Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32.208.226.199-20160526161241/@comment-26018514-20160907054623

ChishioKunrin wrote: Ehhh, with the "Adam cutting off Yang's arm" thing, I'll just leave you with what Miles and Kerry said ... Edit: So, basically, Yang's Aura was kinda low, Adam's attack reduced it to 0%, and the leftover impact was enough to cut her arm off.

That doesn't really detract from what I'm saying at all, though Someone's damage estimates I feel are a bit low.

I think of it more as the sum total of a hunters aura is typically in the thousands, though actively dispersed and spread throughout their bodies, with most attacks using between 50-800 against foes using around 100-500 to protect only truly vulnerable points, and most active targets being closer to 20-100. I'm pretty sure moonslice is using closer to the tune of 1600 at the point of contact, with Adam reserving very little for his personal defenses elsewhere, while mustering far more power at the point of impact than RWBY can typically generate, so even if Yang thought to fight defensively(which she likely tends not to so that her body can take more damage to bolster her offense) she likely would have at best kept her limb "partially" attached(assuming she had the control and reflexes to react, which I also doubt).