Yang Xiao Long

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==Summary==
Yang Xiao Long is one of the main characters and the fifth character introduced in RWBY. A yellow-haired girl and Ruby Rose's older half-sister, she wields twin shotgun gauntlets called Ember Celica. Easily the most hotheaded member of the group, when she gets very angry or if her hair is damaged during battle, she completely loses her temper.
Her semblance is fire, where she uses flames and bullets against the enemy when she loses her temper and her eyes change from purple to red, and her hair glows a bright yellow. When fighting, Yang gets stronger with each hit she takes and uses the enemy's energy to fight back. Yang is the "big sister" of the group, caring deeply for her teammates. She is also very optimistic, never giving up in battle and hard times.
Yang has revealed that her birth mother left her shortly after Yang was born and hasn't been seen since, but Yang is determined to find her, ever since she realized that Summer Rose wasn't her biological mother. Yang wanted to become a Huntress because of the adventure, as she is a thrill-seeker in search of a life where she doesn't know what lies ahead for her.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Burn | , with Burn | , higher with Burn | At least , higher with Burn, far higher with Bombs
Key: Beacon | Post-Beacon/Haven | Post-Haven | Atlas
Name: Yang Xiao Long
Origin: RWBY
Gender: Female
Age: 17 | 18 | 19
Classification: Human, Huntress-in-Training, Member of Team RWBY | Huntress
Powers and Abilities: 
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Aura (Able to use her Aura for numerous purposes), Forcefield Creation (Aura can be used as a full-body forcefield), Statistics Amplification (Can use Aura to enhance her striking power), Enhanced Senses (Can use her Aura to sharpen her senses), Regeneration (Low), Extrasensory Perception (Her Aura allows her to sense things around her), Martial Arts (Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant), Accelerated Development (Training [Physical Statistics and Abilities; Even Huntsmen in Training are able to rapidly develop in short periods of time, becoming significantly stronger and faster and evolving their abilities through short periods of training]), Analytical Prediction (Capable of reading her opponents movements in battle, even knowing what moves they'd use next), Vehicular Mastery (Owns Bumblebee a sports motorcycle, and can operate a hover transport), Absorption (Via Semblance), Energy Projection, Limited Fire Manipulation, Pseudo-Flight (Can propel herself using Ember Celica), Shockwave Generation, Resistance to Extreme Heat and Cold (Aura protects the user from sub-zero temperatures, allowing them to be encased in ice without being cold, walk through a blizzard in casual clothingRWBY Volume 6 Episode 5, and traverse the kingdom of Atlas, which resides in Remnant's North Pole,RWBY: World of Remnant, Episode 11: Atlas without wearing any protective gear, as well as extreme heat up to and including the heat of flames,RWBY Volume 2 Episode 11, being blasted with steamRWBY Volume 3 Episode 4 being struck by lighting for an extended period of time,RWBY Volume 3 Episode 2RWBY Volume 5 Episode 13RWBY Volume 8 Episode 3 and being submerged in lava without being burnedRWBY Volume 3 Episode 5)
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All previous abilities, Explosion Manipulation (The upgrades to Ember Celica allow for the use of sticky grenades, which she can detonate after being released), Heat Manipulation (When combined with Combustion Dust, her Semblance produces extreme heat, which is powerful enough to melt any metal), and Healing (Can both heal and restore her Aura using various items)
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Attack Potency: Large Building level (Considered to be the strongest member of Team RWBY. Punched Lie Ren hard enough to blow away the nearby tables. Could force the beak of a Nevermore open. Partially destroyed a field of ice made by Weiss Schnee), higher with Burn (Her Semblance allows her to absorb kinetic energy and send it back with double the power) | Large Building level+ (Scales to Post-Beacon Blake, who could damage the Sea Feilong), City Block level with Burn | Multi-City Block level+ (Should be comparable to other members of JNPR and RWBY. Fought against the Sphinx, killing it alongside her team and Qrow Branwen. Just a week before going through training she was able to destroy steel cubes just by punching the ground.), higher with Burn | At least Multi-City Block level+ (Has gotten stronger than before, even getting improved weapons from Atlas as a result. She alongside her teammates bested the Ace-Ops, considered the best team in Atlas.), higher with Burn, far higher with Bombs (The strongest bombs she used were able to briefly damage Salem, though was quickly and easily restrained afterwards)
Speed: Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Defeated Melanie Malachite, who can move this fast) | Massively Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Comparable to Sun Wukong) | Relativistic Reactions and Combat Speed (Equal to Blake Belladonna and the rest of her team) | FTL Reactions and Combat Speed (Kept up with the Ace Ops)
Lifting Strength: Class M (Stronger than Lie Ren, who halted the force of a King Taijutu with his bare hands. Comparable to Nora), higher with Burn (Was able to stop the punch of a Paladin) | Class M, higher with Burn | At least Class M, higher with Burn | Class G (Assisted in restraining Maiden Penny Polendina alongside the rest of Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and Emerald. Can push back against Elm Ederne), higher with Burn
Striking Strength: Large Building level, higher with Burn | Large Building level+, City Block level with Burn | Multi-City Block level+, higher with Burn | At least Multi-City Block level+, higher with Burn
Durability: Large Building level, higher with Aura (Casually stopped a punch from a prototype Atlesian Paladin. Her Aura her to take hits from characters stronger than her and acts as a 'health bar' that lets her take multiple hits from characters of similar stature) and Burn | Multi-City Block level+ (Comparable to Weiss Schnee), higher with Aura, higher with Burn | Multi-City Block level+, higher with Aura, Prosthetic Arm (Her prosthetic arm was able to directly take multiple fully charged strikes from Moonslice-enhanced Adam), and Burn | Multi-City Block level (Should be comparable to Weiss), higher with Aura, Prosthetic Arm, and Burn
Stamina: Superhuman (Capable of fighting Grimm for an entire day straight before getting tired) Superhuman (In Atlas, she and her team fought on and off for two days straight with minimal restRWBY Volume 8)
Range: Standard Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters with Ember Celica
Standard Equipment:
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Intelligence: Above Average generally, Gifted in combat (Though often seen as hot-headed and easy to anger, Yang is a highly skilled fighter, being able to outmatch groups of enemies and Grimm much larger than herself in hand-to-hand combat. Her fighting style is much more aggressive than that of her teammates, bearing resemblance to a combination of boxing and kickboxing. However, her style is representative of her personality, as her anger, one of her main assets in a battle, can sometimes lead her to act predictably. After losing her arm in an encounter with Adam Taurus and gaining a mechanical replacement, she spent several months receiving one on one combat training from her father, a professional Huntsman, as well as learning how to balance her driven and positive nature without overconfidence or agitation. Eventually, she learned to not overly rely on her Semblance, instead only activating it as a last resort. When fighting the Ace-Ops, she coordinated her attacks with Blake Belladonna and refrained from using it until the end to destroy the ground Elm Ederne had anchored herself to and deliver the finishing blow. Even when she does use it, rather than absorbing blows to her body as she once did, she now instead deflects or absorb blows with her forearms, as she did in her fight against Adam. This allows her to use her Semblance more effectively and puts less risk in her Aura breaking) 
Weaknesses: Hot-headed. According to the writers Yang has slight difficulty against those who kick more often than not [However, this is only a minor inconvenience that hasn't resulted in any significant issues in combat]. Continual damage to her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage. Aura's durability is cumulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain Aura by a small amount and without it they cannot be used until it is recharged. | Same weaknesses related to her Aura. Suffers from PTSD from losing her arm [Which manifests as her left arm shaking]. Constant exposure to extreme temperature can drain the user's Aura.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
* Burn: Yang has the ability to absorb energy from the damage she has taken, and redirect it twice as hard at her opponent, effectively making her stronger with each hit she takes. She can save up the energy to use later for an even more devastating attack. Her ability also causes her eyes to change color from lilac to red, which is a "side-effect" of her Semblance, though it does occasionally happen outside of combat. When using her Semblance, she draws power from her hair. However, Yang's Semblance does not grant her invincibility and she does take damage from her opponents, as shown when Adam Taurus cuts her right arm off with Wilt and Blush. Although a powerful Semblance, Yang is unable to power it up without taking damage first, and fighters well-versed in dodging attacks can potentially bypass it entirely, rendering the added power useless. In early volumes her anger also caused her to unintentionally activate her Semblance, even if she is not in battle, though after the Fall of Beacon this is no longer an issue.
**Flaming Halo: Thanks to the aid of Cye Ayu in Atlas, Yang gained the ability to enhance her Semblance with Combustion Dust, further increasing its power even when used in small bursts, and generating a blast of atomic heat capable of melting through any metal.
*Quake: Yang strikes the ground, creating a shockwave that knocks enemies back and shatters the ground beneath her.
*Sunbreaker: Yang unleashes a devastating uppercut, launching herself off the ground and knocking anyone hit into the air.
==Gallery==
YangBlaz.png|Yang Xiao Long in Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle
0fb2668ff05b4686a00e58c63b758d4c-removebg.png|Yang in the manga
Dcl4o1q-fac53390-5167-4320-a7aa-9d4ccbe098e0.png|Yang Xiao Long in RWBY: Amity Arena
Rwby bilibili yang xiao long.png|Yang in the Bilibili Mobile Game
Yang Combat Ready Cards 06.jpg|Yang in RWBY: Combat Ready
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Adam Taurus (RWBY) Adam's Profile (Volume 6 Yang, battle took place at the Amity Colosseum and both had prior knowledge)
Son Goku (Dragon Ball) Goku's Profile (Beacon Yang and Post-Korin Training Goku were used. Speed was equalized.)
Tao Pai Pai (Dragon Ball) Tao's Profile (Beacon Yang and Human Tao were used. The fight took place at Red Ribbon Army Headquarters.)
Inconclusive:
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