Board Thread:Role Plays (AU)/@comment-24617443-20170516130842/@comment-29264888-20170516185039

'''Time for another one of my opinons. '''

For my choice of winner, they are: Bele.

Bele wins because of a stronger Semblance and more expanded Fighting Style.

 History

Both of these peeps don't have anything specific in their history that would suggest any special advantages. In their histories, Valka was trained by an expert as Bele was trained by his father and a teacher from a Huntsmen Academy. It is good to note that having more than one trainer doesn't make a difference.

 Personality

Nothing to note here. It's a whatever.

 Weapons

Now we are getting into the more significant areas.

Valka: If I understand, she has two pairs of dual-sworded daggers; each dagger imbued by a single type of elemental dust. How it works is very straight forward.

However, it does mention that the dust within the weapons can be used as projectiles. Yet at the same time, the profile says that Valka has no actual ranged attacks. This is a contradiction that needs to be fixed. Does she have a ranged ability or no?

Additionally, Valka has a sword with a flexible blade, allowing it to act as a pseudo-whip.

Just a referance, it probably works similarly to a realistic weapon such as the Indian urumi sword, or a video game weapon like Ivy's from Soul Calibur.

Bele: This person has a cane sword. When drawn, one is a sword that doubles as a revolver, while the sheathe is a sawed-off shotgun. I don't really think I can emphasize more as what what it is or what it can do. His weapon does have examples of ammo types, but they are nothing too special.

Thoughts: Well, there isn't anything really advantageous on either side. The only advantage that could be made is if Valka's daggers are verified to not have any ranged attacks. If that is proven, then it would mean Bele has the advantage in range.

 Semblance

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Valka: Valka has the ability to disspiate into mist in order quickly move from place to place. After moving and solidifying herself in her new location, the mist will freeze before exploding. If so desired, the frozen mist can be used as a defensive mechanism against projectiles.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">It is good to note that just a single activation takes a large portion of strength.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Bele: Bele's semblance summons auric crows that can push away, slow and temporarily blind foes. Additionally, Bele can also use the crows to increase the speed of himself or allies, reduce momentum, block enemy projectiles, and act as a source of light.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">It is mentioned that it requires more than just a few crows to actually the semblance effective. However, the amount of crows Bele can make is astonishingly large. If I'm correct, the calculations is 24 crows per 1% of aura, leading to a maximum of 2400 crows in total.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Thoughts: Bele's semblance easily outperforms Valka's in terms of utility. It's likely possible that Valka's semblance has more mobility, but Bele's is more cost efficent and is capable of buffing and debuffing. Also, taking in the fact that Bele can make up to 2400 auric crows, if he uses a large portion of that within a short amount of time, it would probably be quite overwhelming.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I would also like to note that Valka's semblance can block projectiles, but will it be able to block all of the crows? To me, it would feel like trying to make a barrier against a tidal wave. Valka might not need to defend against all of them; only what's necessary, but if Bele can directly maneuver how the crows move, her defenses are likely near useless.

<p style="font-weight:normal;"> Fighting Style

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Valka: Dumbing down the section into a general description, her style is offensive and quick, utilizing her semblance to close in before rapidly cutting and shredding her opponents down. Including to this, her semblance can be made to split forces, drive out enemies from cover, and defend from projecties.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Bele: Gotta be honest, the name for his fighting style is cheesy since it's Japanese and I get plenty of anime vibes from it. Interesting nonetheless. :P

<p style="font-weight:normal;">The beginning of Bele's fighting style emphasizes on a single strike, focusing their power on defeating an opponent on the first move.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">However, if the first strike doesn't succeed, the method of fighting will change. Bele will take a more defensive role, preferring to make the second move rather than first. If I can assume, this method of fighting will be focused on countering; studying his opponents before striking quickly and powerfully.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Should he lose ground in direct combat or have nearly depleted his aura, he will begin to disengage and rely on his ranged capabilities.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">If I also read correctly, Bele is also capable of slashing and shooting at the same time, just like many other RWBY characters.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Thoughts: I think that Bele takes the cake in fighting style. Since Bele has a lot more detail placed in describing how he fights, he gets to have plenty more options.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Both would probably equal each other in a direct confrontation, but Bele will have the advantage in mind set. Should Bele lose in a close range fight, he will instead turn to battling with his range while mixing in his semblance. Valka will continue to chase and chase, but as long as Bele can disengage, he will eventually win.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Feel free to speak about this.