Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160127201216/@comment-24684131-20160127232259

Alright, gonna clarify on Liaths semblance and some points I feel have been glossed over. Apologies in advance for any unintentionally salty tones that may come across, it's my general attitude towards this sort of thing.

First of, Liaths semblance. In the simplest terms, it allows him to cast a considerable number of Glyphs both simultaneously and instantaneously. At his current level of mastery, he can summon forth twenty glyphs at such a rate, any more than that requires a cast time of one second per ten additional glyphs above the original twenty, in addition to a greater degree of focus from Liath himself. It is uncommon of him to try and cast upwards of this limit as it severely inhibits his ability to maneuver on the battlefield, bringing me to my second point.

Liath is NOT a static fighter. He does not stand in one place for long and nor will he allow himself to be pinned down for long either. Even if he is restricted to a small area of movement, he will attempt to freely maneuver in that area and give himself the greatest possible chance to evade incoming projectiles and other attacks. In an open space, he augments this movement through the use of his impact and wind crystals, significantly increasing his speed and evasion and allowing to cross considerable distance fairly quickly.

When it comes to combat abilities, Liath is indeed a mainline caster. It's what he has been learning to do from an exceptionally young age, and out of the vast cast of characters we have around here, I will venture to say he is near peerless inside of Beacon. That said, he is proficient in swordsmanship and hand to hand too, and he is pretty damn good even without the use of any dust.

In regards to his use of an ice blade, a couple of points. First; it is not created from his gloves. Call it arguing semantics, but what happens is he casts a glyph from his glove onto one end of Foci and then 'builds' the blade from there. Secondly; it acts much the same as any weapon in RWBY we have seen thus far in that his Aura flows through it, reinforcing it and preventing it from breaking.

Finally, to argue my point of how Liath can win against Viridis. As I have mentioned, Liath is not one to be pinned down, and it is doubtful that even with the ability to launch a few arrows at a time with allegedly extreme accuracy, Viridis would be able to keep Liath pinned for long, if at all. Another factor contributing to this is the nature of Viridis’s projectiles. It has been seen and proven that the deflection or evasion of both bullets and arrows is not only easy, but common practice for Beacon tier students. Ranged attacks with such weapons only really work when the target has no idea it’s coming, but that too is made moot by the sixth sense of Aura that alerts the target to immediate danger and therefore making the attack less likely to connect.

it is stated in no uncertain terms that Viridis does not miss his shots. I will concede that he may have the leg up on Liath there, but what Liath lacks for in marksmanship with a single projectile, he makes up for in raw unadulterated firepower. I’m assuming Viridis can fire maybe two or three arrows at a time, but Liath engages with upwards of twenty projectiles standard. These attacks not only fire off at a rapid pace, but it’s also mixed. He can and WILL hurl fireballs at the same time as shards of ice and summon lances of earth to pummel his opponents defences away the instant before impact. I also feel like the terrain is in his favour, with little to no hard cover to shelter from his attacks.

That’s all I really have to say for now. Again, i’m really sorry if I come off as salty, it’s comes with taking this as I do.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.89;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(217,217,217);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">P.S. I spent a damn long time thinking up Liaths semblance, so please don’t dismiss it simply as a Weiss Expy when it really really isn’t DX