Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26259025-20150419120747/@comment-26018514-20150420025826

ObiWanCokeNosey wrote: True enough. The problem is, Pyrrha is OP because there's very little you can do to shut down someone's semblance. And the range on it must be pretty big, because she was able to help out Jaune with it.

The only percieveable weakness it has is the fact the metal has to be magnetic. And pretty much all armour/weaponry would be made of magnetic material.

Analysing that, compared to other semblances;

-You once mentioned Weiss' glyphs only allow momentum is one direction, and she sort of has to set them up beforehand. I imagine in a more enclosed area, they would become significantly less effective. Despite this, her glyphs are really versatile- I mean, she can blag trampolines, forcefields, and crazy time-speedy up voodoo magic.

-Yang's semblance (assuming the going batshit insane is her semblance) isn't something she can activate, or use. It's a passive thing. It relies on her getting lamped a few times first.

-Blake's semblance, without the aid of dust, isn't that great. I guarantee she'll forget how useful those dust cartridges were in the future.

-Ruby's semblance...just...eh. Is it that she can't keep the speed going for very long, or she's just really forgetful? I really need to start a thread sometime where I can have a good rant about my problems with Ruby, who I actually quite like as a character, but in inherently flawed.

So, compared to those...Pyrrha's doesn't seem to have any real downside. Maybe she is a little dependent on her semblance. And that could very well be her heel. Then you missed her semblances biggest weakness entirely... how she incorporates her semblance....

In short, her semblance does not work until she makes contact with the weapon... which she compensates for by giving the first hit or blocking...... granted these are minor blows, which she then hides by allowing her opponents to come close afterwards... meaning if her semblance doesn't work they get two blows in before Pyrrha even knows it didn't work.... one of which could be fatal/devastating...