Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-24260323-20140305035914

Jaune's weapons are fine as they are: completely ordinary. His use of ordinary weapons would really highlight his growth in the series compared to the fancy weapons of the rest of the cast.

Maki Kuronami wrote: Pyrrha uses a more badass and proper set of sword and shield than Jaune. I can see her training him along the way. In this very initiation. I know this was from a while back, but I have to address this:

Her shield being badass is arguable mostly because it is strapped to her arm instead of being a centre-grip design like Jaune. A centre-grip design allows the user to keep opponents from getting close by simply extending the arm to its full length whereas the strapped shield only extends to elbow-length to keep the enemy away.

The centre grip allows for greater force when shield bashing due to the use of the entire arm in a punching or swiping motion. The strapped shield reduces the reach of the shield bash because it is attached to the forearm, and can only do swiping motions or small shoves.

In my opinion, Jaune's shield is more "practical".

Here are some videos to elaborate on more details:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdHo-1jbX1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__mH8Xa7Sto