Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37824939-20181221232809/@comment-24018437-20190222092647

Iceberg&#039;s BlackSun wrote: It's clear to us that has a lot more skill than a lot of people, you can also judge that by the fact that it took two people to bring him down, and even then he put up one hell of a fight. Plus he can clearly take out repetitious contenders as seen in his character short. Adam also wields what looks like it can be a pretty heavy weapon, with ease, and he fights very smoothly, he does have a lot of skill.

Both people were first tear students. That’s still not as powerful as a fully-fledged Huntsman, like Qrow. As for fighting a lot of enemies at the same time, they were still very much underleveled, or he had help from other people.

Again, bear with the bunnies example. Its not impressive if a bear kills a bunch of bunnies. And for that reason, Adam killing a bunch of people that clearly are no where with his level with inferior weapons and strategies is just...unimpressive. It gives for a cool fight scene, but again, if that makes him an expert fighter, the bar is really low.

Adam’s sword is a chokutō, or at least based one, which are generally about 50-70 grams. But we don’t know how heavy the weapon actually is, or how much skill is needed to wield it. So I’m not gonna use that as speculation, rather then a valid argument. Besides, even if we take it into account, we have seen more impressive use of weapons. Just look at Ruby wielding Crescent Rose, a weapon bigger then herself, and she has been known to take on opponents that are more threatening then anything Adam faced, with or without help.

Is Adam a skilled fighter? I think so, though only in specific circumstances. He seems to thrive better in battles with underleveled mooks that outnumber him, or a one on one fight against a skilled individual. But any claims that he’s as good as a full-fledged Huntsman is ridicilious and based on nothing. I’d say the most powerful he can be is around the level of a first year student.