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Introductio
Currently only two lines of justification support the High 7-C ratings on the profiles for Glynda Goodwitch and Qrow Branwe, and by extension the scaling for these two affect the profiles of Winter Schnee, Tyria,Hazel Rainart, Oscar Pine, James Ironwood, and Leonardo Lionheart.
I don't think the justifications are good enough for these characters.
Qrow's Justifications
This is the current justification for Qrow's profile:
Easily fended off Emerald Sustrai, Mercury Black, and Cinder Fall with half of the Maiden of Fall's power
Emerald and Mercury are High 8-C so we can pretty much write them off. Fending them off would not grant High 7-C stats. So what we're left with is:
Easily fended off Cinder Fall with half of the Maiden of Fall's power
Now, I don't think this is good enough justification because it's a bit misleading as to what actually happened. What happened was that Qrow showed up and severed the connection between Cinder and Amber, Cinder made an explosive mine appear underneath Qrow who dodged it. Then Cinder and her cohorts vanished.
The full encounter can be viewed here.
And that… is all that happens.
He didn't land any meaningful hits on her, she didn't land any meaningful hits on him. There are no calcs or feats supporting Qrow to be High 7-C. Some more points in detail:
Points
Point #1: Cinder couldn't be sure Qrow was alone.
Counterpoint #1: Qrow pushed Cinder back when he arrived, therefore he must be comparable.
This is the current justification for Glynda's profile:
She was able to fight Cinder Fall with half of the Fall Maiden's powers for a period of time, Comparable to Qrow
Well, let's remove the Qrow bit for now since his scaling has been called into question, making her current justification just:
She was able to fight Cinder Fall with half of the Fall Maiden's powers for a period of time
The problem with this is just being able to fight her isn't good reasoning.
Here is the entire fight between the two of them.
This isn't very convincing that Glynda, and therefore all high-tier characters should directly scale to half a Maiden's power unless you want every single character in the cast to be Large Town level.
Summary
The High 7-C ratings for Qrow and Glynda, and therefore the other six high-tier profiles are very questionable for reasons I've outlined above. I simply don't think they should be rated as High 7-C.
Maybe my standards a little bit too high, but the justifications being used aren't enough.
Currently only two lines of justification support the High 7-C ratings on the profiles for Glynda Goodwitch and Qrow Branwe, and by extension the scaling for these two affect the profiles of Winter Schnee, Tyria,Hazel Rainart, Oscar Pine, James Ironwood, and Leonardo Lionheart.
I don't think the justifications are good enough for these characters.
Qrow's Justifications
This is the current justification for Qrow's profile:
Easily fended off Emerald Sustrai, Mercury Black, and Cinder Fall with half of the Maiden of Fall's power
Emerald and Mercury are High 8-C so we can pretty much write them off. Fending them off would not grant High 7-C stats. So what we're left with is:
Easily fended off Cinder Fall with half of the Maiden of Fall's power
Now, I don't think this is good enough justification because it's a bit misleading as to what actually happened. What happened was that Qrow showed up and severed the connection between Cinder and Amber, Cinder made an explosive mine appear underneath Qrow who dodged it. Then Cinder and her cohorts vanished.
The full encounter can be viewed here.
And that… is all that happens.
He didn't land any meaningful hits on her, she didn't land any meaningful hits on him. There are no calcs or feats supporting Qrow to be High 7-C. Some more points in detail:
Points
Point #1: Cinder couldn't be sure Qrow was alone.
- She would have no way of knowing if he had backup on the way, or if Amber was about to get back up and keep fighting. So it's impossible to prove she only left because she was scared of Qrow.
- She has had no training with them, we can't be sure of how effectively she could use them straight away. She may have doubted herself and rather than risking everything, she decided to leave and finish the job later.
- This one requires a slightly different interpretation of what happened when he arrived. Instead of cutting off the connection and hitting her to knock her back, what happened was that Qrow cut off the connection and Cinder jumped back to avoid his sword.
- Because of how quickly and unfocused the action is when Qrow arrives, we never actually see Qrow's sword hitting Cinder.
- If Emerald and Mercury are fast enough to avoid his blade, then there's good chance Cinder could avoid it too.
Counterpoint #1: Qrow pushed Cinder back when he arrived, therefore he must be comparable.
- Rebuttal: Cinder was likely off her guard when Qrow appeared. She may have had her Aura unprepared for him and was therefore pushed back. Remember that Jaune was able to chip Cinder's mask when she was distracted in Volume 5.
- If Cinder wasn't blocking against his hit, then he obviously does not require High 7-C AP to simply knock her back. After all, he did not no damage to her whatsoever. It's impossible off that clash alone to deduce that he could hurt her.
- Rebuttal: We have no idea what's going through Cinder's head here. The last we see of her, she is looking all smug and then she vanishes. While it may be reasonable to assume that Cinder wanted to avoid a further confrontation, that isn't enough to assume Qrow must be Half-Maiden Cinder's level.
This is the current justification for Glynda's profile:
She was able to fight Cinder Fall with half of the Fall Maiden's powers for a period of time, Comparable to Qrow
Well, let's remove the Qrow bit for now since his scaling has been called into question, making her current justification just:
She was able to fight Cinder Fall with half of the Fall Maiden's powers for a period of time
The problem with this is just being able to fight her isn't good reasoning.
Here is the entire fight between the two of them.
- Glynda does not land a single hit on Cinder for the entire fight.
- Glynda blocks only a single fireball from Cinder the entire fight.
This isn't very convincing that Glynda, and therefore all high-tier characters should directly scale to half a Maiden's power unless you want every single character in the cast to be Large Town level.
Summary
The High 7-C ratings for Qrow and Glynda, and therefore the other six high-tier profiles are very questionable for reasons I've outlined above. I simply don't think they should be rated as High 7-C.
Maybe my standards a little bit too high, but the justifications being used aren't enough.
