Ruby Rose

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==Summary==
Ruby Rose is the 15-year old leader of Team RWBY attending Beacon Academy two years early, due to her abilities impressing Professor Ozpin. Trained by her Uncle Qrow, Ruby wields a unique weapon named Crescent Rose, a cross between a scythe and a high-caliber sniper rifle that is able to fold up into itself. Her Semblance is speed, enabling her to run at rates that are too fast for the eye to catch. As she is the youngest of the group, she can be a bit childish, naïve, and weapon-obsessed, but displays leadership qualities and an understanding of people that ultimately led her to be chosen as Team RWBY's leader. She was inspired to become a Huntress by the fairy tales her half-sister Yang read her, wanting to become just like the heroes in the stories. She is determined to make the world a better place for others and try to stop the forces that conspire against it.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Gravity Dust | , higher with Gravity Dust | , higher with Gravity Dust | At least , higher with Gravity Dust | At least , higher with Gravity Dust
Key: Beacon | Post-Beacon/Haven | Post-Haven | Atlas/Ever After | Ascended
Name: Ruby Rose
Origin: RWBY
Gender: Female
Age: 15 | 16 | 17
Classification: Human, Huntress-in-Training, Leader 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. Though disguised as a green doll, she was able to sense Penny’s blade and was drawn to it), Social Influencing (Ozpin says she possesses something unquantifiable: a spark, that can inspire others even in the darkest of times and this lets her inspire others. Her speech to the world united all the kingdoms to fight against Salem.), Acrobatics, Weapon Mastery (Expert scythe wielder and marksman), 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]), Super Speed (Via Semblance), Elemental Intangibility and Matter Manipulation (Molecular) (As explained by Penny, she can disassemble herself at a molecular level using her Semblance, allowing her to go around obstacles or through paths she couldn't before), Heat Manipulation (Her Semblance is capable of producing heat, which she can use as an attack), Pseudo-Flight (Can propel herself using Crescent Rose), Dust Manipulation (Can load various Dust-charged clips that enhance her shots using Fire, Ice, Electricity, and Gravity), Paralysis Inducement (Via Lightning Dust), Flash-Freezing (Via Ice Dust), 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 plus Holy Manipulation (Via Silver Eyes. Uses the same energy as the God of Light, which petrifies, paralyzes, or disintegrates the God of Darkness' creations, such as the Grimm), Flight (Became skilled enough with her Semblance to fly), Duplication (Can duplicate herself with her Semblance), Limited Instinctive Action (When duplicating herself, she states there is no thought to that action), Supernatural Willpower (it took staying at Brunswick Farms all night for Ruby to start feeling the affect of The Apathy when her friends and family were being affected by the apathy), and Healing (Can both heal and restore her Aura using various items), Resistance to Empathic Manipulation (Her friends were feeling the affects of The Apathy's willpower draining aura at night and in the morning Ruby still wasn't affected until a brief moment where she was briefly affected. Despite being affected by the Grimms willpower draining being amped by being close to them and there being multiple, she could still crawl while everyone else couldn’t even move and she even Instinctively used her silver eyes on the Grimm and then willingly used her silver eyes after and even sat up to use them while all friends struggled to even move)
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Attack Potency: Large Building level (Displaced several tonnes of rock while dragging a Nevermore up a cliff. Killed a Giant Nevermore which is this strong. Kicked a Griffon hard enough to cause this much damage), higher with Gravity Dust (Attacks enhanced by Gravity Dust are significantly stronger than the user's normal attacks and are capable of shattering Ice Dust constructs), her Silver Eyes ignores the durability of Grimm | Large Building level+ (Scales to Post-Beacon Blake, who could damage the Sea Feilong), higher with Gravity Dust, Silver Eyes ignores the durability of Grimm | 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. Was able to break Leonardo Lionheart's Aura with a shot from Crescent Rose), higher with Gravity Dust, Silver Eyes ignores the durability of Grimm | Multi-City Block level+ (Has gotten stronger than before, even getting improved weapons from Atlas as a result. She and her teammates bested the Ace-Ops, considered the best team in Atlas), higher with Gravity Dust, Silver Eyes ignores the durability of Grimm | Multi-City Block level+ (After Ascending she harmed and pushed back the Furious Cat, who could stomp WBY and Jaune individually and take out a large amount of Jaune's Aura with one strike), higher with Gravity Dust and Silver Eyes ignores the durability of Grimm
Speed: Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Comparable to Yang Xiao Long who defeated Melanie Malachite, and Weiss who could travel this fast while fighting Flynt. Consistently reacts to bullets), higher with Petal Burst (Dashed and blitzed Team JNPR, trapping them on a vortex with her speed) | Massively Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Comparable to Sun Wukong), higher with Petal Burst | Relativistic Reactions and Combat Speed (Equal to Blake Belladonna and the rest of her team), higher with Petal Burst | FTL Reactions and Combat Speed (Kept up with the Ace Ops), higher with Petal Burst | FTL Reactions and Combat Speed (Kept up with the Furious Cat), higher with Petal Burst
Lifting Strength: Class M (Comparable to Lie Ren, who halted the force of a King Taijutu with his bare hands) | Class M | At least Class M | Class G (Assisted in restraining Maiden Penny Polendina alongside the rest of Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and Emerald) | Class G
Striking Strength: Large Building level | Large Building level+ | Multi-City Block level+ | At least Multi-City Block level+ | At least Multi-City Block level+
Durability: Large Building level, higher with Aura (Aura functions as a forcefield with a cumulative durability, depicted as a 'health bar', and allows her to take dozens of hits from opponents as strong as herself without any significant injury) and Ice Dust (Her Ice dust was able to restrain Nadir and the Atlesian Paladin) | Large Building level+, higher with Aura (Her Aura can take a few hits from a casual Tyrian before being depleted) and Ice Dust | Multi-City Block level+ (Trained alongside Oscar Pine, and has gotten stronger as a result), higher with Aura and Ice Dust | At least Multi-City Block level+ (Should be comparable to Weiss), higher with Aura and Ice Dust | At least Multi-City Block level+, higher with Aura and Ice Dust
Stamina: Superhuman (Ruby can mutilate hordes of monsters by herself and show no signs of fatigue in battle at all) | Superhuman (In Atlas, she and her team fought on and off for three days straight with minimal restRWBY Volume 8, with Ruby herself staying awake in the ever after for a extra dayRWBY Volume 9 Episode 7 and could endure getting beat down by Neo's clones without a AuraRWBY Volume 9 Episode 8)
Range: Extended Melee Range with Crescent Rose, at least Hundreds of Meters with sniper rifle
Standard Equipment:
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Intelligence: Above Average, Gifted Combat-Wise (Though not particularly standing out academically, Ruby is a combat prodigy, having been allowed to attend Beacon Academy two years early by Professor Ozpin due to her skill in wielding Cresent Rose, with him even stating that it would take someone with skill comparable to that of her uncle Qrow in order to wield a scythe to its fullest efficiency. She can take on entire hordes of Grimm on her own and walk away without a scratch and utilize the different functionalities of Crescent Rose, such as the massive recoil from the rifle aspect of the weapon and the weapon's transformative capabilities, in tandem with each other and her Semblance in order to maintain an edge over her opponent.
She is also extremely knowledgeable regarding weapons, having designed and built Crescent Rose from scratch during her time at Signal Academy, and being able to name every individual part of her weapon. She is capable of analyzing a weapon she's never seen before down to the function and the material it's made of just by looking at it once, even when suffering from severe stage fright)
Weaknesses: 
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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. Constant exposure to extreme temperature can drain the user's Aura.
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Ruby has yet to master the powers of the Silver Eyes, currently requiring focus or a strong emotional state in order to use them properly, with outside factors such as battlefield chaos being enough to cause her powers to fail completely by breaking her concentration. Prior to Volume 7 Ruby was unable to use Silver Eyes willingly at all, only demonstrating the ability to utilize them involuntarily in situations where people she cares about have been or are in danger of being killed, such as after witnessing Pyrrha being murdered in front of her or Cinder almost killing Jaune, the former resulting in her being left unconscious for several days with no recollection of what happened prior, though this may have been due to the magnitude to which the ability was used, as when she saved Jaune the ability was far less powerful.
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Ruby is heavily reliant on her scythe in combat and is inept at unarmed combat, limiting her to extremely basic techniques such as punches, kicks, and headbutts if disarmed and forced into close quarters combat. However, Ruby has demonstrated some clever techniques to work around this, such as using her Semblance to knock opponents off guard or to enhance the power of her strikes.
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Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Crescendo: Ruby spins her scythe in a circle and damages enemies, pulling enemies closer with each hit and smashing enemies back with the final strike.
*Reap: Ruby jumps into the air and spins downwards with her scythe, damaging the ground and using the debris as projectiles to damage enemies.
*Petal Burst: Ruby's Semblance, an ability which allows her to move at a much greater speed than what she is normally capable of, appearing as nothing but a red blur leaving rose petals in its wake. She is capable of using this ability in midair as a means of flight, using it to repeatedly change directions in mid-air and attack at high speeds, and to create powerful whirlwinds that can suck in and knock away objects and foes caught by it and envelop her enemy in a tornado-like rush of air. She also exhibited the ability to seemingly transform into three separate clusters of rose petals, allowing her to flow around an opponent and their attacks before reforming. It is later revealed by Penny that Ruby's Semblance allows her to disassemble herself at a molecular level and reassemble at a chosen location. With practice, she has proven able to do the same with anyone she is in contact with. This allows her to go around obstacles or through paths that she would not otherwise fit.
**Petal Burst+: Thanks to her training under Harriet in Atlas, Ruby's Semblance evolved further, allowing her to move at even higher speeds, while also rendering her momentarily invulnerable while her Semblance is active.
* Silver Eyes: A mysterious and powerful ability Ruby inherited from her mother, Summer. The Silver Eyes manifest as blindingly bright light emitted from Ruby's eyes. It was revealed that this energy originates from the God of Light, which is able to destroy the creations of the God of Darkness, such as the Grimm. Effects include petrifying them typically, but also sometimes disintegrates them or paralyzes them. While she couldn't activate this ability without experiencing immense loss, as of Volume 6 she has learned how to control and activate them, using it to turn the Leviathan into stone.
==Gallery==
Ruby Rose.png|Ruby Rose in Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle
Ruby 3.png|Ruby in the manga
Dcl4nzw-9d5d748a-24ac-4779-8989-24c81da2260b.png|Ruby's official design in RWBY: Amity Arena
Amity arena website ruby rose.png|Ruby Rose in RWBY: Amity Arena
Rwby bilibili ruby rose.png|Ruby in the Bilibili Mobile Game
Ruby Combat Ready Cards 01.jpg|Ruby in RWBY: Combat Ready
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) Wesker's Profile (Beacon Arc Ruby and Uroboros Wesker used, speed was equalized, and starting distance was 10 meters)
Ellie Rose (Henry Stickmin) Ellie's Profile (High 8-C versions used, the force was restricted, Ruby was in her Post-Beacon key, and speed was equalized)
Mirai (Senran Kagura) Mirai's profile (Beacon Ruby and Burst Mirai were used, both were in character, fight took place on the snowy field of the Red Trailer)
Losses:
Inglis Eucus (Reborn to Master the Blade) Inglis' profile (Post-Beacon Ruby and Volume 1-5 Inglis were used and speed was equalized)
Penny Polendina (RWBY) Penny's profile (Atlas versions were both used. Penny can't use her Maiden powers, fight takes place in Amity Colosseum and both were 50 meters apart)
Weiss Schnee (RWBY) Weiss' Profile (Beacon versions of both were used)
Inconclusive:
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