Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-25936766-20190127003338

HotSwappableGaming wrote: 1) I mean...she's used dust vials in this volume...She has IN THIS EPISODE.

2) See above comment for my views on that

3) But I wholeheartedly believe Adam could take Hazel, if only for the fighting style counters. 1) Thankfully. Now if only she could've been that smart 2 in-universe weeks ago.

2) He's been hyped as strong. But never as "one of the best in the entire cast". And in fact your whole 2nd paragraph provides nothing but proof for why said hype must be taken with lots of salt.

>"How many fights he lost": 1, his last one, where he fought 2 girls who, at best, were around 2nd Year Huntsmen-in-Training level, and one of which he mentored and knew her fighting style. And let me remind you that:

First: He unleashed his biggest Moonslice yet sans maybe the one against the Spider Droid....and Yang almost completely shrugged it off.

Second: He died.

>"Who has he fought before": A bunch of outdated AKs, and WF mooks, and in this show even a girl who hasn't finished combat school can beat down waves of mooks. There's the Spider Droid, yes, but that doesn't mean much when our heroes, weaker than him, have defeated similarly-strong things.

Other than that, there's Yang, Blake and Sun. With the latter two, Blake outright knocked him to the floor in a single hit back at Haven, and he ran away after a single bash in the head, even though he should've been capable of dealing with both of them (in theory).

And with the former two....well, he died.

>"Who do we hear CONSTANTLY bringing up just how strong Adam is?": Blake. Who was terrified of him for a long time. Even harmless spiders sound quite dangerous when described by an arachnophobe.

So, congratulations. You just gave evidence that proves your own point is bullshit.

I do feel I should have specified though. I think he's around Qrow's level....with a sword. Qrow's noted by Ozpin to be a badass Scythe user after all, not a swordsman. And even then, Qrow has gotten his ass kicked quite a fair deal, so it's not like he is that good.

3) Nah, he would be pummeled into the ground. Adam's Moonslices, even at full-power, are much weaker than they look, we saw that with Yang. Meanwhile Hazel was noted to have a stupid-crazy Aura regeneration that heals him faster than he gets hurt, while he also ignores pain so he can keep going for a long time without flinching or stopping.

And of course, Adam needs to block hits with the sword to even use his dear Moonslices. And I seriously doubt his katana would be able to block Hazel's doped punches with even a bit of efficiency.