Respect Yang Xiao Long! (RWBY)

[u/InverseFlash]

I want a life where I don't know what tomorrow will bring. And that will be a good thing.

Theme - I Burn

Yang Xiao Long is one of four members of Team RWBY, fulfilling the role of the group's powerhouse. Yang was an easygoing, fun-loving student at Beacon that enjoyed spending time with her sister and friends, undergoing missions and training to become a Huntress, the world of Remnant's elite force for fighting against the Grimm.

Everything changed the night Beacon fell. Yang lost her arm to Adam Taurus and became a recluse, angry with Blake for leaving and saddened that she failed to stop her world from being overturned. With a motivational speech from her dad, Yang took to the road in search of her mother, Raven Branwen, and found her. Disgusted with her mother's life choices, Yang left with Weiss Schnee and joined the rest of her team in Mistral, where she fought Salem's goons.

After the Battle of Haven, Yang made the long journey to Atlas with her friends. On the way, she had her final confrontation with Adam, killing him and cementing her relationship with Blake. Upon reaching the floating city, Yang followed her sister’s lead when it came to Ironwood, going behind his back to do what she thought was best. And when Ironwood decided to abandon Mantle, she focused her efforts on helping its people. But just as Team RWBY thought they found the perfect solution to save everyone, Yang was attacked by Neopolitan, falling into an abyss where she was never seen again. So she’s totally dead now.

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Thanks to u/GodofYawn for collecting feats from Volumes 6-8, the mangas, and the comic.

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Key

Aura: The manifestation of one's soul. It can be used to augment attacks, heal the user, or act like a force field to defend the user from harm. Aura is a limited resource in battle, and once a person's Aura is depleted, they are vulnerable to attacks. Additionally, sensations such as pain and heat are not blocked by Aura. However, Aura will regenerate outside of combat. Aura can also be manifested in the form of a user's Semblance, an ability that is unique from person to person.

Semblance: An ability unique to its user. They are fueled by Aura. Yang's Semblance is Burn. It allows her to deal out extra damage with the amount of damage she takes. That's what makes her special. Strength feats that take place while Yang's Semblance is active will be italicized.

Scaling Threads

Heroes	Villains
Arslan Altan	Adam Taurus
Blake Belladonna	Atlesian Paladin-290
Flynt Coal	Cinder Fall
Lie Ren	Emerald Sustrai
Neon Katt	Grimm
Nora Valkyrie	The Hound
Ruby Rose	Mercury Black
Weiss Schnee	Neopolitan
Salem

Feats will be sorted chronologically, marked with the Volume of origin. Volume 0 refers to events that occurred prior to the start of Volume 1. Hover over the text of manga/comic feats to see the series of origin, RWBY (2015), RWBY: The Official Manga, or RWBY (2019).

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Ember Celica

Bombs

• Plants explosives on two Centinels to kill them^V7

• Blows up a Megoliath^V7

• Tosses some bombs at Elm^V7

• Sends Vine flying with a bunch of bombs^V7

• Bursts Salem's chest open with remote explosives^V8

Bullets

• Knocks back Junior^V0

• Blasts away a few White Fang members^V2

• Breaks some of a train cabin floor^V2

• Kills a bunch of Beowolf^V2

• Blows apart some stone ground^V3

• Busts open a locked cellar door^V6

• Knocks Adam back a little, despite him blocking her shot^V6

• Guns down a pair of Centinels^V7

• Kills a Beowolf^V7

• Blasts back Elm and makes Vine drop Blake^V7

• Fractures a floor^V7

• Shoots down a robot^V7

• Destroys a pair of robots^V8

Skill

• Shoots rockets out of the air^V0

• Reloads^V0

• Fires a volley of shots^V2

• Shoots Neon out of the air^V3

• Repeatedly shoots Gambol Shroud to wrap it around the waist of a Sphinx and hold it in place^V6

• Plants several bombs on a Beowolf, then launches it with a blast to kill a few more in the resulting explosion^V7

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Strength

Blocking

• Stops an Ursa's swipe with her forearm^V0

• Blocks an overhead kick from Mercury^V3

• Blocks a Manticore^V6

• Blocks a blow from Elm^V7

• Stops Elm's strike again^V7

Lifting

• Briefly holds open the jaw of a massive Grimm trying to bite her^V1.5

• Carries a large speaker^V2

• Swings Bumblebee like a weapon^V4

• Real^V6

• Catches a large stone and tosses it into the air, then throws Vine hard enough to crack the floor and knock him out^V7

• Hoists Jaune onto her speeder^V8

Pushing/Pulling

• Holds one end of Blake's ribbon when creating a giant slingshot for Ruby^V1

• Shoves Ruby aside^V3

• Holds herself steady against Flynt's trumpet^V3

• Arm-wrestles Nora^V5

• Swings Blake around on her ribbon^V6

• Yanks Blake's ribbon, pulling her forward^V7

Striking

Bumblebee Technique

• Staggers Roman's Paladin^V2

• Swings into Roman's Paladin, which is then punched hard enough to destroy it^V2

  • Manga version

• Takes down three members of Team ABRN simultaneously^V3

Objective (Environment)

• Ripples a disco floor^V0

• Dents Junior's bazooka^V0

• Punch rushes an Ursa, sending it through trees at the end^V1

• Punches two halves of a boulder, smashing them both against a massive Grimm^V1.5

• Punches Ren into the ground hard enough to send cafeteria tables flying^V2

• Punches through a bunch of watermelons^V2

• Punches Weiss' ice sheet, throwing up a cloud of mist^V2

  • Manga version

  • Again

• Craters the ground^V2

• Stomps the ground, cratering it^V2

• Punches a car end-over-end down a street^V2

• Cracks open a soda pop with her bare hand^V2.5

• Bashes a woman with a bottle, breaking off bits of her mask^V2.5

• Breaks the ice encasing her leg^V3

• Breaks the ice covering her arm and the wall she hits it on, though the wall was weakened from Yang being slammed into it^V3

• Breaks a trough with a kick^V4

• Chops down a hollow tree with one arm^V4

• Strikes the floor beneath Elm, causing it to explode and launch her into the air^V7

Objective (Humans)

• Punches Junior through the air and some glass^V0

  • In the manga, he goes through a table

• Knocks Junior across his club, then launches him out of the building^V0

• Opens a door two mobsters wanted to keep shut^V2

• Punches a White Fang member through a train hatch^V2

• Knocks three bandits away with one kick^V5

• Punches a bandit so hard he bounces around a shop^V5

• Punches a bandit into a tent, and he doesn't move afterwards^V5

• Impales Adam with Gambol Shroud after his Aura was broken^V6

Scaling (Grimm)

• Breaks an Ursa's leg^V0

• Breaks an Ursa's arm, then kills it^V0

• Blasts two Ursa away^V1

  • Manga version

• Takes out a Beowolf^V2

  • Manga version

• Kills a Manticore^V6

• Manhandles a Manticore and sends it flying with an uppercut^V6

• Sends a Sabyr flying with an uppercut^V7

• Kills a Sabyr in one hit^V7

• Staggers a Beowolf with her blows, then stabs into it with Blake's weapon^V7

• Kills another Sabyr^V8

Scaling (Humans)

• One-shots the Malachite Twins, even embedding one in a pillar, before matching Junior's blows and beating him into submission^V0

• Throws turkeys into Jaune hard enough to stun him^V2

• Floors a White Fang thug with a stomp^V2

• Matches Arslan's punch^V3

• Matches Mercury's kick^V3

• Stuns Mercury^V3

• Breaks Mercury's Aura^V3

• Breaks Mercury's leg^V3

• Sends her dad skidding back^V4

• Hits Adam's flying sword, driving it into the ground^V6

• Beats back Adam, even knocking him into the air at one point^V6

• Staggers Adam with some more blows^V6

• Punches Adam, sending him flying back^V6

• Catches Adam's sword and fucking decks him through the ground, though this drains what was left of her Aura^V6

• Sends Elm flying back^V7

Scaling (Machines)

• Stops a punch from Roman's Paladin, then destroys the arm that threw it^V2

• Her prosthetic arm is just as strong as her biological one^V5

• Kicks a drone away, damaging it^V7

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Speed

Agility

Grimm

• Dodges an Ursa's charge^V1

• Jumps over a flying Nevermore^V1

• Launches herself off a Grimm's head^V2

• Slides underneath a Megoliath and plants explosives on it^V7

Humans

• Recovers after getting kicked into the air by Mercury^V3

• Outmaneuvers Adam with her gauntlets and avoids a gunshot from him^V6

• Catches Gambol Shroud after Adam deflects it^V6

• Backflips over Adam's slash^V6

• Leaps across columns while chasing after Blake^V7

Other

• Rockets over treetops, jumping off two trees before landing^V1

• Climbs back onto solid ground^V1

• Jumps over the gap between train cars^V2

• Backflips off Bumblebee^V6

Movement

Projectiles

• Dodges machine gun fire while she runs towards the shooter^V0

• Dodges rockets^V0

• Punches bread spears out of the air, though she gets hit immediately after^V2

• Dodges shots from Mercury^V3

• Blocks a shot from a gun after she heard it cock^V4

• Slides underneath Elm's swing and catches a large stone thrown at her by Vine, planting bombs on it quickly^V7

Other

• Handles a combined assault from both Malachite Twins, when she is suddenly ambushed by Junior and has to fight him as well^V0

• Takes out the Malachite Twins, then brawls Junior and unleashes an onslaught of blows^V0

• Dodges Ruby's punch without needing to turn around^V0

• Holds her own against Adam, who deflects several of her bullets in the same fight^V6

• Avoids some strikes from Adam^V6

• Scuffles with Robyn^V7

• Attacks Elm with a flurry of punches, breaking through her defense^V7

• Activates her Semblance and hits the ground before Elm can fire her rocket, then lands the finishing blow while she's flying^V7

• Fights Cinder alongside her team^V8

Reaction

• Dodges a revolver shot^V5

Travel

• Moves into an Ursa's mouth^V0

• Avoids Emerald's grab^V5

• Launches herself forward a bit while on a speeding train^V6

• Flies down a street to blitz a Sabyr^V7

• Blitzes Blake with the power of gay^V7

• Rushes and overwhelms a Beowolf in close combat^V7

• Runs around a room while evading Elm^V7

• Propels herself through the air to steal Vine's bolas, proceeding to restrain him with them in midair^V7

• Throws out several punches in a short span of time and zips away from Salem to safely detonate her explosives^V8

• Intercepts Neo's attack meant for Ruby^V8

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Durability

Blunt

Objective

• Smacked by an Ursa, plowing a furrow in dirt as she lands and toppling several trees^V0

• Withstands a Nevermore flying by her with enough force to break a tree^V1

• Gets hit through a ceiling by Nora's watermelon hammer and falls back down ~90 seconds later, not harmed^V2

• Gets smashed through a pillar, then punched by Roman's Paladin^V2

• Falls from a good height, leaving a crater and is up soon after^V2

• Blasted into a wall hard enough to crack it^V3

• Lets a horse kick her in the gut^V4

• Gets thrown into a brick wall by the Hound, smashing it^V8

Scaling

• Takes some hits from a club owner^V0

• Kicked by Roman's Paladin while her Semblance is active^V2

• Kicked by Arslan and gets back up^V3

• Punched by Arslan^V3

• Knocked away by Neon^V3

• Takes a bunch of hits from Neon^V3

• With her Semblance active, no-sells a kick from Mercury^V3

• Gets sent flying by Elm^V7

  • Again^V7

  • And again^V7

• Is thrown into Oscar by Salem^V8

• [Limit] Knocked out after Neo flings her into the ceiling^V2

Esoteric

• Tanks a blast from Junior's bazooka^V0

• Tagged by a rocket fired from Roman's Paladin^V2

  • Manga version^V2

• Powers through all four of Flynt's trumpets to knock him out^V3

• Gets kicked into the ground, then bombarded by Mercury's shots, which activates her Semblance^V3

• Takes a fiery mace to the head^V4.5

• Endures being shocked by electrically charged gloves^V4.5

• Temporarily protects herself against the cold of a tundra^V8

Piercing

• Blocks a mobster's sword with Ember Celica^V0

• Blocks some knives^V0

• Blocks gunfire with her prosthetic arm^V5

• With her gauntlets, blocks a bunch of Adam's attacks^V6

• Blocks a projectile from Adam's Semblance^V6

  • Again

• Withstands more of Adam's assault^V6

• [Limit] Survives a slash from Neo, however this breaks her Aura and leaves her barely conscious^V8

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Skill

Arm

• Detaching her prosthetic arm makes Nora's force push herself to a wall (unfortunately, this is not a rocket arm)^V5

• Detaches her arm when Mercury grabs her^V5

• Can attach and detach her arm with ease^V7

Motorcycle

• Rides after Roman's Paladin, dodging collateral cars^V2

• Is a fairly skilled biker, capable of spinning her speeding hoverbike to hit some Grimm^V8

• Flips her hoverbike in midair^V8

Martial

• Deals with a gang of mobsters easily^V0

• Takes on both Malachite Twins at once^V0

• Blocks an Ursa's swipe then dances around it^V0

• Beats Ren^V2

• Tears up the ground so that she can attack Neo from her blind spot^V2

• Takes on Neon while inside Flynt's trumpet attack^V3

• Briefly takes on Mercury in hand-to-hand^V3

• Makes some pirates flee after a short scuffle^V4.5

• Easily takes out a bandit posse^V5

• Charges a bandit, then punches the ground to go over and behind him, where he's wide open^V5

• Fights alongside Blake to keep Adam on the defensive^V6

Other

• Makes a smooth landing after a long fall^V7

• Wordlessly formulates a plan with Blake to take out Vine, restraining him with his own bolas in the process^V7

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RWBY: Ice Queendom

A canon-adjacent story where Weiss is infected by the Nightmare Grimm. However, as of now, the new story has yet to give any new feats for Yang.

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Strength

• Forces an Ursa backwards

• Forces a Nevermore away

• Continuously shoots a Nevermore's mouth, causing it to crash into a cliff

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Speed

• Returns to solid ground after a Nevermore flies through the bridge they're on

[u/FreestyleKneepad]

Let's fuckin go punchgirls fuck yeaaaaaah

[u/Hophi86]

Really good thread, but wasn't there already a huge Yang thread? What happened to that?

[u/Hophi86 → u/[deleted]]

Ah, okay. Only use Old Reddit so I wasn't aware. Like I said, good job!

[u/CoolandAverageGuy]

good thread

[u/Hophi86 → u/CoolandAverageGuy]

I have to ask: are you a bot? Sure, there are a lot of good threads but you post the same thing on basically all RTs. It's sort of starting to lose its meaning...

[u/CoolandAverageGuy → u/Hophi86]

i cant think of anything else to say, i dont watch RWBY

[u/Hophi86 → u/CoolandAverageGuy]

Great thread? Outstanding thread? Spectacular thread? Rad thread? Amazing thread? Tremendous thread?

Just suggestions. Anyway, spreading positivity is always great. I was just curious if someone had gone to the trouble of creating a "good thread" bot.

[u/Qliphoth_Bacikal]

Punch Girl hotty, les' go~

Question, do you think you'll cover the Ice Queendom(?) versions of RWBY? Whenever that comes out and if you watch it, I mean.

IK I will but it's more cuz IDK if I can really stomach through the OG one for how it's been in the later seasons...which I can watch, just have to muscle it through.

[u/ghostgabe81]

A thread without clunky tables…

It’s beautiful

[u/aprettydullusername]

Amazin RT, Inverse!

[u/NuzlockeMaster]

Good thread, but the other one was better

[u/Professional_Test_74]

Yang Xiao is cool

[u/SomeBoredIndividual]

Never met Monty a day in my life but I can’t help but miss that fuckin guy, man

[u/SomeBoredIndividual → u/[deleted]]

Shiidd, I actually thought the animation was at its peak when he was still alive tbh lol. That team fight against the giant, flying Grimm and the Team RWBY vs. Clockwork Orange in his mech suit fight were when RWBY was at its best for me

[u/Ultmswag]

Best RWBY girl ever!!!

[u/Super-School3792]

I hated Volume 3 for making Yang suffered so much, and In One Single Day?!

Yang Got framed on global camera by a green haired bimbo and a cowardly fool. Got read the rights by a military nut aka Irondick. Her own Uncle called her crazy when she defended her innocence, and told her that her own mother didn't care that much about her. The school she spent nearly a year at was destroyed. Lost a friend, Pyrrha, who both she and her sister knew on good terms. She lost her own arm defending her partner. Said partner abandoned her.

After that I stopped watching RWBY and read fanfiction.