Talk:Team CRDL/@comment-104.173.10.65-20151116064235/@comment-1.129.97.40-20151126134853

Yeah I get what you are saying, but I was just trying to point out that Sky is clearly not the weakest member on the team. Yes sending Dove and Russel would probably have been a smarter move, but on an individual basis it would make more sense to send anyone other than Russel through to the next round. For example, Cardin perhaps has the greatest tanking feats out of any person in RWBY (I don't count Yang tanking the Paladin's punch because her tanking abilities fluctuate too much, as in takes a punch from a mech, but then gets knocked out later by a couple of kicks and hitting the train car ceiling). Sky is quite durable and has shown a tremendous amount of skill to be able to block with such an akward weapon in close quarters. Dove is easily the best on the team in terms of pure skill as he was fencing quite well with Pyrrha. I can definitely agree that Dove and Russel are arguably the best at coordinating their attacks, but as we have seen in the current episodes there are times when team members are fighting one on one against members of the opposite team, and it doesn't matter how good Russel is at coordinating with his team mates if he can't hang in there long enough to do it. In addition,  I can't help but feel there is a reason why a lot of team leaders are staying out of the tournament. Indeed Ruby, Cardin, and Cinder aren't participating any further which leads me to believe that Dove and Cardin may be required for something else late down in the story whilst their team mates fight in the tournament.