Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24901923-20150701220818/@comment-25555436-20150706004802

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: -.....I really call that bullshit. Being terrible in hand-to-hand combat doesn't mean one struggles at close-range even with a weapon in hand. They are completely different things. As long as Ruby has CR in hand, she doesn't have any problems. And honestly, do you think the other characters would be just as good at close range weaponless? Blake would have to spam her Semblance, Yang loses power, Weiss is useless, Jaune is useless, Nora maybe, Pyrrha would make her Semblance too obvious and would have to fight dirty. But does it mean they all struggle at Close-range when with a weapon? Nope.

She hasn't shown to have any problem AT ALL at close range. The only time she even showed any problems, was when she went Full-Retard and attacked the DS up-front, and when she lost her weapon. For the first, everyone would have failed if they attacked it like that, good at close-range or not. For the second, being bad with no weapon =/= being bad at close range or even struggling at it.

She has ALWAYS been fighting at close-range. In the R-Trailer, ep1, Emerald Forest, and all throughout Vol.2, even in the Food Fight she fought close-range. Has she struggled at it? Hell fucking NO she hasn't. So why do you keep insisting like an idiot that she does?

This isn't even an argument or discussion, it's just you being a Commander Contrarian to the facts shown by the show itself for the heck of it, like if just to irritate me. And if that was your intention, I assure you, your mission has been accomplished.

-Regarding Weiss: True....but remember: She just gave a whole set of Dust to Blake. And Weiss is a Dust-focused Hunter, her whole fighting style depends on abusing it. It wasn't a good example because what happened is basically what happens if a Mage tries to fight a Warrior with only 1 spell. The mage would be bound to lose, it's a very big handicap and doesn't show the mage's true capabilities.