Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20170505174118/@comment-25936766-20170531181834

HookshotHotshot wrote:

1-I am curious, though. What makes you think that the explosions from the Ember Celica are weaker than Yang's Punches? We never see her just punch normally to get a comparison,

2-and in general, explosions are a lot stronger than punches.

3-Using some Pixel Measurements, the average fireball from an Ember Celica blast is 13 CM at the biggest (and it is a directional explosion)

4-which, when scaled up, is about 2 meters tall. That's a pretty dang big explosion for something the size of the Celica, and that's just the fireball. It's the pressure wave that actually does the damage. 1-For starters, the shells (finally remembered the term) are not boosted by her Semblance. Given her love for her own Semblance, practically any punch she throws is going to be stronger.

And leaving aside her punches, remind me when have her shells alone caused any good damage? Best I can think of is when she blasted the Nevermore's mouth, but at that distance any explosion would be painful.

Not to mention Melanie easily and casually sliced a shell in half, leading to

2-If we were talking about normal people, sure. But we're talking about Hunters. People miles stronger, faster and more endurant than normal people could be. People who, potentially, can jump many meters into the air without much effort, and even crash into things without consequence.

So in the end, it depends on what Hunter and what explosion.

3-Directional Explosion? Last time I checked, the shockwave in an explosion, which is pretty much the only damaging thing they have beside the heat in combustion, was always in a radius around the point of origin.

Even those explosions whose blasts seemingly only go up, have their shockwave affect things in a radius. Hence why they leave craters and such. If the explosion only went in 1 direction, it would be very different.

Also, 13 Cm what? Diameter? Radius?

4-.....Are you talking about the explosion being 2mt Tall, or the fireball being 2mt Tall?

With the former, size=/=force. With the latter, size=/=force of the explosion. A explosion can look "big", but doesn't deliver as much force as one would expect. With the latter, a small body doesn't mean the explosion won't be strong.

If you meant the explosion, there's the fact that in the show and even in Grimm Eclipse said explosions don't have that much radius.

Also, "...for something the size of Celica"? What? Size=/=Force. Hell, the weapon itself is irrelevant, all it does is fire the shell. That the shell's explosion is big or small has nothing to do with the weapon itself.