Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170217011737/@comment-25266931-20170220033247

All I was trying to say was that for the most part in the show most fighters fight with 3 types of combat. Their standard weapon, a secondary mode for the weapon, and some sort projectile Dust use. Let's take Qrow as an example. Longsword, scythe, musket barrels firing Fire Dust. That's it.

I'm saying that dust insertion into the body and into clothes may be something most people don't tap into. Maybe even something akin to one of those "so crazy it just might work" ideas to catch the foes off guard. If the enemy has studied the heroes and feel like they know they forwards and back, then maybe they need to rebuild their fighting styles from the ground up. Maybe take into accound alternate means of dispatching foes.

You all may recall me saying that Ruby should take up some martial arts classes that are for people with small frames and use speed over power. If she did this, next time she's without her scythe she won't be a damsel in distress. For Weiss, she could use some more durability. But she more than ANYONE should make use of the Dust Clothes option. She has lots of Dust (likely in the suitcase that she carried out of the mansion) and she knows how to use Dust like the back of her hand. Where as most of the cast uses predictable fire dust, she makes use of a wide range and, properly executed, her variety of elements she could use as Dust might counter most foes (sans Maidens). Blake already showed how much more powerful she'd be with a better variety of Dust. And Yang's body, being strong and durable, and her being no stranger to shrugging off pain, she should try the Dust tattoos or insertion into her body.

I think that by doing this they can throw a curl ball at the villains. They alter their fighting styles and by extension they alter their tactics. Suddenly it won't be Tyrian laughing at them mid-fight.