Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180105193053/@comment-5217560-20180107200435

To whomever asked about the Maidens: Maidens don't have distinct abilities from one another. Miles himself said that Maiden powers are just straight up magic. Whatever they use is a preference. I.e. Amber liked using various elements, while Cinder prefers to use fire.

I understand Ark's frustration with how Ruby has been written. She's my favorite character but she hasn't been treated very fairly until recently. She isn't a bad fighter,though. If anything,she really hasn't had a chance to fight seriously since her character short. When she's with others she's either a support role or she gets incapacitated.

As for Weiss, KingFubuki I like your assessment of why she tried to use the knight so much. And quite frankly, I liked the fact that we get to see a character with a trump card actually try to use it first thing in a battle, instead of waiting until he or she is tired. However, considering her opponent and her failed attepmts, at some point it was unwise on her part to try to summon the way she did. She could have done 2 things: 1. Immobilize Vernal. We've seen that Weiss is just as fast,if not faster than Vernal. If she weren't so focused on evasion she could have put Vernal on ice, or at least frozen her weapons. 2. She could have summoned a miniature version of her knight and then enlarge it. Summoning a tiny version would have been faster and less strenuous. So....her doing what she did makes her seem...incompetent. It's almost as questionable as Ruby not using her speed more often in battle. These characters don't know how to fight and it isn't their fault. They are fictional. They can only fight as well as they are told to.