Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27612532-20160219213350/@comment-27612532-20160220123740

Ember Celica wrote: Dont know why Pyrrah was thought to be the strongest first year. All that was established was she won a lot of Tournaments, and she was a good fighter. Plus Velvet seems like she is a jack of all trades. She can use any weapon, but isn't as good as the original user with them. But she can counter most types of enemies she encounters having such a vast arsenal. From my understanding, there were three students with the title "The Strongest" nominated by the fans: Pyrrha, Yang, and Penny.

For Pyrrha, she was considered a star-athlete. I guess winning all those tournaments gaurantees a career as a Huntress like a high-school student winning many nartional science and engineering fairs guarantees a career as a scientist. I concede she was the closest to a true Huntress.

According to Monty, Yang never lost a fight. This record was broke by Neo, but Yang was still, at least, the strongest member of team RWBY. So many thought Yang was unbeatable, a opinion that was reignited from her victory in the Death Battle.

Lastly, Penny seemed to have the most powerful weapons to date. She was shown to be stronger than anyone else.

Notice that all three are dead or out of commission. By default, Velvet is the best Beacon can offer. I felt her weapon reveal was like a consolation prize for Penny's death. I think your right that she can never be as good as the others. For now, I'm insterested that she now occupies the same precarious position as the others girls.