Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27883360-20160305074527/@comment-24337247-20160907103125

Here's a something to think about... Monty held most of the ideas for the series, and he probably didn't share everything with the rest of the RWBY creators, at least not before it was relevant. What if Monty had planned for his own character, Lie Ren, to have a secret or two that would be revealed later? If Monty died with these ideas, then it's likely we'll never see Ren's supposed special powers or semblance, only what the rest of the Rooster Teeth writers came up with.

As for my speculation.. look at how effective Ren is while fighting the King Tajitu alone. Just look at his skill level. Then during the battle together with the rest of JNPR and RWBY, he was knocked out in one hit. He also didn't appear with the same skill level in the Vytal Festival Tournament. I'm speculating that Ren is hiding his true potential from the others.