Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24994749-20160104053531/@comment-26872876-20160125004250

87.132.44.60 wrote: MetallicArcher wrote: ACWeapons wrote: I was dissapointed the fight didn't last longer. Cardin could have at least put up more of a fight before inevitably losing. I think he was just as screwed as Yatsu vs Mercury.

Cardin is a really slow tank, like Yatsu.

While wielding Crescent Rose, Ruby is a Lightning Bruiser. Also, Crescent Rose has a longer range than Cardin's mace...

So yeah, he was kind of screwed the moment Ruby got it together and started using her semblance. I think many make some wrong assumptions here.

It seems most peole think those guys are beginners and everyone is practically on the same level, but that is not the case.

Team RWBY and JNPR are really imbalanced and ahead of the other students their year.

Look at them individually:

Jaune descandent of a hero family (really manga, LN, anime style thing, where you are born overpowered), with soome hidden power.

Nora, what do we even need to say about her, that girl is insane on so many different levels.

Pyrrha was raised to be an outstanding fighter and is renowned for it already across the globe, hell she even got so famous they made her the marketing figure for some flakes.

Ren is some kinda ninja prodigy or so that additionaly puts in a lot of effort.

Weiss is the daughter of one if not the most influental company in the world, she moost like was trained by elite teachers from an early age, also she got dust to back her up.

Blake is actually already a veteran if you think about it, she already has real life combat experience for all kinds of situations.

Ruby and Yang are like born hunters, not only come they from a family of great hunters, they were also trained by them. Hell Qrow might be one oof the best hunters in remnant and he took special care of Ruby to the point where Ozpin acknowledges her ability to let her enter beacon much earlier than normaly possible.

Compare Cardin and his group too that, sure they are better than the average creep, but those guys have most likely only the education of the combat schools they come from.

Ignoring that Cardin is an ass, how is he and crew supposed to even come close to those teams.

Another thing to remember is that participants had to seemingly Qualify for the Vytal Festival. At least based on Glynda's comment to Pyrrha in Volume 2. So team Cardin had to be good enough to qualify. Plus they made it to the doubles rounds. Both of which help reinforce how JNPR and RWBY are above average.