had enough Aura training to be able to enhance his hand-to-hand attacks with it.

For the Cinder example, keep in mind that Monty did not come up with the Maidens until after they finished making Volume 2, so back then, literally everything Cinder did was intended to be Dust and Aura, as Maiden powers didn't exist yet. Also note that those Aura shields are the same color as their Aura:


 * Cinder - Orange
 * Ren - Pink
 * Amber - Yellow-orange, like the color of amber

4. Which means that Jaune will be even better once he actually trains himself in controlling and using his Aura.