Does the soul attack go through forcefields or something? And if it does, what does it do? RWBY characters can take large amounts of damage to their soul directly and be no worse for wear.
both. Humans in her verse just have an Aura barrier so she doesn't need to worry about decapitation them with her attacks. Maki does not have this luxury and ruby does not know that.
Not at all, glass even admitted in the discussion thread that he hasn't actually seen any of the evidence I proclaimed and thus has not debunked any of the new arguments.
Soul Split Katana is stated to ignore any substance (aka durability) to cut anything. If their aura/dura is also their souls, it's a win if they cut it
If the forcefields are literally made up of her soul, then yeah, a soul-cutting blade would cut through the soul shield.
I kinda find it hard to believe she'd go for an instant kill against humans tbh.
It's like Yamato but for Souls only.
A forcefield isn't a substance though
see my previous comments. The barrier is not their aura/soul, it is a barrier created by their aura/soul. And they can take damage direcrly to their soul with no issue.
It's not hard to believe at all, I can grab the scan from the guidebook but the whole reason why aura as a concept was created was so the writers could have the characters go all out against each other without them killing each othwr. Its why beacon allowed live ammunition and bladed weapons in casual sparring matches.
If curses, creatures of pure mystical energy have their dura ignored, idk why these forcefields can't be
So why it matters. The source of a ability is not relevant
I bet my ass that the Pietro's part is a nothing burguer, and the Grimm is just absoption
I've heard from multiple people that Ruby does not go for the kill. So I would love to see evidence of her going for the kill as a first move against humans tbh.
Fair
Also fair
No? It's a pretty major plot point considering Penny is the first artificial human as a result of pietro doing that.
Sure, I can post scans of all of this when I get home
Ruby's scythe is covered in the same forcefield as the rest of her and its durability scales to her own as it is a conduit for her Aura.
I mean, if damaging the soul is the thing it does, and the opponent can survive damage to their soul,, is the technique even that big of an advantage?
The thing with soul split katana is that it ignores every substance to hit the soul. It's just raw durability negation. Even if we assume that Ruby's soul stays fine, her body will be cut in half
Don't see how this stops SSK from cutting through.
Ah okay so it's like a HF blade but can also damage souls
That wouldnt help too much unfortunately, Ruby's rifle has an effective range of hundreds of meters
Just chase her down. Maki can cover distance pretty well. And the rounds can just be swiped away by SSK or dodged.
Ruby's Semblance amps her speed to the point that people comparable to her normally move in slow motion. If she moves away, Maki is not catching her.
Swiping he rounds away causes them to explode, inflicting whatever element they were onto Maki, Fire (Explodes and sets her on fire), Ice (Encases her in a block of ice durable enough that Ruby herself cannot physically break it), Lightning (Paralyzes her with AoE electricity), or Gravity (several times more powerful than her normal bullets and has an Aoe around the bullet itself, causing damage even if the bullet misses)
You gave Ruby knowledge of the soul cutting attack, she isnt going to be going into CQC with that knowledge. And yes, se would be thanks to the speed amp from her semblance.
See my comment above of what would happen if she tried that. It would be worse for her to do that.
Speed is equalized
Why would she not go into CQC? That didn't seem to be an issue for you until we mentioned that it could cut her barrier.
So she has a method of dealing damage, sure. But I mean, all it really takes is one bullet before Maki decides it's better to dodge them.
Combat speed is equalized. Reaction speed is a separate form of speed which retains the same difference from combat speed it had before speed equalization (See speed equalization rules). So she still has 3x faster reactions in the fight.
Because she's not an idiot...? You gave her knowledge of how the soul cutting sword works, why would she willingly risk it and go into CQC when she is literally wielding a sniper rifle she is an extert at shooting with? And it wasnt an issue because I was not aware of how it worked.
One bullet is genuinely all she would need because they scale to/above Ruby's AP, which is already over 2x higher than Maki's durability.
That...new. But not a massive issue for Ruby either. If Maki opts for dodging over blocking, it would take one, maybe two misses for Ruby to just opt for shooting the ground near Maki to hit her with the elemental effects rather than shooting her directly. Or just switching to Gravity rounds that have the aformentioned AoE around the bullet, meaning Maki would still get hurt even if she dodged the bullet itself.
Maki can jump on air to simulate flight. So she likely won't be near the ground for that to happen.
The gravity bullets would still be of use, or Ruby just baits her close to a solid surface like she did with Bolin during the Vytal Tournament
Maki, while bloodied, bruised, and not fully realized, was able to intercept Human Naoya who was, debately, blitzing her and moving at (at least) transonic speed. Then, after training in the off-brand Hyperbolic Time Chamber, was able to precog dodge Curse Naoya when he was at Mach 3 mid-air when he was super close to her.
Bad edit. Stuff like her blitzing Ogi is literally before getting her senses or reacting to Naoya. Actually surprised her speed section looks this bad.
2x< isn't a one-shot difference and Maki is extremely used to fighting with significant injuries. Not to mention it takes a helluva lot to put her down anyway with her endurance and stamina. She survived being ignited on fire by a Special Grade cursed spirit (Jojo) while she was barely a Grade 2 sorcerer. With the gap in their APs being like 100x at the time. Albeit she was very nearly killed, but that should give you an idea of her endurance.
Given Maki's senses, reactions, and acrobatics, it is very likely she just aim dodges their trajectories and jumps/flips out of their range. With her 3x advantage in reactions she'll be quicker to react to Ruby's firing. And it isn't like she can hit her in mid-air either since she can just flip around and jump off the air itself.
Not wrong, but underselling it. A Maki who was prepared for Naoya to come straight to her got blitzed from hundreds of meters away (Possibly kilometers since he flew to the other side of the city to build up the speed).
Under normal circumstances no, but it would be significantly more due to it being a piercing weapon (a bullet) thatis also well above Ruby's normal AP
Again, she doesnt need to hit her directly if she is using gravity bullets, they have an AoE field around the bullet itself as it is traveling through the air that can still hurt the opponent just from the bullet passing by them
No? Ruby is able to fight for multiple days straight without rest and she has tons of equipment that she can use to restore her Aura on the fly.
Maki isn't taking a direct hit from a bullet. If she parries or strikes the bullet, you said it explodes. That's not a piercing attack. That is an AoE elemental attack from what you've said.
I just told you she could jump away from the ground and flip around in the air. And she could do this extremely quickly because her reactions are 3x faster than Ruby's in this scenario.
You're wanking her stamina. She had to take multiple breaks for some amount of time to recharge between those days. And Aura is NOT an unlimited resource by any means. If she spams aura she will run out quickly.
