RWBY: Blake's Weapon and Semblance, Explained
RWBY's main quartet comprises a heavy hitter, a veritable mage, and one speedy lass with a big scythe, but Blake Belladonna manages to have one of the niftiest abilities of the bunch. While she might not invoke the same power potential as her companions, her physical skill combined with her power make her a formidable opponent, and no less flashy.
Blake is a feline-type Faunus, a half-human, half-animal species, and has witnessed prejudice against her people as well as fought back against injustice. After abandoning the resistance group that trained her after they became too violent, she finds herself wanting to become a Huntress in hopes of inspiring good in another way. Blake is characterized by uncertainty; she can see problems and holds strong convictions about equality that she isn't afraid to speak up about, but she can't see a clear path forward. Her past haunts her still and her efforts to move on often feel like she is running away, something she sees an eerie similarity to in her power.
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Blake's Semblance — her power — is called Shadow, and enables her to throw out duplicates of herself that can take the hit in her stead. These closes are not durable and will distort and disappear once hit with an oncoming attack, but they are visually indistinguishable from her, making them a perfect decoy.
Not only does the ability allow for diversion during stealth, the ability functions well in combat and traversal surprisingly well. When Blake activates this ability, the clone and the original separate, and Blake can move herself in any direction of her choosing, temporarily cloaking her body. This means her opponents are none the wiser to her trick; a cunning use of
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