Talk:Qrow Branwen/@comment-104.53.151.60-20180408000514/@comment-4010415-20180408155304

A scythe is a terrible weapon to use against someone whose fighting style is speed, agility, and close combat - in other words: Winter, Tyrian, and Neo. This is why Ruby did so horribly against Neo and Tyrian. Her scythe wasn't a good weapon for combat against people who fight like that.

The blade is too far away from the user, so the user has to maintain a medium distance from their target. However, people like Tyrian and Neo are quick and agile and prefer to get up close, so they get past the scythe's blade, and at that point, all the user can do is try to block with the pole of the scythe.

Qrow is an experienced fighter. He knew that his scythe would be a bad choice against the likes of Tyrian. He probably started to shift his weapon into scythe mode against Winter because he intended to strike her before she could reach him, since he saw her getting ready to charge him from a distance. This is especially since his scythe's blade, unlike Ruby's, has bladed edges on both the inside and outside, so he doesn't have to hook his scythe on his target to cut them.

Basically, we've hardly seen Qrow use his scythe because he has fought enemies who a scythe is not suited for combat against. Scythes are better against Grimm and people who either don't fight close range or are too slow to keep up.