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This has gone on long enough. Here's the definite and final answer. I will not be taking Jaune into account, so assume he will lose every time.

Ruby vs. Nora. Ruby wins. Though Magnhild may hold more destructive potential, it is much slower and unwieldy than Crescent Rose, meaning Ruby could get in many more hits, Nora would probably have difficulty touching Ruby, let alone landing a hit. Not to mention, Crescent Rose's rounds are much faster and accurate than Nora's grenades, which I predict Ruby could easily dodge.

Ruby vs. Pyhrra. Pyhrra wins. This one took a lot of contemplation, but I have to give it to Pyhrra, though this would be a very close match. Here's my logic. Ruby is a monster on the battle field, with her extreme speed. However, I assume that her speed takes a toll on her aura, as she does not use it all the time. Also, I would prefer to leave semblance out of the picture, as we could have Pyhrra ripping the iron out of Ruby's blood, and Ruby landing a billion hit combo. Ruby is still fast, but her scythe is a mid-range weapon, and Miló's spear function is a mid range weapon as well. Not to mention Pyhrra's shield. I believe that Pyhrra would be able to get in close and completely pummel her with the sword function. Not to mention, Pyhrra has two more years of experience than Ruby, and is a world-renowned fighter.

Ruby vs. Ren. Ruby wins. Not much to say here. Longer range, first of all, and as Pyhrra has her shield, she could deflect most of Ruby's attacks, which Ren could not. Also, the bullets from StormFlower as extremely weak, and the blades are not able to do much damage, so Ruby easily takes this one.

Now for Weiss.

Weiss vs. Nora. Nora wins, by a landslide. Nora fights with a dangerous unpredictable fighting style, or at least, I assume her to, while Weiss fights with very controllled movements. Effective against normal opponents, or Grimm, but garbage against unpredictable fighters. Like Deadpool. Or Jackie Chan. Or Nora. In addition, her weapon has longer reach, and Weiss has limited, if any mid-range options. Finally, in her fight with the White Fang Lieutenant, we very clearly saw her losing to an opponent who's weapon held more destructive force.

Weiss vs. Pyhrra. Weiss wins. Stick with me here. Ruby lost to Pyhrra due to her mid-range weapon, while Pyhrra could use mid range and close range. However, Weiss, has ALL of her ranges covered, with her various dust abilities, even if she isn't a master at all of them. And she is a close range fighter, making her speed much more effective than Ruby's, regardless if Ruby was faster. With the spear function kind of useless, I believe that Weiss could pretty much make Pyhrra tire out herself. striking and retreating with her glyphs before she could land a hit. And I know you all are raging, "but sleek, sexy, badass Pyhrra beat out team CRDL, she could take on Weiss!" But no. I don't believe that fight was accurate for a multitude of reasons. One, they opened the episode with a fight, which is a classic tactic to capture the readers attention. Two, they had her struggle slightly with Mercury so they could show that Mercury was a badass fighter as well. And three, that whole fight didn't make much sense anyway. A lot of the time she was fighting one or two of them at once, and the other's were doing something. Getting a backrub or drinking wine, I don't know. And lastly, yes it is a bit unfair that I'm not counting Pyhrra's semblance, and if it really is that powerful, she could rip the iron out of her blood, but again, we don't know that much, so I'll have to discount it.

Weiss vs. Ren. Weiss, again. More destructive weapon (dust, speed, durability, such as when she deflected that armor's blade), faster, and projectiles that do much damage. I'm sorry if I see things this way, but I think that Storm Flower does as much damage as piss-filled water balloons. Sure, if he managed to punch or hit her, it would turn the tide, but he isn't exactly a massive suit of armor.

Now for Blake, the undoubted best charcter in all of RWBY, and possibly in animedom.

Blake vs. Nora. Blake wins. Weiss may have lost due to her strict fighting style, but Blake isn't unflexible. She spent years of fighting for the White Fang (I think...), so much so that she passed the Ozpin entrance exam without any issues. Anyway, Blake is faster, Gambol Shroud, the most OP weapon can hit her with the pistol shots, whip her with the ribbon form, or overwhelm her with the short sword and sheath, not even mentioning her semblance. Also, if she had a semblance boost, this would end even quicker than her fight with Roman.

Blake vs. Pyhrra. Blake wins, but very very close. Gambol Shroud is an OP weapon if you think about it. The shots from a PISTOL do as much damage as Crescent Rose's rounds, taking out Grimm with a single bullet, or dust capsule, or whatever. She blocked Dove's shots, but I strongly believe Gambol Shroud is more powerful then that. And we still have the ribbon, which she swings around like a crazy gun-whip thing. And of course, Blake is a beast at close range as well, and she could overwhelm Pyhrra with her semblance, even more so if she got the boost. Blake is just too fast to handle. But Pyhrra could do a lot of damage as well, so very close.

Blake vs. Ren. Blake. For all the reasons above. Much better weapon, Ren has one of the worse weapons in all of RWBY, helpful semblance, you get where I'm coming from. But also because they both seem to fight with the same style, as sort of Ninjas, so I think that Blake could take all of the damage and dish out much more.

Now finally for Yang, the worst.

Yang vs. Nora. Yang wins. Honestly I don't know. Nora could knock Yang away before she even got close, as evident in the food fight. Longer range. But at the same time Nora would have to beat-down Yang pretty quickly. She has that semblance, which would allow her to take hits and gain power from it, and unlike Neopolitan, that sort of fighting style doesn't work for Nora. And when she goes ballistic, her speed is also incredible. If she gets in close, the end for Nora will be all too soon.

Yang vs. Pyhrra. Pyhrra, by a landslide. One, Yang may punch hard, but Pyhrra's shield is INDESTRUCTIBLE. Death Stalker claws, Cardin's mace, and most importantly Mercury's boots, which function in a similar manner to Ember Celica. No matter how hard Yang could punch, Pyhrra could block it. Generally, Pyhrra is a well rounded fighter. She has that sword and spear, and Yang really doesn't have any way to block it. Sure, Yang could always rely on her semblance, but even with that it would still be difficult to take down her. Unlike the mech, Pyhrra is a small target, and Yang's greatest victories weren't really about her own skill. Against Junior, she managed to lose part of her hair so she could win, against the mech, she had to rely on her team mates to help her, and she defeated Ren in the food fight, but, let's face it, Ren is the weakest member of Team JNPR (not counting Jaune). And he was using a pair of leeks! And again, Pyhrra managed to avoid Yang for the entire fight.

Yang vs. Ren. Yang wins in one punch. Yang can punch WAY harder, has that devil of a semblance, and has a more effective fighting style. Sure Ren might like to shoot and slice, but his weapons DON'T DO ANYTHING. Yang could just completely beat down Ren without even using her semblance. Also, she fought the Militiades sisters, who fight with a similar fighting style to Ren.

<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:22px;margin-bottom:0px!important;">So all in all, a  landslide victory for Team RWBY. Jaune and Ren would get knocked out fairly early, and then it's four against two. Pyhrra and Nora may be badass, but they can't fight against all of them at once.

<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:22px;margin-bottom:0px!important;">So that's just my take on things.