Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14640999-20140724024429/@comment-24198837-20140725161510

XDex wrote:

...the entire scene was absurd and just for comedy. Well, yeah.

I think it was a demonstration of Ruby's ability to think on the fly and her tactical prowess. The fight was in no way representive of everyone's combat skill level - Weiss couldn't use Dust, Blake couldn't use stealth, Ren and Ruby couldn't have anything resembeling their weapons at all, JNPR only had three useful fighters, all that junk wouldn't be there in 90% of fights, etc. That's why Nora cleaned house - She was the only one who's food weapon gave her the exact same advantage her actual meele weapon would. Who would win: a ninja with a bamboo sword (Weiss) or a ninja of equal skill, carrying a katana (Nora)?

But yeah, what mattered here was improvation and tactics, which we know Ruby has in spades.

@Ben - Maybe she's not confident in her shot. Remember, she had a rather large grouping when shooting at Cinder in Episode one... for an established HCSS master, anyway.