Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-3146930-20140406115223

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: Darkcloud1111 wrote:

And yet he was still able to kill an Ursa Major by blocking its claw and then chopping off its head, with limited help from Pyrrha. If Jaune had accepted her help earlier, she probably wouldn't have needed to help at all. Taking on a single Grimm is nice, but Ren can take down a large Grimm with his bare hands and I see no reason to think Jaune could not achieve the same after he has developed his Aura more. Every other weapon revealed so far has had some ability that allows it to be used at a distance and against multiple enemies. Not even the terribly impractical-looking Blunderaxe is neglected in this respect. Absent such abilities, Jaune's weapon would leave him at a serious disadvantage in combat. I would like to think Jaune's weapon is a bit like him: seemingly incompetent in combat yet hiding a greater unknown power.

But by itself his weapon isn't useless. In fact Jaune's weapon probably would have been more useful than Ren's was in that fight. Ren's weapons despite having the ability to fire from a distance was almost completely useless and even when he stabbed one of the heads with his gun, it didn't go deep enough to kill it and he was forced to use his Aura as a shield and later a weapon. In this case, a sword and shield would have been the better option, as Jaune (if he was skilled enough) could have blocked the fangs with his shield or maybe even wedged it in the snakes mouth (by folding it up, then unfolding it) before stabbing it with his sword or maybe taking the head off completely.