Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20130908015204/@comment-25555436-20150604040030

Ruby is useless with hand-to-hand combat, barely better with kicks, so despite being quick, she would lose quickly.

Weiss would have her Dust and Glyphs, so she would do nicely. If she doesn't have her Dust, her Glyphs won't be enough, for all she can do with them and just them, is push something in a specific direction. And a push won't be enough to win a fight.

Blake, if we assume she knows some hand-to-hand combat, could do well once engaging in combat.

Yang would be the best on RWBY's end, for fighting without her gauntlets would not be too different from fighting with them.

Jaune would lose, obviously.

Ren could do something, but it would not be enough to win against Blake or Yang, probably not even Ruby.

Nora, we have no idea at all of how she is without her weapon, so we can't say anything about her in this regard.

Pyrrha, her Semblance becomes less useful as there's nothing of metal being used by her oponents. However, she could still use it to throw some things, depending on where the fight takes place. I'm not sure of how good her hand-to-hand skills are, but I'm not optimistic.

So with no weapons, just Aura and Semblance and maybe Dust, RWBY wins hands down.