Yang Xiao Long vs Bakugo

[Kiryu2012]

Yang Xiao Long vs Katsuki Bakugou

Rules:

Pre-Timeskip Yang

Speed equalized

Otherwise SBA

Hotheaded Brawler


Katsuki

Yang 11 (Eldi, Kink, Weekly, Apies, Versus, Vel, Desmiondo, Poinciana, Kep, Shadow, Shrek)

Bakugou 4 (Jinx, Gimmy, DMUA, Drayco)

Incon 0

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

who has the AP advantage?

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

because the way I see it. Yang and Bakugou are the same thing

with the main exception that Bakugou is going to run out of gas while using his quirk continuously while Yang will be getting stronger

think of the Ochako vs Bakugou fight but instead, by the end of the match Ochako would be far more powerful than Bakugou

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Yang has the AP advantage here, 1.21 tons vs .97 tons

 

[Therefir]

1.15 tons low-balling actually.

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

Yeah Yang should take this

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

Yang in this case is the perfect counter opponent for Bakugou

 

[Kiryu2012]

Bump.

 

[Kepekley23]

Nitpick, but Yang is 1.4 tons actually. Suppressed Mercury casually overcame Yatsuhashi's 1.4 ton attack and Yang did better against him than Yatsu did

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Yang FRA

 

[Theglassman12]

I don't see how this is fair when Bakugou doesn't have the durability to keep up with yang.

 

[Kepekley23]

Her AP is ~55% higher than his durability, how is that a stomp?

 

[Ciruno_Fortes_(COB)]

Yang easily FRA

 

[Jinx666]

Okay, but once again, Mercury was letting Yang win on purpose. Plus, Team CFVY are om a higher level than RWBY, being able to participate in missions that RWBY cant, and the fact theyve had more experiemce. Admittedly, RWBY seem better in 1v1, while CFVY specialises in Grimm hunting, like huntresses are supposed to, but I honestly dont think Yang is stronger than Yatsuhashi.

In terms of the fight, Bakugo has the advantage in intellect and battle plan, his consistent explosions being able to chip at her aura effectively, his better pseudo flight, his mid range, his gauntlets also stacking, so he can still give out a lot of power after a tiring battle, jsut like Yang. But with Yangs semblance and aura, plus the fact 8-C explosions are his peak, Yang should be able to take him down, though its hard to say, because when faced with a physically stronger fighter like Kirishima, he will resort to tiring tactics, which Yang cant exactly counter, nor use her semblance since he wouldnt be attacking her. Plus Bakugo has things like his stun grenade for an opening,

Not gonna vote for now, cause its hard to decide, but someone convince me and shiz

 

[Kepekley23]

Mercury was already suppressed against Yatsu, if he just went against Yang with the same level of power he'd already be letting her win.

 

[Ciruno_Fortes_(COB)]

Okay pull back my vote, Jinx has some pretty solid reasons

 

[Kepekley23]

Yang's shells have the feats to one-shot Bakugo, seeing as a single one blew Neon out of the sky. Bakugo also doesn't have the speed to dodge them at melee range.

And yes, I know speed is equalized

 

[Jinx666]

Yang's shells have the feats to one-shot Bakugo, seeing as a single one blew Neon out of the sky. Bakugo also doesn't have the speed to dodge them at melee range.

How exactly do they one shot? The Vytal Festival aura depletion were all pretty messed up though, especially with Em one shotting Coco at like, 3/4 aura, and the fact it only took a small stumble and one shot to one shot Neon. MHA can react to bullets fairly easily, which the shells can at least becompared to. Yang doesnt really shoot out the long range ones in close combat either, only to close gaps, she merely punches stuff.

Bakugo can take a pretty good beating though, evident frpm his final exams, and still keep fighting. AM was really being serious as much as he could despite being restrained. I dont exactly think he would get one shot.

 

[Kepekley23]

Coco is not as physically strong as the top-level students, seeing as Yatsuhashi is the physical powerhouse in the group and he got easily dealt with by Mercury. Her gatling gun is what makes her dangerous.

 

[Jinx666]

Shes still in the same tier, as well as her tanking the same hits as Yatsuhashi from Merc with fairly large aura. Tbh, the Geiser was what damaged Yatsu the most.

Thats another reason why RWBY aint MCB tbh aswell, Geisers usually dont generate that much power, and Yatsu got hurt a fair bit by one

 

[Nico-v11]

@Jinx you can still be knocked out even without having your aura depleted hence you can definitely still be one shot. Neo knocked out Yang without depleting her aura. So Yang taking out Neon could have been from temporary knock out too (or the fact that people's aura levels vary so perhaps Neon didn't have much aura to begin with)

 

[Jinx666]

@Jinx you can still be knocked out even without having your aura depleted hence you can definitely still be one shot. Neo knocked out Yang without depleting her aura. So Yang taking out Neon could have been from temporary knock out too (or the fact that people's aura levels vary so perhaps Neon didn't have much aura to begin with)

Not really. Only case I can recall that is with electricity, that bypasses aura.

And the battles were based off aura gauges, Neon didnt get knocked out, evident to after she lost, and her buzzer went off, saying that her aura was depleted tp the point ahe was eliminated. The first time ever indicating aura has been depleted by the flash coat was with Mercury vs Yang.

And Neons aura gauge was the same level as the rest of the combatants if you look at the leaderboard.

 

[TheRustyOne]

Bakugo is a better fighter (I think so) and thinker but he doesn't know about Aura. Bakugo will think Yang is really durable and that his attacks can't hurt her like Kirishima.

So he'll try to keep his distance and wear her out. But Yang can fight from long rang with her gauntlets which will take him by surprise.

This is a endurance match and the longer they fight the stronger they get. Bakugo sweats more for even stronger explosions and Yang gets stronger with every hit.

Honestly if Yang starts playing a range game Bakugo will be the one tiring out and he'll notice this as well. Bakugo will start getting desperate since she isn't getting tired because her range attack is a gun while he needs to keep doding with his explosions.

He'll probably decided to use his gauntlets blasts at her from either afar or up close. Yang will not expect his blast like that and just one will do serious damage.

If he does it up close it will hit and I'm usure if it can one shot her.

The second one on the other hand will finish her if it can hit, but she can just dodge both or get hit by one and dodge the other and use her Semblance to finish him off.

Honestly this fight is way to dang close so I vote for Inconclusive.

 

[Jinx666]

Think ill vote Inconclusive too for Poins reasons.

Shame, cause these are my two third favourite characters of RWBY

 

[WeeklyBattles]

@Poinciana Yang has a decent AP and dura advantage even without her semblance so he's not oneshottnig her any time soon

 

[Jinx666]

Of course he wouldnt one shot her, but with his gauntlets, he can definitely shoot out explosions that are stronger than 1.51 tons, without damage to himself. Theyll do a solid hit to Yang, and she only opens her semblance when shes in a pinch, at least in V1-3. Chances are, this will finish her off once Bakugo fires the gauntlet after he notices shes activated her semblance

 

[Kepekley23]

Yang can easily withstand hits that have the same AP as his explosives, so I don't see how he is one-shotting.

 

[TheRustyOne]

I said I was unsure not that it will one shot her.

Also Bakugo's explosions (With Gauntlets) can kill a person who's shares his durability with one shot. Izuku would have died if Bakugo had hit him with his blast.

They also were able to push back a restrained All Might so I think they're pretty strong and will do some massive damage.

Also I'm talking about Bakugo's weapon explosion not his normal ones. His Gauntlet stores up his sweat and when it's full he can fire a massive explosion.

I still think it's close to call because even if she survives both of them Bakugo can fire similar explosion without his gauntlets but he does injure himself while doing it.

Also how big is Yang's AP advantage?

 

[ApiesDeathbyLazors]

OK so, I'm tried right now and haven't bothered to read any of the above arguments, so I'll just vote and be on my way.

Bakugo's blast 'em till they die strat won't really help him here. Yang's Semblence is almost perfectly designed to counter it. The two seem to have similar AP and Durability as well. I'll give my vote to Yang. I'm sure all this has been mentioned. Good night.

 

[Kepekley23]

@Jinx

Yang definitely does not just reserve her Semblance to critical conditions. Tai made it a direct point in Volume 4 that she abused her Semblance and relied on it too much, and mentioned the whole of Volume 3 as an example.

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Yang without her Semblance is 1.4 tons as compared to Bakugou's .97 tons

Yang has survived blows from things that are much stronger than herself such as the Atlesian Paladin and not been oneshot

 

[Therefir]

1.15 tons adding the other panel.

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Nitpick, but Yang is 1.4 tons actually. Suppressed Mercury casually overcame Yatsuhashi's 1.4 ton attack and Yang did better against him than Yatsu did

 

[DMUA]

Well. The Grenade hands on Bakugo let his stamina go up way higher, as they reduce the recoil to an insignificant amount. And, he's a lot more potent in combat, considering despite how angry and rash he looks, he's actually fairly smart in combat.

Though the AP advantage for Yang would be troublesome, I bet he could still pull it off.

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Youre kinda going to have to explain how, Yang starts off with a higher AP and durability which will go up the more he hits her with his attacks, her AP also carries over to her ranged attacks as des the boost from her semblance, and being more potent in combat isnt really an advantage as that just means Yang will be absorbing more damage

 

[TheRustyOne]

Changing my vote.

Bakugo could win but I think Yang wins 7 out of 10 times. Yang has a AP advantage and if she activates her Semblance she just needs one hit and I don't think Bakugo could dodge all of her hits.

Bakugo probably won't finish her off with his gauntlets and Stun Grenade can only help so much. This will be a war of endurance for Bakugo and for Yang it'll be if she can hit him before tiring out.

I don't see Bakugo dodging all of her attacks and she's stronger even without her Semblance.

So I vote for Yang.

 

[DMUA]

Youre kinda going to have to explain how, Yang starts off with a higher AP and durability which will go up the more he hits her with his attacks, her AP also carries over to her ranged attacks as des the boost from her semblance, and being more potent in combat isnt really an advantage as that just means Yang will be absorbing more damage

...... I....... Just...... Did? ┬┐Que? Nani?

All-Might had a huge AP advantage over Bakugo, even when he had the weights on, and Bakugo was fine with getting back up after taking seriously impactful blows from him. He can also will through his Quirk reaching it's limit and recoiling on him. So even if Yang gets some hits, Bakugo can not only get up, but continue evading.

Semblance is plenty a problem, I'll give Yang that, but it can only last so long. Overall, I just think, albeit by a miniscule margin, Bakugo would win in more senarios then he would lose.

 

[Nico-v11]

@DMUA All Might was going easy on Bakugo, doesn't really count

 

[DMUA]

I'm not focusing on the guy punching him, but rather the damage he took, and despite that, still being able to fight.

 

[Nico-v11]

Getting his ass kicked and getting up. I mean yeah that's his tenacity but that's not really a big deal since both are fighting till knockout or death.