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I believe that Team RWBY can be scaled to around town level to low city level using feats mainly in V8, going off their final fight with Cinder.
For starters, let's look at how Weiss held up against Cinder. It has been stated in outside material that Weiss is the "mage" of the group. Thus, her defenses are lower than that of Team RWBY. However, at the 12:12 mark of the fight, Cinder uses her fire powers to blow up Weiss and Jaune.
As seen in this V9 clip, around the 00:23 mark, Weiss is alive and well, even after falling into the void.
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This calculation shows that Cinder's fire attacks have an AP of around 6.1 Kilotons, around town level. Again, Weiss is noted to be the frailest of the team, yet can tank an attack from her and still live without her aura even on. Thus, it makes sense to scale the rest of Team RWBY to this durability feat, especially the team's tank, Yang.
Speaking of Yang, I believe we can also scale her somewhat to Neo's durability feat of being in the heart magic bomb in episode 9.
Here is the clip of the nuke going off.
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Here's the calc of Monstra being created, which is around 10.1 megatons. The last time we see Neo in the episode where the nuke goes off, she's still in the whale. Indeed, in the aftermath, we see her skip along the wreckage without any damage on her on the 00:48 mark. Thus, she was right in the line of fire of when the magic nuke went off. While Neo is a very skilled fighter, she exhibits the around the same strength and speed as Team RWBY. Ruby herself was able to land a few hits on her in their final fight of V8, even though she was mostly outclassed. Thus, we could possibly even put Team RWBY at Small City Level in terms of durability.
In terms of AP, Team RWBY could also reach small city by how Winter could harm Cinder in their fight in V7.
In this fight, Winter was able to do visible damage to Cinder by pushing her back with manticore ice blasts. More importantly, she was able to cut off Cinder's arm at the 5:05 mark. While the grimm arm has been noted to not be protected by aura, as seen in this post, even those without it can tank massive amounts of damage.
The higher tier grimm are also extremely durable on their own, like how the Wyvern could casually break apart an entire mountain without any damage. As Salem's number two, it is reasonable to say that Salem would have given her a grimm arm with increased durability to better fulfill her missions. The rest of Team RWBY can also scale to Winter's feat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPa8k7Csh6U
At 26:27 here, we see that Weiss can hold her own and even get the better of Winter during their training sessions. Along with the fact that Team RWBY trained for weeks on end in V7 with the best huntsmen in Atlas, and then BEAT them, it is very simple to state that Team RWBY's overall AP has increased to match the top-tier normal fighters of the setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjiRH2PA-m8
Again, Team RWBY has not beaten a maiden, they can hold their own. Indeed, in their scuffle with Cinder, they were shown to be at least able to contend with her at the 00:40 mark. Weiss herself is able to hold off Cinder without her aura from 8:10 to 8:52. Thus, they should be able to downgrade from maiden feats.
Let me know what you all think. I think what I've gathered here gives a good case for the upgrade.
Edit: I would also like to thank @WeeklyBattles for his help constructing these arguments as well.
For starters, let's look at how Weiss held up against Cinder. It has been stated in outside material that Weiss is the "mage" of the group. Thus, her defenses are lower than that of Team RWBY. However, at the 12:12 mark of the fight, Cinder uses her fire powers to blow up Weiss and Jaune.
As seen in this V9 clip, around the 00:23 mark, Weiss is alive and well, even after falling into the void.
RWBY: Cinder's Melting of Amity
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This calculation shows that Cinder's fire attacks have an AP of around 6.1 Kilotons, around town level. Again, Weiss is noted to be the frailest of the team, yet can tank an attack from her and still live without her aura even on. Thus, it makes sense to scale the rest of Team RWBY to this durability feat, especially the team's tank, Yang.
Speaking of Yang, I believe we can also scale her somewhat to Neo's durability feat of being in the heart magic bomb in episode 9.
Here is the clip of the nuke going off.
RWBY Monstra KE, and Tempest Storm
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Here's the calc of Monstra being created, which is around 10.1 megatons. The last time we see Neo in the episode where the nuke goes off, she's still in the whale. Indeed, in the aftermath, we see her skip along the wreckage without any damage on her on the 00:48 mark. Thus, she was right in the line of fire of when the magic nuke went off. While Neo is a very skilled fighter, she exhibits the around the same strength and speed as Team RWBY. Ruby herself was able to land a few hits on her in their final fight of V8, even though she was mostly outclassed. Thus, we could possibly even put Team RWBY at Small City Level in terms of durability.
In terms of AP, Team RWBY could also reach small city by how Winter could harm Cinder in their fight in V7.
In this fight, Winter was able to do visible damage to Cinder by pushing her back with manticore ice blasts. More importantly, she was able to cut off Cinder's arm at the 5:05 mark. While the grimm arm has been noted to not be protected by aura, as seen in this post, even those without it can tank massive amounts of damage.
The higher tier grimm are also extremely durable on their own, like how the Wyvern could casually break apart an entire mountain without any damage. As Salem's number two, it is reasonable to say that Salem would have given her a grimm arm with increased durability to better fulfill her missions. The rest of Team RWBY can also scale to Winter's feat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPa8k7Csh6U
At 26:27 here, we see that Weiss can hold her own and even get the better of Winter during their training sessions. Along with the fact that Team RWBY trained for weeks on end in V7 with the best huntsmen in Atlas, and then BEAT them, it is very simple to state that Team RWBY's overall AP has increased to match the top-tier normal fighters of the setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjiRH2PA-m8
Again, Team RWBY has not beaten a maiden, they can hold their own. Indeed, in their scuffle with Cinder, they were shown to be at least able to contend with her at the 00:40 mark. Weiss herself is able to hold off Cinder without her aura from 8:10 to 8:52. Thus, they should be able to downgrade from maiden feats.
Let me know what you all think. I think what I've gathered here gives a good case for the upgrade.
Edit: I would also like to thank @WeeklyBattles for his help constructing these arguments as well.
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