Talk:Aura/@comment-26160399-20170904213530/@comment-25936766-20170904222639

At it's core, Aura is just a glorified excuse to explain why can the characters of importance do so much awesome shit and take so much awesome shit without being ripped to shreds. And also a mechanism for Semblance and Not-Magic.

The problem is that Aura....is a mistery, in how it works, and what it can do (which at least includes Blade Beams and Barriers and using Dust for Not-Magic), among other things. The "Aura" WoR explained jackshit beyond "it can make you more than just a man".

Now, first of all, let me answer your questions, which aren't really the most convincing argument of your otherwise-understandable point:

1) Most named characters are Huntsmen and Huntresses, or at least of similar power to one. Most unnamed mooks we've seen, are not.

Huntsmen literally are trained to kill monsters of all kinds, like the Nuckelavee and the Sea Dragon, and worse things. As a result, all Huntsmen are (supposed to be) badass, with the only difference between them being how badass they are.

As strong as a normal mook could be, they just can't compare to Huntsmen in terms of general strength, skill, speed, endurance, etc. What a Huntsman can walk off, a normal person could barely survive.

2) First of all, Neo never hit Yang with her Umbrella, she kicked the shit out of her. Second of all, against Neo, she had already spent most of the day fighting, and did not get much rest before Ruby fell down the rabbit hole, neither of which were the case when she fought the Paladin.

In RPG terms, Yang was at about-full HP when fighting the Paladin, but only had less-than-half HP remaining when she fought Neo. Hence why Neo could take her down so quickly.

There's also the fact that a Force's effectiveness is proportional to the area it is applied on. The bigger the Area affected, the less concentrated the Force is, and thus it's weaker. So while obviously damaging and painful, being hit with a metal fist bigger than her own body was actually less damaging than it looked.

3) I'm perfectly sure both Qrow and Tyrian got hits during the fight. I'm pretty sure Tyrian received at least 4 hits.

Also, there were a few moments where we couldn't actually see what they were doing during the fight. Chances are they received damage in those moments, like when Tyrian fell into the building and dragged Qrow with him.

4) He had already taxed himself out by using his Semblance to keep Ilia in place with his clones. Keep in mind that he had never made as many clones before, and all of them vanished on-hit, while this time he was putting extra effort to make them remain.

And Semblance is literally fueled by Aura. So his own Aura drops because of that.