Talk:It's Brawl in the Family/@comment-27255656-20170413191256/@comment-4010415-20170413201202

A scythe is a terrible choice of weapon against people who fight like Tyrian and Neo, which is why Ruby did such a shitty job defending herself against them. Polearms in general are a bad idea against quick, agile, close-range fighters like Tyrian and Neo, and a scythe is pretty much a polearm - it's a blade at the end of a pole.

Ruby can try all she wants to guard against their attacks with the pole, but Neo's umbrella has a hook and Tyrian's weapon has an open space, both of which can be hooked onto the pole so it can be yanked away from her. That aside, there's still the fact that they're quick and agile enough to get past her scythe's blade, move close to her, and attack. This is the entire reason why Qrow used his sword against Tyrian - he kept his blade close to him so he could still attack Tyrian, and his wide blade made for a better shield than a narrow pole.

So, let's look at Winter. She also has a pretty quick fighting style, and she can dual wield. That dual wielding could be bad news for Ruby. And again, if Winter gets close, Ruby's shit out of luck until she can get away from her.

It seems that scythes are better against slower opponents that you can more easily keep a distance from or quick medium-to-long-range opponents that make the scythe's longer reach helpful. Scythes may be more specialized for fighting Grimm than people, though. I think fights against slow opponents, medium-to-long-range opponents, and Grimm are gonna be where Ruby really shines.