Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-65.94.50.112-20131215233249/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140124150208

Very well said. Though still I doubt Stormflower will ever be on the level of the other weapons we've seen (well maybe Pyrrha's and Jaune's). Any weapon could've done what Stormflower did to the Deathstalker's tail. It's certainly not a completely useless weapon, but in terms of weapon choice it seems at this point that Ren chose it more for it's defensive properties or sentimental value. Since Stormflower will likely prove pretty weak against the more powerful Grimm (as it did against the Tajitu).

Also worth noting is that I believe Roman is a level 8, to use Maki's system. He certainly seems intimdiated by Cinder and unable to combat Glynda who seem to be the two most powerful characters we've seen outside of potentially Adam but he was easily able to handle Blake and Sun using a pimp cane, was immediately able to capitalise on Ruby being distracted by Penny and knows when to retreat (unlike a certain cat Faunus and a certain 15 year old girl). In terms of power I think it goes:

Cinder > Glynda > Adam > Roman > Penny > Yang > Weiss > Sun + Pyrrha + Nora + Ren + Blake* > Ruby** > Jaune > Cardin > The Rest of Team CRDL


 * It's difficult to really distinguish between these. They all seem quite skilled and capable but none have really shown exceptional ability or power. Sure Ren dealt with a Tajitu, Blake slaughtered a bunch of security mechs and Sun could deal with some WF grunts, but it's not enough to justify placing them above the others.


 * Yup. Ruby is clearly not special. Sure for a 15 year old she is good. Damn good. But amongst everyone else her immaturity and inexperience really set her back. Besides she shows no more ability with her weapon then anyone shows with their's. I really hope Monty decides to give her a crushing defeat in the tournament. She needs a small reality check so she doesn't continue to bitch slap giant armoured scorpions...