Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20200125231407/@comment-36926079-20200215224309

Black Wolf of DMND wrote: ​​​​​​That depends on the Semblance. Sarah's causes projectiles launched by her to track their intended target for 250 metres or until they hit; they retain their current trajectory after that distance is covered. This leads into a more distance-based fighting style. Also, the violin isn't used in combat; it was a minor way to tie the weapon to the character allusion (Kate Bishop's Hawkeye, who is a cellist). The reasons most semblance oriented hunters are not stealth oriented are the following:

Most hunters won't use a stealth based fighting style. The fact that Grimm can passively sense their emotions means that stealth, for the most part, offers fewer benefits. Also, many faunus and skilled hunters have improved senses that allow them to counteract stealth, as mentioned by Phyrra.

Most semblances do not offer any advantage in stealth. The only truly stealthy fighters we know of are Ilia, Emerald, Neo, and to a lesser degree Blake, of which only two have semblances that benefit from/grant stealth (Blake benefits from her Faunus senses/training and Ilia is a chameleon). All of them have ties to criminal activity in some way- something that most hunters would not.

Most semblance based fighters do not have a lot of time to learn stealth and do not benefit from stealth more than the average hunter. The fact that semblances are individualized means that they are even harder to improve and use properly compared to weapons.

As for your example:

Distance does not equal stealth. Snipers fight from a distance and can be stealthy, but it is unlikely that your OC will be able to be both. For one, being able to camoflauge oneself and choose your firing position is already hard enough to do in real life. The fact that all the Grimm in the area can, for the most part, ignore most of the advantages gained by camoflauge and are high in number means that your OC is likely to be easily surrounded.

Since your OC relies on dealing ranged damage and is not solely dedicated to fighting, they are likely to be overwhelmed. Even in the case that your OC can take out all the Grimm without losing a lot of aura, your OC's team would have been without a fighter.

Relying solely on a semblance like would be foolish, but it would be more foolish to say that your OC has the skills necessary to even consider becoming a stealth based fighter as is.