Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160317003430/@comment-26397825-20160326053730

The size of the blade means that he wouldn't really be able to swing it in short, quick bursts. It is very much a slow weapon, but heavy on damage. Sort of like Sage's sword; it takes him a while to wind up a shot from what we've seen, but when he does he can decapitate a Nevermore in one hit (with help from Yatsu, sure, but Ruby had to drag hers up a cliff with help from her semblance, gun recoil and Weiss's glyphs, and only managed to decapitate it because it's tail was stuck to the bottom of it, so it couldn't be dragged any further).

But that's fine, you don't need to have fast attacks on everyone. In fact some scenarios with be better for having a slow but powerful attacker instead.