Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170213012304/@comment-24534644-20170329222205

There's nothing wrong with having a Dust- or Semblance-based fighting style. It's RWBY's version of mages, so it's perfectly valid... if it can be rationalized and explained. Weiss has a shit ton of Dust on her because she happens to come from a rich family that owns a Dust monopoly (used to, anyways), and Yang relies on her Semblance to a fault, especially considering thay it requires her getting attacked in order to function, and she's (hopefully) working to change that. Now you don't have to have a character be rich or an idiot in order to be a Dust/Semblance-focused fighter, but you should be able to explain how they're able to fight the way they do, and why.

Or... you could just have him wear plastic gloves. You know, like Ash from season 1 of Pokemon when he was dealing with Pikachu-the-Asshat.