Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160123205543/@comment-20754510-20160123224725

(cracks knuckles)

Okay, time to dish out some Leo-loving.

At first, this seems like Leo's less preferred place to fight, after all, small rooms and cramped spaces, it would seem to leave him as a bull in a china store.

At first glance.

However, Leonore's weapon provides him a unique advantage in short-range fighting. Using only the shorter-sized Flails means that in any enclosed space, as long as he still has enough room to swing it around his head, he can cover a good part of any room in a single swing. As well as that, if size leaves him cramped as all hell. Well, his weapon can very easily become a very big, very HEAVY club.

Also, Leonore's semblance only seeks to bolster his unyielding endurance, he can close distance easily, and if he can make contact with an enimy, in a downtown setting, that means that whoever is on the other end is going to find themselves against a concrete wall, with a very strong, very armored fighter ready to follow up the hit.

Speaking of armor, I beg the reader to not discount that fact that Leo is the only fighter with a strong focus on heavy defense as well as endurance, Leo will not go down easily, and will drag the fight out for as long as possible. Both of his foes, Penelope more-so then Darian, seem to start the fight quick and end it as soon as possible, unless they get lucky and manage to not only separate Leo from Azulius, but then manage to take down Azulius (who is more then capable of taking care of himself) Leo will stay up and force the fight to keep going. And the longer the fight goes on, the more tired his foes will become. The long-distance runner will beat the sprinter in a marathon.

Now lets talk a little more about team work.

Azulius + Leo: Despite the fact that they look incompatible at first glance, between the two of them, there could be quite a bit of room for teamwork. For example, Leo's semblance is all about drawing attention to himself, a shinning beacon. Meanwhile, Azulius's semblance is about distraction. When all your attention is on the huge, angry, possible-unstable man swinging a giant stick around, it's easy to not see that your perception of things may be a bit altered.

More-so, Azulius is smart, and Leo, is really good at following orders to a T.

As well as that, their fighting styles are fairly compatible too, if Leo can trap a foe in a tight space, he knows if Roaring Moxie suddenly lights up the room, a few stray bullets are not going to take him down, but they can sure as hell decimate anything that can't defend itself from two attacks at once.

To end this gush about teamwork, remember, Leo's Flail, though designed to crush close combat foes, can also be used to keep foes at bay, a great skill when covering a team member needing to reload or think.

...well that took longer then I though, I might write more later, but for now, I think that's all I need to say. I'd be happy to defend my points if need be, or provide clarification!