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And Penny should get some spotlight too; I still don't see her being as big a threat as people think.

I think Penny's abilities will be limited by her lack of experience. We don't know how old she really is but apart from Roman the only experience she might have testing her abilities and training this contrasts heavily with some of the other characters.

Ruby and Yang were brought up by hunters in a schools for hunters with a Grimm filled forest close by and I get the impression Yang's gotten into a fair few brawls on the side.

Pyrrha is as Mercury noted a world renowned fighter. I'm not certain how used to grimm she is but tournaments are something she's used to and there can be a big difference between them and real combat.

Blake is a former member of a terrorist organisation & the train job may not have been her first raid, only the one where she realist her morals were not compatible with White Fang.

Real world experience make you understand that the set routines you learn in training only go so far. It can also give you confidence and an understanding of your abilities and limitations.

It would be interesting to see Penny go up against any of the other fighters above to see how Rooster Teeth factor this into there matches. They have shown through Weiss's internal monolog moment the she started Beacon without much experience and that she was nervous and her footwork didn't match her thoughts.

I'd also like to see how much Juane has progressed. I don't expect him to win I'd like to see him really hold his own against an opponent like Mercury.