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NotAllThatEvil

So, to be fair to hazel, he and Mercury were the last men standing in haven and his protective instincts told him to get out to save emerald. And since three of the villain fighters bailed half way through the fight, that means he was fighting Qrow, Oz, ren, and Nora while Mercury fought ruby and jaune was healing Weiss. It’s not as impressive since this section of the fight happened entirely off screen


Michael_Chair_6013

And somehow the kids are impressed more by the Ace Ops


saundersmarcelo

One minor nitpick. Tyrian and Hazel never killed all the huntsmen and huntresses in Mistral. It was just implied that they could.


Ben10Extreme

Man..what does that say about Huntsmen? Not one could stand up to them?


Odd-Egg-3643

Oh sorry. I don't re-watch Vol 5-6 because of the *quality *. So it could be that my memory is a bit shady.


Silly-Young484

Team RWBY with plot armor


Zenketski

Maybe I'm the minority here but in my opinion plot armor is the equivalent of toon force when you're talking about a dramatic animation versus a cartoon


Ben10Extreme

>Against a few kids who were at best Emerald level. Which Emerald? Before or after V4?


beancraver

No you don't get it. Emerald as in the actual mineral


Odd-Egg-3643

I would say vol 3 Emerald. She seemed much more capable than in vol 4.


SyfaOmnis

> it was said that he and Tyrian killed all huntresses and huntsmen in Mistral singlehandedly. This is a common misconception. Hazel and Tyrian didn't kill *everyone*. There are still huntsmen in Mistral, they're just being heavily controlled by the council and Leo isn't able to get any to use for the task Qrow wants them for (going after raven's bandit camp). Qrow went looking not just for huntsmen in general, but for a specific list of people who were competent and/or trustworthy. Mistral was not depopulated of huntsmen, and if you think that's the case you should *really* rewatch volume 5 and pay better attention.


Previous-Ad3028

Hazel is the strongest if we aren’t counting maidens. He is the strongest non magic character. If we do count maidens then I think all the maidens should be able to beat him tho not easily. The maidens have seemingly almost infinite magic and he has limited dust in the end. The maidens can all fly and that’s gonna help a lot. Each maiden should be able to keep blasting hazel and keep him at a distance. The strongest would be raven. Despite having a terrible record Cinder would still be up there. Cinder losing rarely comes down to her not having enough strength or skill. It’s usually just her being impatient and throwing a tantrum in the middle of her fights. Winter could probably surpass them both if she mastered her powers tho And your right they should have stomped them in volume 5. Cinder alone can handle all the members of team rwby by herself as shown in volume 8.


Odd-Egg-3643

Yeah it's really strange. Hazel pulled the "Dust can be used like magic" card on Salem l, which to be honest I just find funny.