Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-68.10.80.217-20191227232937

Another of my favorite villains. With Torchwick gone, Merc has the cocky wittiness that the show lacks. Especially on the hero side. Cinder's banter is generic femme fatale rich lady. Emerald just whines about people staying away from Cinder. Tyrian, though fun as fuc* to watch, isn't much of a talker once the fight starts. And Watts is just more techno Jacques or evil Pietro. So where does the coolness plus good ol' cool trash talk come from? MERCURY BLACK!

I'm extremely believe he is stronger than is implied. His best fight was against Yatsuhashi. But I still think he's around just under Tyrian's level. By himself I bet he could take out most Nora and Jaune and any other too slow fighters. But I think his weakness (other than no semblance) is when he faces other foes who are just as fast and can track him movements better. Ruby didn't do well in season 3. But I bet if she and Ren teamed up or Qrow and Ruby, they'd beat him.

Tactically he's not a great assassin since most assassins stab or shoot. Punching and kicking isn't really a quick kill. But maybe later we'll see how he does it. If his father did it that way, I want to see him he kill with just his bare hands.