User blog:Gundam Legilis/Ruby's combat skills and inconsistency go Hand-to-Hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5mYSbeRhI

You know, it always bugged me why Ruby is said to lack in hand to hand combat, yet could beat up the two thugs back in the very first episode.

People have always attributed it to Ruby focusing her Aura, or having enough adrenaline. But here's a more in-depth analysis of the scenario.

From Dust Till Dawn is a very small and cramped, narrow space surrounded by volatile material. This means Ruby can't use her weapon. Yet Ruby beats up a thug, sends him flying over the counter, only to somehow generate enough momentum in a small space to kick the second guy through a window. Without Crescent Rose.

One argument I heard was that she was focusing her Aura on the goons. But the two notable instances we've seen were Ren blowing up the King Taijitu's head in the Emerald Forest, and Fox against the Ursa Major during the Breach. Both of these were dedicated martial artists, of which Ruby is not. She has not learned, nor at this point bothered to learn hand to hand combat, let alone martial arts in order to utilize the ability of focusing her Aura onto opponents.

Another is that she had enough adrenaline and Aura that night versus the time she fell on her bum into Mountain Glenn. Okay, and shouldn't the adrenaline be in effect right now? She's in danger, so surely, she could muster the strength to - nope!

You would think she would try to utilize her Semblance to kick the Fang goons away, but nah!

See, Ruby doesn't simply need the skills in hand to hand combat, she needs the appropriate upper and lower body strength to take on guys who tower over her! And the technique to focus her Aura to make things explode. Because right now, there has already been so much inconsistent BS as to just how strong or skilled Ruby is without her weapon. Preferably Tae Kwon Do.

And don't get me started on Heroes and Monsters! She can't generate enough momentum hanging from the side of an aircraft to kick away a Giant Nevermore or stomp an elite-level Alpha Griffon through the engine of an capital class Atlesian battlecruiser.

And this video above from Lightning-In-My-Hand should show just what should happen taking all this info from above.

-GL