RWBY Top 10 BEST & WORST Semblances
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RWBY has a ton of different semblances, but lets be honest. Some of them are amazing! But some of them are trash! Here's my top 10 lists for the best and the worst semblances!
WHY DIDN'T IRONWOOD GET RHODES' SEMBLANCE?!
rhodes could turn parts of his body into metal. That's work for Ironwood's fairytale and his whole thing of losing humanity.
Because more than half his body is already metal anyway. >_>
@@lightdragoon88 that would kinda make sense though; that's how they could so easily give him cybernetics
@@kerricaine so you need that to have cybernetics? No one tell Yang then otherwise her arm would stop working.
@@lightdragoon88 i was thinking they could make it like, prostetics like yangs need custom fitted, training to use, etc. But ironwood could just plug any old robot part onto a lost limb, or any machine would be compatible with his metal body
@@kerricaine I understand what you are saying but that sounds like an absorption power as just turning your body medal wouldn't allow you to just 'plug in' parts due to wires and stuff
Cinder's Semblance: Fire
Her Maiden powers: Fire
Yup yup, you can totally tell when she's using one or the other
But the thing is that the power of the fall maiden is actually wind.....
The fire element is supposed to be for the summer maiden
@@minshookie427 really? That makes more sense actually but.... what?how?why?
@@aimeea.3775 Cinder combined both her semblance and her maiden powers as for combination of wind and fire that made her semblance feels evolved and made her fly
She can also summon weapons now without using dust
@beehives maiden Powers can use all elements not just one
@@minshookie427 what about spring
I genuinely didn't know that Ironwood actually HAD a semblance until this video.
I think it was said either in the directors commentary for v7 or on Twitter somewhere, but it kinda sucks and I've never understood it imo ._.
I was literally just about to comment this😂
Legit same, thought he didn't have a semblance until now, I figured he had a semblance but the writers didn't show case it yet, like with jaune how he unlocked his semblance in volume 5(I think?) Thought the same went for ironwood but he didn't have a need to show his semblance off in the show yet.
@@King_Of_Gay Ironwood’s semblance has actually appeared in the show. Just look closely at certain points in volume 7 and probably volume 8.
It was mentioned during RTX 2020.
Klein has a semblance? I thought he just had fantasy DID
"Mr. Sieben, you are suffering from Split Personality."
"Good Sir, that's just my Semblance."
"No, we tend to call that a Mental Illness."
After seeing Neo's (where she used to change her eye color based on whether she's on the defensive or offensive), I figured it was the case
@@johannesseyfried7933 ... is that an actual line?? Idk why, but it seems kinda insensetive, but what do i know?
@@sunnydeee_ No, it isn't. Don't worry.
As someone with DID, yeah Klein just has fantasy DID that’s poorly disguised as a semblance. Also changing-eye-color-alter trope is so overdone that I just can’t like it
I personally don't believe Ironwood's semblance is cannon. If you don't add it into the show, then it's just the writers headcannon.
Yeah, you can easily ignore the semblance and it changes nothing. Ironwood making his own choices due to a mix of his attitude, circumstances and mental condition make him way more interesting than “uh, his semblance is making him do it.”
Turns out his Semblance also has "glowy hands"/s
But yeah, it's pretty weak sauce since it's apparently "passive" like Qrows.
That’s pretty much what I do when it comes to all the “questionable” (read:dumb) things RT says outside the show
I'm pretty sure RT put on a post what Ironwood's semblance was right before the release of Volume 7
Well, considering we learned his semblance through RTX panels and DVD commentary, then yeah we can call it the writer's headcanon.
Emerald semblance can be used to mind break anyone.
Imagine if she was showing Jaune hallucinations of Pyrrha since volume 4! Like just her standing on the horizon and smiling at him or haunting him. Emerald can drive characters insane with this.
I have been asking for this for YEARS!!!
That’s some terrifying shit.
I doubt they will RT lacks the balls or backbone to make the show sadder or add a bit more maturness they can't keep the show family friendly forever.
@@hyacinthnightshade6348 nothing says family frendly like abusive boyfrend cutting your frend's arm off
There's a horror fanfiction called "Hello! My Name is Ruby Rose!" that plays with this and is creepy as hell
Heck imagine if Ironwood's semblance actually made his skin become almost as hard as metal that would have been awesome.
That would've been great.
They gave that to Rhodes, the huntsman that was training that she eventually killed. Also part of ironwoods body is already metal and robotic. I’d have to agree with you but it wouldn’t fit the tin man theme if he wasn’t part robot anyway
Ironwood looks like wallethead from
Tales from the Borderlands
That would be epic!!!!
Oh but wait, they decided to spite the people who called them out on that by giving it to a new character that's already dead because villain backstory happened and totally didn't need that.
Oh wait, the speed is Oobleck's Semblance? I thought it was just because he drinks way too much coffee...
I personally believe his semblance is almost powered by the coffee and the caffeine is what triggers the speed
I'm 90% sure him rushing about everywhere is just comedy-speed, not a Semblance.
But hey, could be both.
I wondered if he added dust to his coffee or something kinda like how hazel stabs himself to power up
I don’t think his semblance was stated anywhere actually
So. If ooblecks is speed.. Whats ruby?
The thing about Blake's semblence is that she rarely uses it at it's full potential. Remember when she was fighting Roman on that train and she wiped the floor with him? That's because she used dust to enchant her clones which I think is a trait that has a lot potential.
Too bad she doesn't use it when she should...
shadow clone is the tricky one. Ice clone, fire clone, even stone clone (in chibi), you name it. My favorite semblance for fighting, shame the show not showing much in combat
It might be that the dust is just way too expensive for her to normally use, considering that Weiss handed her one mag of them and she is rich asf while Blake has regular person funds
it could also lead to some brain fuckery
We see blake can make almost exact copies of herself
Imagine a neo and blake fight where blake goes all out
Neither of them would know where the other truly is
@@anusaukko6792 That would make sense considering a whole crap ton of it was stolen and used to blow up Beacon, and that time when Weiss dropped the freight on the wasp queen, also Ironwood enacted an embargo on it, then an entire mine was destroyed, and of course Atlas fell, taking SDC with it. The inflation on dust must be going through the moon.
Honestly I really love Blake's semblance and maybe I just love her unrealistic ribbon guns but I feel like it's stylistically quite pretty and an extension of her runaway personality.
Oobleck has a speed semblance? Lol, am I dumb for thinking he was just overcaffeinated? Did I even use that right? So many questions.
Maybe it’s powered by caffeine
@@charlottewalnut3118 | lol maybe
Ironwoods semblance is basically a personality trait. And I also hope that if Oscar unlocks his semblance it would be worth the wait.
I don't get why Oscar needs a semblance in the first place. He already has Ozma's magic.
@@yelloturkey but he's also his own person, so he'd have his own semblance, and magic isn't a semblance. The show has hinted at Oscar unlocking his semblance since v5, and I really hope we get it this volume! I also hope we get more answers about the merge and Oscar gets onscreen depth/development but maybe I'm too hopeful lol
I vaguely remember season 7 Ozpin said Oscar unlocked it (green shield thing) but that could’ve been him inheriting control over magic from oz (it looks like the same shield that Ozpin used in s3). I forget
@@EYang-hl6hv that was magic or aura projection, crwby said it wasn't his semblance
@@EYang-hl6hv but yes it does seem to be the same thing Oz did in v3!
Fiona's semblance was originally Torchwick's according to the volume 7 commentary and it was called Deep Pockets, the reason we never saw it was because they never had a time to show it even though he could have used it in the first episode when he was stealing dust so they decided instead of telling us to give it to the wifu bait sheep girl. The worst part is Roman had so much potential with this semblance he doesn't fight fair have him pull out a second Melodic Cudgel, oh what you only have one Cresent Rose sucks to be you, give him one that shoots ice instead of explosives, give him one that's a flamethrower, give him one that's a Tommy gun since they're connected to mobsters or just extra normal Melodic Cudgels, double his fire power by firing two at once, have him fend off some one with one and pull out a second one to grapple away with using the grapple hook, have him throw out bombs or dust crystals, I think having him steal someone else's weapon would make sense but would be pretty broken, you could even have him have a ship or bike or car stored away so when he needs to make a get away he can literally pull out his ride have him hide lock picks or something to break himself out of prison, between having Neo for getaways and Roman being able to pull out weapons and explosives to blast his way out of prison it would make sense why he was never captured.
You fucking serious?! Omg, that would have been amazing!
I think a perfect place to use it was during the dock heist. Grab a few of those containers of dust on the way out. Hell, if you had it, why even bring the airships when you can clean it out with far less attention by yourself?
@@SallinKari We don't even know the limit of how much you can store with it but he could probably have taken at least 1, I mean Fiona used it to steal a whole truck
Ok I soooo need to read a fanfic where Roman has this and uses it like a true master thief. My boi got done wrong.
In canon did he just not have one?
@@aimeea.3775 Yes, they used him as an example of people who just never unlock their semblance.
I didn't even knew that ironwood had a semblance
no one did
Same
This is why saying something on social media is not the way to build a show.
He does it called mettle which strengthens a person resolves
Same here. It honeslty feels like headcanon on the writers part considering you could watch the show and not even know he has one
This is how I would improve each semblance you’ve listed in the worst
Elm: If she comes in contact with something she can implement her aura roots on them
Tyrian: Tyrian semblance works like poison to people’s aura and his own. When he goes to break someone’s aura he actually depleting his own. Visually his semblance coats his hands with purple claws
Raven: Instead of the portals being to people she’s has a deep connection it’s instead to place she’s already been. This can allow for it to be more useful and used more creatively
Ren: The lotus petals are the visuals constantly. Other than that it can stay the same
Qrow and Clover: For Qrow make the visuals be black feathers, and for Clover make the visuals green clovers. The visuals actually show where the misfortune/good fortune will take place
Hazel: I’m changing it. Instead of not being able to feel pain. I’m making it in which the more damage he takes the more he increase in size, and by extension granting him more strength and durability . The reason is because of his fairy tail (in which the witch’s goal was to fatten up Hansel and Gretel). It’s weakness is that it has a damage cap and he can only get so big ( I’d say at best the size of the hound)
Robyn: Instead of being a flat out lie detector who ever she touches she can make tell the truth. The victim can only stop telling the truth when Robyn snaps her hand ( A reference to hypnotist snapping someone out of a hypnosis). Visually I’d say a certain sound plays when making someone tell the truth
Maria: basically make it like the Spider Sense
Fox: Instead of it just being telepathy. I’m gonna make it in which he can detect/ hear or communicate with anything that has intelligence. (This was hard to improve or change)
Ironwood: He shouldn’t have a semblance. He’s already a badass with out one so he doesn’t need one
Great Ideas here loved every one of them. For Ironwood I would either give him turn different parts of his body to metal. Or his semblance is hyperkinetic. Where he has complete instant control over his senses and reactions but more than Maria's preflexes. Like he can predict how people will act in a given situation using probability. For instance if he shoots his gun at someone he could tell how they would dodge or block and how many shots it would take to break their aura etc. This could better lead to his crazy and one track thinking because of that semblance.
I'd make Qrow and Clover's semblances predictive. Bad and good things don't just... happen around them. Instead, they can see brief glimpses into the near-future, with Qrow seeing only negative possibilities (like a fire breaking out) and Clover seeing only positive possibilities (like a crucial opening against an opponent). I don't know how they'd visually manifest (aside from glowy body part syndrome...), but I think it would make them more interesting and tie better into their personalities
@@somedragonbastard that’s such a awesome idea, you creative Genius
What if for Tranquility, make it an area of effect aura so that he can choose for a bunch of people around him to be tranquil. And if he decides to focus it on one person or to just ramp up the effects in combat, his opponent's fight or flight response gets screwed up, making their reactions slower. They'd be so calm they could not care less about the fact that someone is going to stab them to death in half a second
Ruby semblance is ridicolusy overpower. And everyone forgot that
Ruby's semblance isn't the problem, it's her silver eyes. Personally, I wonder if the show is gonna have Salem try to pull a Ticktok and at least blind her in one eye
@@starrfall214 Her silver eyes stun Grimm. Her semblance can dematerialize a non-disclosure amount of people at will.
It isn’t Really-
@@supergoodadvice853 im sorry, *WHAT*
@@catalinaargyriou8603 Yep welcome to Penny explains that Ruby's semblance evolved at some point to just straight up non instantaneous teleportation
The worse thing about really powerful semblances like marrows is that the writers can’t really. Use it consistently, and it’s pretty much an instant finish to a battle as long as the plot needs him to use it. I wish writers in general would just. Not give their characters powers like that
Same thing applies to powers that tell the future. It’s something that’s only there because you absolutely need it for a few moments. Otherwise it leaves the question in the air. “Why not use this all the time?”
Or they give Characters completely garbage semblance. Like Ironwood. His semblance is a personal trait and no super power.
Thats why powerful abilities and such in media usually have limits to them, hard ones. So they don't get overused.
Yeah, in reality, the AceOps could use his semblance as a first-strike tool every single time and never lose. It needs more limitations to be feasible.
Yeah I disagree with Critter’s placement of his semblance in the best list. In an action show like RWBY, semblances meant to be used in combat should facilitate action, not inhibit it. He has the power to completely shut down any action scene, at such a low cost that it puts the writers in the shitty position of having to constantly justify why he isn’t using it.
I like the idea of Glyphs being hereditary, but they could've kept it unique by having each Schnee get a unique ability. The military focused Winter would've had summons, while Weiss could've had the time dilation.
I feel that semblances are one of the most underused aspects of Rwby. I feel like that should be things to turn the tides of battle or be used as big plot points. As they are, it feels like something to just add flavour to fights. The only exceptions are Qrow's and Emeralds. I really liked the way Emerald used her semblance in volume 3, but she hasn't used it that way since. Then Qrow's is a big part of his character, but bad luck is not a tangible thing and so the characters have to sorta say that it's because of Qrow
Fun Fact: Fiona's Semblance (Pocket Dimension) was originally planned for Torchwick.
Also Neo's Overactive Imagination is by far the most powerful Semblance of the show, it is applicable to nearly all situations. It's pretty much another name for Camouflage, a tactical concept that hasn't been developed in RWBY. That, and just think of her using Hard-Light Dust with her clones and BOOM!!, she's got a private army.
When RWBY was newer and when I was younger, I actually came up with a character with a similar semeblance to Maria's. The idea is pretty close to reflexes but I joked and called it autopilot. The whole point was that the character's semblance caused their eyes to emit an aura allowing the character to automatically respond and counterattack physical attacks by humans and grimm. This, of course, drains aura heavily and isnt perfect. I just thought it was like a cooler version of Maria's semblance when it was revealed in the show. But until now I never fully understood Maria's semblance.
That's actually pretty dope. I like the idea of having the user close their eyes in order to activate the semblance. That in and of itself makes it better than Maria's by a long shot.
@@GoldenB0ltBLTZ that's a super awesome addition! So it's not too op
Actually before the introduction of gravity dust I thought it was her manipulating her weapons with a gravity like she can pull things towards her. But honestly would have been cooler and stopped the plot hole of why isn't everybody using gravity to us when they constantly lose weapons
so...basically ultra instinct as a semblance?
@@j3ssthealien283 Ruby actually used gravity dust in the Red trailer.
To me, the Ironwood's mettle semblance isn't a thing. It hasn't actually been shown yet, and I hope it never is because of how dumb it is. The writers should scrap that idea entirely and actually give him a decent semblance or none at all. The luck semblances have always annoyed me too. Most of the time, we can't tell if luck is active unless a character directly mentions it.
Every once in a while, the camera will get shoved toward some part of the environment, as if to say "Oh noes!! This thing is moving, isn't that just so *unlucky* ???", which, to be fair, is about the best you can do to indicate that one of those semblances is actually doing anything.
they MURDERED weiss' semblances so much, i'm pretty sure the writers things it's bad.
it's probably more that the one animator who animated her fluidly died and noone was there to replace him. Monty's work on Weiss was some STUNNING work, and the worst of it is, is that the Weiss trailer in volume 6 showed we COULD have that weiss again... but alas, summoner Yuna must summon her aeons. oh wait, this is R W BY
@@frogradar LOL SUMMONER YUNA
Glad it murder it in some way. Before it was a Mary Sue semblance. Whatever they needed to get out of something, suddenly Weiss can do it with her semblance. Everyone else's semblance can be used in 1 or 2 ways while her has like 50 different things. It was a Mary Sue semblance for a Mary Sue character.
@@lightdragoon88 who care? they already stated what it can do and already shown how she can use it. and since it can't do everything, it could've been one of the best semblences to see in a fight. but limiting her to only using summons and ice is just lazy imo. they took something so cool and made it just meh.
@@notasquiremario3299 I mean the only thing they havent done since back then was alter time. Everything else she has still done.
The worst part with Mettle is that you can't even argue with people about when it's in effect because then suddenly that's "robbing Ironwood of his responsibility towards his actions".
I was looking forward to seeing Ironwood make the wrong decisions and then have a complete 180 turn to realise his mistakes and set things right. However, with your comment in mind, I don't think that's going to happen and I'm not too interested in what he does next as he's being protrade as a puppet to his semblance
THIS! This is exactly why I agrre with so many that Mettle is the worst thing you make as a Semblance. Because if you're portraying him as the bad guy, then make it his choices. Now there's a clear excuse...
Weiss’ glyphs have always been a favorite of mine, specifically in the older volumes. The way they were able to pair her fighting style with her semblance by having her jump on them and launch people was my favorite thing to watch. I really wish they kept up with that and stopped the overuse of summoning. I hope we get to see her fight like that again but I doubt we’ll get the chance. 😔
Same here I love it back at volume 1-3 it was amazing her fighting style was amazing. Sadly after volume 3 it want down alot all she does now really is summons :/
she's the best supporter honestly, she always gets hit or be beaten up when she's in the front
Then Marcus Black comes in stealing everyone’s OP semblances with his
Kinda disagree with Ravens place. Since it's so hard to travel around with boundaries, Grimm and other dangers. Maybe underutilised since we barely see her and even in her fight with Cinder, she could just teleport around with maiden powers and continuity errors.
I'd put it in honourable worst
But yeah, situational
Yeah, on any other person, this would be a great way to travel to loved ones
True, but I think a major criteria is how it is used in the show. And the answer it isn't really so it is shit.
@@theshire9173
Yeah to be fair, I'd put any sort of teleportation ability in fiction pretty high up there.
Tbh i think its interesting and ironic for her to have such a power.
I can imagine Team STRQ fighting with Raven's Portals like the Thanos fight with Doctor Strange, Spooder-man, Ironman and the Guardians.
I'm glad to see someone talking about how dumb elms semblance is IDK how it would ever be useful but I'm surprised you didn't talk about the best Semblance in the show
Mercury Black's daddy issues
When I say I WHEEZED
@@Dressup_Doll How many people reply to you saying something along the lines of "best girl"?
You ligit made me laugh out loud
The idea of ironwood's semblance muddies everything involving him to a detrimental effect.
Like why did they even do it?
It really says a lot about the writing in the show, when out of the 4 main heroines, just 1 made it to the top 10 best semblances, and #1 belongs to a random minor henchgirl that Oum came up with and shoehorned at the very last minute into one of V2's episodes.
Weiss and Neo honestly have the most diverse and creative semblances that lend themselves to tons of interesting potential techniques, moves, and coreographies, but the problem with the Schnee's glyphs' skills and powers is that they are underused, poorly executed, or just forgotten at times, as you said. Overactive Imagination is usually executed better, and it's so "creatively OP" that is almost like a fusion of Emerald, Blake, Sun, and Marigold's semblances into one.... again, a main character's semblance is overshadowed by it.
Regarding Yang and Ruby, I feel that their semblances end up changing so much across the series, that characters constantly need to point out verbally what they do. Ruby at first was just super-speed, then it turns out that she turns into petals, and now she manipulates molecules... and negates mass/weight? Like Mercury could kick Ruby while using her semblance back in V3 and Penny was too heavy for her to carry in V2, but now she dematerializes and negates mass because.... dunno, "semblance evolution" out of nowhere or something. Same for Yang, which was storing up energy from attacks she received, but then a temper tantrum that boosts her attacks, and now is again back into storing energy.
Finally, some characters might as well not have Semblances, like Maria, Tyrian, and Ironwood. Every OP character already has super reflexes. Tyrian might as well break an aura normally with his blades, tail, or bullets, if his semblance requires him to land a hit or touch his target in the first place. And agree that Ironwood's is the worst offender. Is as if suddenly, after all these years, the writers revealed that Roman actually had a semblance that gave him the urge to steal stuff, "Kleptomania pulse" or something. Not every good character in this show needs to have a semblance, and some actually ended up being worse because of how poorly written their powers are.
Wait Ironwood had a semblance?
It's a stupid one
It the reason it make him a stubborn bitch
Ik that was me months ago...
Wait, what? I assumed he was like Torchwick.
@@AveryScarlet Torchwick was meant to have the semblance of that sheep girl Fiona, it was meant to be called “Deep Pockets” I think.
I feel like what would be better for hazel is instead of jamming dust into his arm he has tattoos with dust imbedded into them not only would that make it cool character design. but it would also go with his theme better he's become a monster for Salem and tattoos are painful especially if you add in a line that putting dust into your body is extremely painful. I don't think he should have had a semblance I think instead Salem should have cast a spell so he becomes cold and heartless that's why he wants to protect children by killing them.
Maria's semblance actually does have a subtle auditory cue, it's that high pitched note that plays during the clip where she catches the lemon.
What if Tok used a bomb vest, or led opponents into a trap filled to the brim with explosives. Seems ripe for abuse.
The way they used it was boring I wanted her to fight in an erupting volcano and swim in lava or something
Tok fights like she isn’t invincible.
She shouldn’t have been blocking or dodging Maria’s attacks.
She should fight recklessly, taking hits and attacking before her opponent can block or dodge.
You know what they could have done for fkin Lie Detector over here? Instead of glowing hand syndrome, why not have a white circle appear on the chest of the character being detected(is that the right word?) and have it form into a green checkmark or a red ex depending on if they are lying or not. Same with Ren! Why not have a petal effect surround the person he’s effecting? That would look so much more interesting, It’s not hard just be SOMEWHAT CREATIVE!
Oh my mf Jesus-kun I got a like, god damn-
Maria's sembelence seems more like weak precognition then reflexes. A prime example of this is when they are in Amity and she realizes that the bad guys are there before anyone else does.
Her Preflexes are basically Spider-Sense but because all characters in the show react to every attack the exact same way you wouldn’t know she had them besides very few moments like the one you listed
Especially when you realize that Aura already kinda does that.
@@JanizMakudomaru Same with Tock, her semblance doesn't seem to make her much more durable than a regular aura coat.
@@ProxyDoug And she's an idiot because from her one scene you can tell she's stupid enough to TELL her targets her power and how long it lasts so just outlasting the time is a win.
@@Step43099 that’s why Ruby’s semblance feels kind of lame, she’s a speedster yeah (at least before they changed it to full on teleportation) but everyone moves around like they’re on meth laced caffeine anyway.
You can tell the difference between Monty style semblances and Miles and Carey style semblances.
Monty semblances have a visual flair, are broadly applicable in combat, and is more likely to be modifiable with Dust.
Miles and Carey semblances usually serve a mechanical, narrative purpose, and are visually barebones or nonexistent to save on animation cost and time.
My tweaks
Ironwood: Should Have Been like a hyper focus mode where he processes information much faster either he has that or Watts
Watts: if not the hyper focus mode then a semblance that allows him to manipulate inorganic materials around him not reality warping but sorta able to control their shape or move them
Tryian: Aura Poisoning Where if he uses his aura to touch yours your aura begins to slowly decrease even without getting damaged again
Not going to list my best and worst but do agree with your #1 worst and feel that could be its own video topic on why and the ramifications of its reveal to the story and character. I feel that Maria's semblance is not bad as a superpower in and of itself but as you said, in RWBY everyone seems to have it. Sometimes think crwby needs to realize, if you can't think of a good semblance, you DON'T have to force one. Glowing hand syndrome is just there to show that something is happening. If this was more realistic ( had to stop and laugh at myself for typing that) there would be nothing there for most of them, it really just there for the audience. Don't care what the " official" name for Tyrain's semblance is, I will always call it bad touch from now on XD. On an odd tangent, is that how your supost to say Nyan? I thought and have been saying it like knee Yan.
You should do a top semblances you’d like to see in the future, personally I think a foresight/future sight semblance would be cool as well as a semblance that could mess with the users gravity (making them weightless attracted to different surfaces etc...)
Fuck it King Crimson
Here’s the thing, Ruby’s semblance could easily be more powerful if she worked with it more. Giving the new info we got about it, it seems like she could really cause some trouble. Remember, she breaks whatever she’s moving down into its basic molecules. She can even break herself into multiple parts. If she trained with it more, she can probably use it on objects too.
I was confused why the numbers kept going back and forward every entry and it took me until halfway through the video to realise it was switching between best and worst
Me after learning Neo almost killed Maria: I still like you.
She’s the only character who hasn’t been screwed up IMO
I feel like Tyrion semblance could have been something such as making poisons more potent
Also Robyn's attempt to make her semblance sound as bad as Qrow's doesn't exactly work when she keeps asking people to take her hand. Making it sound like she needs permission from the other person to do so.
I fully agree. I feel like the writers just wanted to give Qrow someone to relate to with his problems but since he's in prison the only options are Jacques, Watts, and Robyn and the writers didn't want Qrow relating to an antagonist. It would have been so much better if Willow and Qrow could discuss their problems together: they both have a drinking problem, they both have distanced themselves from the people they care about most, they both feel hopeless in their situations. I honestly thought we'd see Willow this volume since she's in the intro, but I guess we'll have to wait a bit longer to see what she's doing
Shir Levin willow is appearing in the next episode I think
Perhaps it could something interesting like making poisons being able to penetrate aura, rather than instant aura break which is simultaneously OP and incredibly uninspired. Here is another idea. Basically a twist on Jaune's. He can give 'aura' to others but instead of healing and protecting, it actively hurts and attacks like a poison.
Even a temporary break in a person's aura is enough to either get them with his tail, or otherwise injure them. I would guess that his stinger doesn't work through aura, but forcing a aura to drop opens the way for the poison.
@@helgrenze Okay, but if you break someones aura by touching them you can basically instant kill anyone.
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I have a feeling Rhodes' Semblance deserves a honorable mention as one of the worst. It's basically just the ability to turn your skin to metal, but it just seems so useless. Like, he clearly can't make his entire body metal, he struggles to maintain said spot, and seeing from Cinder being able to touch the metal, we see that there's no Aura protecting the metal area.
It just feels like it's a Semblance that's only useful in certain disadvantageous positions that you'd have to willingly get yourself into to even pull off. Like, say deflecting bullets or blades, you'd have to put yourself in a position where you make contact with an enemy's weapon in one specific spot. Even as an emergency Semblance it's pretty limited, because it barely stood up to Cinder's heat.
The only useful thing I could see it being good for is if he had to turn his fists into metal weapons, or if he was about to get shot in the head. I think that if it was like a full body Colossus transformation, it would have been a lot more useful and a lot more badass. I'm all for weak super powers, I like it when characters have comparatively weak abilities in fiction, but this Semblance just feels like it was made for this one singular fight (which it probably was).
Imagine if the Rhodes VS Cinder fight was just Rhodes turning his entire body to metal and Cinder in a desperate attempt to win her freedom ends up defeating him by intensifying her heat so much that she burns through his nigh indestructible skin and burning his heart. Basically Rhodes would be cocky and sure that Cinder is weak, but she wins because she's underestimated. Could also have Rhodes die by turning into ash like Pyrrha as like a nod or a callback.
Then again, it's not like Rhodes' entire existence made sense in the first place. Like the whole 'why not call child services' thing. Kinda wish he was one of Salem's associates that trained her and not whatever misused cliche this was. This is just a rant at this point.
Cinder's backstory was better when it didn't exist. Change my mind.
Love Neo's semblance so much. A seemingly non-related comment, but I love how Arcsys animated her semblance in Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. The shimmer sfx, the shine, the way the glass falls is so on brand for Neo its fantastic.
Ironwood is out here using the Undertale mindset; "Stay Determined!" eheheh
I guess it's not just that it keeps him determined to follow his ambitions though, a big part of it is also that he can BLOCK OUT other people's opinions with great ease. This let's him quickly make the brash decisions that less decisive people wouldn't be able to make.
also, I wish Roosterteeth weren't cowards and would've confirmed that Shay D. Mann's (the bandit guy that Yang punches in the face) semblance was "being bouncy." He's a character that wasn't and never with be relevant, so why not just let him have a really stupid semblance so that I can include it in a list of semblances, lol.
Ok listen up. I COMPLETELY FORGOT about the time dilation of Weiss until I rewatched season 2. Like... wtf? That is sooo powerful.
I just knew you'd go off on Robyn.
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You'd figure a soldier would automatically have steeling themselves as something of a habit, not a superpower.
Heck, they could have foregone the cyborg aspect and had his semblance give his skin the appearance and properties of Tin/Steel/Titanium/Mythril/what have you and it would still fit his inspiration and meld with his ironclad will to fulfil his duty as a guardian of others.
The Steel thing would even give some play when fighting in extreme weather or around strong magnets as inherent weaknesses when he takes on 'all' properties.
The first 10 seconds already is the funniest thing in the world
The main one I disagree with you is Marrow, it’s been used so poorly in the show, I’m not even one of those people that got mad at the ace ops fight, but I can still admit how stupid it was for Marrow to be able to end it instantly without fighting but choose not to for reasons, it would be fine if it had limitations, like not being able to stop things that have an active aura but we have nothing like that, it’s gotten to the point where it has done more harm to the show than good for me.
I really don't know why I keep reading comments about oh marrow chose not to use his semblance... he forgot he had one... will you just shut up already? No offense. He knows that his semblance is powerful enough to pretty much end the fight in the snap of a finger. so he doesn't always use it right away and he doesn't have to use it right away. I don't understand why you people think he always has to use it right at the beginning. Like nobody uses their semblance right from the get-go. nobody in this show uses their semblance at the beginning of a goddamn fight. NO ONE uses their semblance to start a fight
Some use them mid fight
Some use them at the end of a fight. Get over it. I really don't see why people are singling out marrow when literally other characters do the same exact goddamn thing. Just saying.... I agree with most of this list but Neos semblance. Meh. A great semblance but definitely not one of my favorites.
@@shadowslayer6698 Disagree with that. There are some moments where it is best to go all-out in the beginning of a fight. Marrow had ALL of team rwby in his sight and he could have stopped the fight right then and there.
@@btrando1 with the exception of things like rubys speed where she uses it during her combat, or hazel when he first started fighting, not everyone uses their semblance from the get go. but if marrow did that there would be no fight between rwby & ace ops and that would take the fun out of it. Using it to just win instantly is poor use of his semblance, rather than experimenting with it and see what it is capable of. You can disagree Sure but at the end of the day the ends justify the means
@@shadowslayer6698 True that
@@shadowslayer6698 Yeah using it like that would ruin the fun out of it cause this is a show but being realistic being able to stop a fight so easily is another reason why it is a great semblance
I mean, Ironwood's semblance being the worst is really just par for the course at this point. The writers aren't done ruining him, even now.
Sadly I ageee
"I have a semblance!"
"Yea what is it?"
"Focus!"
"So.... You cant focus without it"
"Well... Yes.... But-"
"So you might as well not have a semblance?"
"Well.... No... But- you know what?? The writers just ran out of ideas for me... And the idea they came up with just butchered my character... Please.... Just.... Kill me off..."
What bugs me about Maria is that her powers should be absolutely busted. Supernatural reflexes mixed with precognition is an extremely deadly combination that should make her basically untouchable. Brandon Sanderson handled this extremely well with the character Fortuity in the novel Steelheart, for a minor antagonist who only shows up in the first mini arc, he's nevertheless absolutely terrifying to deal with and makes himself seem almost invincible. His senses are so well attuned that he's basically immune to gunfire, and the only way to actually kill him is to trap him in a situation where every possible action leads to death, made all the more difficult by his reflexes making him more slippery than a hagfish. With Maria though, that seems to do nothing, she's only about as strong as any of the other major characters and she doesn't ever do anything to showcase that she can see the near future or react supernaturally fast
Pretty much everyone can react and move like she can, if they didn’t try and make it out that her super mega special ability was “pre-flexes” she would just be an old lady.
Ren-I could have sworn that Ren didn't know what his Semblance was until s4
Hazel-he doesn't have a Semblance, he has a medical condition😂
"True to her Fairy tale inspiration of Thor"
Me who religiously believe in the norse gods
"How dare you?!"
"Fairy Tail inspiration of Thor"? You mean Laxus Dreyar? Otherwise, watch your spelling.
What they should have done with Ironwood's semblance is just say that he lost it due to his body being mostly robotic. Add that to how he feels helpless, since he once had a strong power, but it was lost due to him suffering a battle scar.
We have to realize that Semblances are an aspect of the soul, due to Aura.
*What the fuck happened to his soul?*
You know,it'd be interesting if it turns out if one of the semblances was actually a lie. Take Ironwood's for example, what if he said his semblance was Mettle but it turned out to be something different or cover up the fact that he never unlocked it at all? Doesn't seem like an action he'd take but it does make him interesting.
Ironwood was only talked about in a a panel at RTX, so it's pretty much non-canon.
I'd like to see Robyn's semblance being a lie and she just uses her aura to trick people into revealing things to her.
For a long time I thought that Oobleck's speed was just a goofy cartoonish way for the guy that drinks coffe to move, and had no idea that this was his actual semblance😅
Now that in vol 9 neo's semblance has evolved, it's even more powerful and cool. I mean, she can create illusions that can fight for her, and not just one or two, but several like seven or more
I still think Maria's semblance is cool. Sure the show doesn't treat it well but in theory it should be insanely poweful. Knowing what's going to happen moments before it does essentially means no-one can surprise attack you.
Bruh I forgot they released a new volume
So Adam can absorb energy through any object and yet he never uses his clothes to do this which would make him invincible that’s so dumb though. Why do they keep making these overpowered abilities that should make a character so much more difficult to beat and then not think about how they should be used. Rooster teeth konoyaro bakayaro
wouldn't that make his semblance kinda like black panther's suit? i mean, absorbing energy through his sword/clothes, then sends it back in an explosion/shockwave. i can see that, and it looks super cool!
I think Adam’s semblance works like Yang’s except he cannot feel the pain. Then he has to dish it out. Best way to dish out damage is through a weapon. His weapon of choice is a sword. If he were to use a whip, there would be a whipping effect instead of slashing.
Or why didn’t he use that gun of his
Qrow's semblance is literally one of the most interesting in the show. He has one of the most complex and relatable characters in the sea of mary-sue's that is RWBY. He is meant to connect with people who struggle with self-hatred. He feels like he causes everything bad around him, so he feels like he is obligated to stay distant distant from everyone he loves. Someone who constantly feels like a burden being able to slowly and timidly connect with those around them is an amazing and relatable arc.
Hazel's semblance is pretty much the Berserker armor from Berserk. (one of the coolest and most interesting weapons ever) His semblance is powerful, intimidating, and symbolizes his deeper motivations pretty well. The fact that his semblance is incredibly powerful, but there's a downside in the way of him still taking damage and not feeling it is a reflection of how his complete obsession with his revenge has made him blind to the greater damage he has done.
Robyn's semblance would be INCREADABLY useful in the world of RWBY. With the amount of espionage, betrayal, and people with plot shattering secrets, knowing when someone is lying would be irreplaceably valuable in the war effort.
Blakes semblance used to be used creatively and they sort of tried to make it have a deeper meaning in the story, but gave up on both parts. The old animation style and fight choreography really accentuated how Blake used the clones to completely change her momentum and deceive her opponents long enough to get a hit in, but sadly it's now just used as a get out of jail free card.
Tyrians and Adams Semblance are actually broken idk when ur talking about.
The way I see it, it makes sense from what we've seen of Tyrian that he wouldn't use his semblance to end fights quicker. He likes fighting, he likes causing pain and spreading chaos, he wouldn't want to shorten a fight unless he had to to fulfill Salem's wishes, like when he and Watts framed Penny in S7.
Tyrian's semblance is shown in V4. At the beginning of the fight with team RNJR, he tags Ruby and there is a quick shimmer of her aura. It's right before Jaune steps in to the fight.
Actually if you watch ep 11 of V7 you can see the moment Ironwoods semblance activates. The moment his eyes go dead and suddenly he has the courage to speak to salem. Its not always on. It activates when he fully sets his mind on something and right then he made a descision to do anything possible to keep the relic from salem. Then boom suddenly Ironwoods an apathetic asshole. Im just waiting for an aura break so that he goes back to normal and see what he thinks of his own actions
...Oh gosh that is probably legit going to be how that plays out. Someone beats him, and all of a sudden it's just like, "Oh, your semblance? That's okay then."
Qrow and Ravens semblances being the opposite of their motivations is done on purpose.
also they have started going into the fact that Ruby's semblance isn't actually speed
and lastly
what your semblance?
Emerald: I can trick people's senses
oh cool, and yours?
velvet: good memory
Robyn's Semblance could've been interesting if they tweaked it to where she forces people to tell the truth kind of like what Shin Nemoto from My Hero can do. Like if she asks you any kind of question you have to tell her the truth. This would explain why she's so paranoid and distrustful because her semblance effectively makes it impossible for people to lie to her.
I feel like Ruby's version of tye speed semblance is the most visually appealing out of the three. She appears and disappears in a shower of rose petals and turns into a ball of scarlet energy!
I disagree with putting Blake and Ruby’s semblances in the worst section.
Blake’s clones can be dust based and she has used them in various ways that make them pretty useful. Can be used for not only various escape routes but she can also use it offensively as well.
They’re finally now playing with Ruby’s semblance and it’s not really super speed. It more like matter manipulation. She changes into rose pedals that can move at a very fast speed and she can take others with her. This can be useful for mobility for escaping as well as for team combos.
I agree about Ruby’s semblance because even tho Ruby herself was referring to it as a speed semblance it was literally so obvious to everyone around her and the audience that it was more than just speed. And Penny explained it in one of the recent episodes too 😂
I believe Adam has the best balance semblance in the series not too op but not useless and very easy to style with it in fighting
But the glyph semblance itself is probably the most useful and powerful in the show bar none
Ren's semblance might become more useful for humans soon since it just evolved but we haven't had time to see yet.
Also I gotta heavily disagree on Fox, there is a flaw that I'll get to but the idea of having telepathy with your team has such potential and I love it. For another example of it check out young justice. Also when you say it's conveniant that fox has the abilities he has I don't think it is. Semblances often awaken in times of need, you could say the girl who gets struck by lightning on a crazy thurseday conveniantly has a electricity related semblance but that's probably not the case. Fox grey up in vacuo where despite tribe loyalty you really need to be able to fend for yourself. Telepathy allows him to stay in contact with his tribe mates and the aura thing (is that part of his semblance or not) would also allow him to locate his tribemates. Theory about the aura thing, it's a heightened perception ability maybe utilising his own aura, like how Ren has fairly high aura perception and can sense violent intentions through a persons aura. Alternatively if his semblance awakened at a young age he's probably utilised it a lot because of his disability and to an extent living in a tribe, therefore it's had a lot of time to evolve, maybe that's where the aura thing comes from.
Well, as a testament to the lackluster writing of the show, RT created mostly lackluster semblances--if they even bother to give them out at all. To me, it's always obvious when RT just taxes on a semblance to a character, as an afterthought. I just hate it when said semblances are written so that they could've always been used before, just that we (the viewer) never noticed. The only thing worse is saying Mercury's dad stole his semblance, but never mentioning what his semblance was. I think Ironwood should've had Rhodes semblance & it could still be called "Mettle". And they could've used Torchwick's "deep pockets" in the 1st episode, when he was collecting all that dust--instead recycling it for Fiona.
Here's a way to make Hazel's semblance more interesting, make his pain resistance regeneration/muscle amplification. Like he can rapidly get larger and stronger by getting angry similar to the hulk, or it can just activate by jamming dust shards in his arms, it could also mutate his body visually too, for example if he uses a mixture of fire and stone dust his arms can become magma like and shoot super heated projectiles
It's a shame that the RT nerfed Blake's, Ruby's and the Schnee family semblance. Cause if utilized properly they would truly be an OP team.
Also about Robin's semblance its honestly a shame that there is no character to foil her ability. Like can you bypass her by being a REALLY good liar? Like what happened between Toph and Azula, Toph can detect heart beats to know if they're lying but once encountering someone who is an expert at lying it throws her off.
Ruby’s semblance isn’t speed. Even Harriet says that once she saw it and Penny explained what actually Ruby’s semblance was and how it worked.
Yeah, she moves fast. And Penny explains that she can take other people with her, but that doesn't change the fact that Ruby's semblance makes her go fast.
Penny’s explanation is wrong because it contradicts basic science and how the semblance has been shown to work
I just realized that Raven and Qrow's semblances would make waaaaaaay more sense if they were switched. Qrow would benefit way more from being able to quickly move between the various important characters he's connected to since he's actually interested in helping. And Raven bringing misfortune to people in her vicinity would add an extra layer to her abandonment of her family and why she just hangs out in the woods with a bunch of assholes.
“Her hand will glow Green if your telling the truth” that is not a visual cue I picked up on, I thought her Aura Color was just green which made her semblance all the more vague
Ironwood's semblance essentially being hyperfocus is so funny to me as someone with ADHD like sorry, his semblance is just one of my fucking ADHD symptoms???? W h a t ?
As in the video
Worst:
10. Elm's Semblance - "Aura Roots" - allows her to stick her feet to a surface
9. Tyrian's Semblance - "Bad Touch" - can instantly break someone's aura when he touches them
8. Raven's Semblance - "Kindred Link" - can create portals to people she has a strong connection to
7. Ren's Semblance - "Tranquility" - can mask emotions from Grimm, and see what other people are feeling
6. Fox's Semblance - "Telepathy" - talk to people with his mind, and sense aura and energy
5. Qrow and Clover's Semblances - "Misfortune and Good Fortune" - exactly how it sounds
4. Hazel's Semblance - "Numbing Agent" - can't feel pain
3. Robyn's Semblance - "Lie Detector" - can tell if people are lying or telling the truth
2. Maria's Semblance - "Preflexes" - senses and reacts to things around her at an accelerated rate
1. Ironwood's Semblance - "Mettle" - he can get super determined to follow through on something???
Best
10. Schnee Family - "Glyphs" - weird symbols that can propel or ground people, and can also summon Grimm slain by the user to fight for them
9. Klein's Semblance - "Split (2016)" - has seven personalities, eyes change color with each
8. Tock's Semblance - "Invulnerability" - invulnerable shield of aura surrounds her for sixty seconds
7. Adam's Semblance - "Moonslice" - he can absorb energy through his sword and send it back later
6. Marrow's Semblance- "Stay"- can freeze a person or persons
5. Cinder's Semblance - "Scorching Caress" - superheat objects
4. Nora's Semblance - "High Voltage" - can absorb electricity and send to her muscles, making her stronger
3. Emerald's Semblance - "Hallucinations" - can make people see whatever she wants
2. Pyrrha's Semblance - "Polarity" - magneto.
1. Neopolitan's Semblance - "Overactive Imagination" - can shapeshift and create illusions seen by everyone that shatter like glass when someone dispels them
Take a drink every time Ironwood's Semblance is mentioned in the comments.
Take two if they didn't even know he had one before watching this.
Are you trying to get people killed? That's a recipe for liver failure that is. 🍺
Raven's semblence is one of the best ever. Granted its bloody wasted on her but hey, thats a different issue. I've seen her Semblance be used in very interesting ways when a good fanfic writer uses it so the potential is there
I think something a lot of people forget about is that everyone in remnant has a semblance, there are so many amazing ones out there that just havent been unlocked because people havent gone down that path. I think semblances are therefore secondary to the character, and not all are going to be useful in combat because that's not all mankind was made for. I think it makes a lot of sense that some characters have semblances that dont seem fit for hunteress/huntsman work because it shows that those people set their goal as being a huntress/huntsman and their sheer skill got them there, rather than their superability. It is a perfect way to show choice, the one thing that humans in remnant were created to have.
Way back when I made a team of characters for the RWBY universe, the leader was Ferrin Dico, a dude who wore a edgy trench coat and used tonfas. And basically his semblance was that every time he took a hit (inspired by Yangs semblance but put more mathematically) he would have a small percentage of his current strength added for a short time. And it added up including strength gained from previous hits so it became logarithmic if he somehow was still standing after 10-15 hits or so. Once in a RP game my friend ran while I was playing as him, we had a healer and he tanked over 50 hits up to this point so we literally busted out a calculator to accurately calculate his current strength in that situation, he proceeded to make a demigod cry uncle
yeah about robins semblance... what if youre colorblind
Puts Pyrrha above Glynda... yeah, sure
I do agree on Ironwood though and would have preferred him not having a semblance.
I kind of wish Marrow could use 1 word commands like Stay but not limited to stay.
I'm split on Ruby's. I think it looks great, objectively it's the fastest Semblance, let's her phase basically, gives her limited flight, and is honestly just utterly OP. But its never used as it should be, Ruby does things then just doesn't again, sometimes she seems to just forget about it, and her speed fluctuates to whatever is most convenient for the plot rather then being consistent or dynamic.
Harriet is canonically faster.
@@shiranui2844 Good for her, her best feat isn't even in the same ballpark as Ruby's. The red trailer where the bullets fall, food fight whirlwind that breaks concrete, and lifting the Bengral with just the wind force are provably faster.
@@nahte123456 This is what happens when the plot runs the story rather than the characters.
In order for this to happen, we can't have this person doing this thing.
I kinda hate it, because it meant damn near everyone's superpowers after Him 3-or even 2-had to be nerfed.
Everyone last Volume 3 was nerfed in damn near everything.
@@benjaminmcneil574 yeah it's the main reason I can't get into RWBY like I used to. Don't get me wrong I still like it and love the community but the provable fact that characters powers and competence will fluctuate based on plot and nothing else drains all drama and tension.
Yang's just an honourable mention? She goes freaking Super Saiyan! Yang's trailer is still one of my favourite combat scenes, and the song "I burn" is plain epic.
An idea I had to make Hazel's semblance more interesting or at least more accurate to his inspiration is having his semblance be triggered by eating but ultimately have the same effect. He eats a lot and his body instantly converts it into aura and pain tolerance. He could also eat dust and gain the elemental effects. It would be harder to take the guy carrying a turkey leg everywhere seriously but at least we'd get something more interesting than no pain man
I really like that!
It also adds an interesting "downside" to his semblance, where, once he's full, or if he runs out of food, he's kind of out of luck!
I wish more semblances played with having a downside to them!
I’m pretty sure he would just snort the dust and yeah the guy downing a foot long sandwich would be assumed not to be a threat at first.
I think the only use for Ironwoods semblance is against Apathy grimm
Neo's semblance is basically the power loki have on marvel ucm to create ilusions, it's very similar
I dont even watch rwby wtf am I doing here
I'm still waiting for Neo to turn into Pyrrha
Hey weiis emblence is ust incredibly underused but really good. And rens is incredibly useful but also, badly used in the show, it can calm people too. Its really great outside of combat too,(its used in rwby chibi to chill down and feel good, it is shown as that, in the seroes, chibi, so ren is capable of it.)
Ruby's speed is a little more complicated than just speed, as she disassembles herself and whoever she's holding or carrying so that mass is less of a concern when she's trying to move
Imagine if the Super Saiyan power was different for all Saiyans, and Trunks didn't have it
That's how bad semblances are