Leone vs. Yang Xiao Long

## Description

*These two blonde team brawlers will collide in the ultimate fistfight. But who will stand when the dust settles?*

## Interlude

Hiro: Every team has that one member that takes the role of heavy bruiser, preferring to settle things with their own fists and ask questions later.

**MBStarscream: They may not always be a muscle bound beefcake, but rather a young blond-haired bombshell, like these two.**

Hiro: Leone, Night Raid's Lionelle-wielding assassin from Akame ga Kill.

**MBStarscream: And Yang Xiao Long, the Goldilocks of bone-breaking from RWBY.**

Hiro: I'm Hiro Hamada.

**MBStarscream: I'm MBStarscream.**

Hiro: And it's our job to examine both warriors' strength, abilities, weapons, and weaknesses to see who would win in a fight.

## Leone

Hiro: It was a time of corruption and greed. When the Empire refused to go down as rebels rose and stood against it, war between the two sides erupted.

**MBStarscream: Needless to say, double-crossing, assaulting, stealing, and assassinating became a pretty regular thing. And in terms of assassination, very few were proficient as Night Raid.**

Hiro: As the name implies, Night Raid attacks mostly at night, taking out key members of the Empire with each member of Night Raid bringing their own unique skills and their own Teigu. Bulat wielded the Demon Armor: Incursio with his incredible combat prowess, Mine wielded Roman Artillery: Pumpkin with incredible sniper skills, Lubbock wielded Infinite Uses: Cross Tail with his creativity, Sheele wielded Cutter of Creation: Extase with her incredible brutality, and Akame wielded One-Cut Killer: Murasame and was a fierce swordswoman.

**MBStarscream: But one member in Night Raid only ever needed her stealth, manipulation and Teigu. And that was the beast of the team, Leone.**

Hiro: Growing up in the slums of the Capital, Leone lived a life of poverty and hardship. But despite this, she did get a lot of recognition for her back massages.

**MBStarscream: I want one of those, thanks.**

Hiro: After saving some slum children from a group nobles who were abusing them for sport, Leone was scouted by the Revolutionary Army, leading to her joining Night Raid. Over time, Leone met a boy named Tatsumi and saw great potential in him as a skilled assassin. During her time with Tatsumi and Night Raid, Leone has witnessed brutality and bloodshed by the Empire's strongest and has eventually helped the Revolutionary Army defeat the Empire thanks to the efforts of Night Raid.

**MBStarscream: Now let's see what this badass blondie is capable of.**

Hiro: Leone may well be the strongest member of Night Raid in terms of physical strength, being able to punch pillars 15ft away, hammer down a large Danger Beast, punch a tower in mid-air with a single hand, and punch through men with such force, her attacks can create massive holes in their body.

**MBStarscream: Leone is an exceptionally fast fighter, one of the fastest characters in Akame ga Kill. A notable speed feat of hers to dodging General Budo's Advent of the Thunder Emperor, a rain of lightning bolts.**

Hiro: As far as durability goes for Leone, she's able to endure a lot. General Budo's lightning only briefly paralyzed her, and she survived mutilation from Esdeath, which resulted in her right breast removed, her left leg and right arm amputated, her fingers cut into pieces, and her eye gouged out. She even had her blood drained by Dorothea, who can use her Teigu to suck the blood of her victims. Not only did she quickly recover from the effects, she killed Dorothea in the process.

**MBStarscream: Leone is also a very skilled hand-to-hand combatant, using such to fight her enemies, and has managed to fight even the most skilled enemies on even ground, although she usually killed them rather quickly. And when not using her fists, Leone is a skilled spy and manipulator, occasionally using her skills to swindle people out of their money, as seen with Tatsumi in their first meeting.**

Hiro: While Leone herself is quite impressive in terms of stats, it is her Teigu that allowed her to accomplish wonders. Once Lionelle is activated, Leone's senses are greatly enhanced. It also allows Leone to have animalistic instincts such as a greater sense of smell and enhanced hearing.

**MBStarscream: It also grants Leone superior stats that surpassed regular humans by over ten fold. And finally, Lionelle grants Leone claws, increasing Leone's striking power. But of course, Lionelle's Trump Card is called "Regenerator".**

Hiro: Regenerator allows Leone to heal from wounds very quickly, and it even allows Leone to regrow limbs after a period of time. While the regeneration is indeed amazing, considering Leone did survive some terrible experiences, the healing process does take longer the more severe the injuries are. Still, Regenerator is a very useful Trump Card for Leone in any situation thrown at her.

**MBStarscream: It's amazing to think that Leone has done so much despite having very limited equipment. She regularly assassinates targets by beating the shit out of them, killed the guy who once stabbed her in the face with his own knife, and has defeated several armed guards, soldiers, assassins and Danger Beasts. But as awesome as she is, unfortunately, she has limits to her capabilities.**

Hiro: Firstly, her Regeneration, while very powerful, can be over taxed with sufficient damage. While Leone does eventually heal the wounds overtime, she can still die should she get her head cut off or if she took a death blow. In her encounter with Esdeath, even with the help of Tatsumi, Susanoo and Najenda, Leone was at death's door and would have certainly died had Tatsumi not save her at the very last moment.

**MBStarscream: Even with the Teigu's capabilities, there are certain drawbacks to consider. In Akame Ga Kill, Teigu can result in great fatigue of the wearer should they over use their capabilities. While Leone doesn't seem to suffer the same drawback, she does have the vulnerabilities of any human such as amputation, which Leone had huge trouble dealing with in the past.**

 Hiro: Speaking of Lionelle, while it is indeed amazing for what it does, should it be destroyed, Leone is much more vulnerable to all means of attacks like what a regular human would. As for Leone's overall combat effectiveness, while she is indeed an exceptional close ranged combatant and a highly skilled assassin, Leone lacks versatility, which can result in Leone getting into a disadvantage against someone with superior ranged capabilities.

**MBStarscream: And finally, while Leone is a very smart assassin, she can be very tenacious at times and usually prefers to have everything under her control. If things do not go to plan, Leone does get more pissed off, making her more straight forward and predictable over time.**

Hiro: But despite her weaknesses, Leone is without a doubt the most dangerous member of Night Raid and is the last person you want to face off against.

*Aria's Father: Have you no mercy?*

*Leone: Mercy? What's that?*

*She breaks his neck with a crunch.*

## Yang Xiao Long

Hiro: Imagine if the world you live in was plagued by nightmarish monsters that are basically more powerful and evil versions of real-life animals, mixed with a little sprinkle of the essence of death. Unstoppable beasts that ravage cities and tear anything they find to pieces.

**MBStarscream: This is sadly what the people of Remnant have to live with. Thankfully, the four nations of Remnant decided to band together and create, for lack of a better term, super soldier monster hunters.**

Hiro: Each country had schools that taught children how to protect people and kill the creatures of Grimm, and those who dedicated their lives to the deed were called Huntsmen and Huntresses. One individual who comes from a long familial line of these champions is our other blonde brawler, Yang Xiao Long.

*Yang: Oh, I can't believe my baby sister's going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!*

*Ruby: Please stop...*

**MBStarscream: Yang lived happily alongside her father Taiyang, her mother Summer, and her little sister Ruby. It was all going well and good until one day, Summer embarked on a mission that would turn out to be her last, making life way harder for Taiyang and his two kids.**

Hiro: It was then that Yang found out Summer wasn't her biological mother, and that the woman who'd given birth to her had also abandoned her shortly thereafter. Armed with this knowledge, Yang vowed to one day find her birth mother, all while helping to raise her younger sister. She eventually enrolled to Beacon Academy to become a Huntress, but before she arrived, Ruby was also enrolled to the academy despite being two years under the age requirement.

**MBStarscream: After arriving at Beacon, both Yang and Ruby eventually met other fellow Huntresses such as Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna and, after completing the trials, formed the team known as "RWBY". Together, the foursome have undertaken numerous conflicts such as the Battle of Beacon and joining Team JNPR, another team of skilled hunters/huntresses, in defeating numerous Grimm creatures.**

Hiro: In the midst of these events, the one and only thing she cares about is the safety of her team mates against overwhelming odds. Since then, Yang has continued her quest with her allies to win the war against the Grimm's master, Salem, and take her down once and for all.

**MBStarscream: And she's got plenty of attributes to help her with that. While her teammates wield scythes, rapiers, some huge guns, blades with ribbons, Yang's combat style is more direct.**

Hiro: Yang's fighting style is much more aggressive than that of her teammates, utilizing boxing, kick boxing, brawling and high flying techniques that make her a dangerous adversary to anyone who comes to her in melee range. And over the course of the series, Yang has become much more crafty over time, allowing her to make unpredictable tactics and even catching opponents off guard using tricky combat maneuvers.

**MBStarscream: She is also the physically strongest of the group. Her strength is displayed on numerous occasions, such as when her punch sent a fully grown man several feet into the air and through a glass pillar with her bare fist, and when she kept a Nevermore's mouth open.**

Hiro: And like many living beings in Remnant, Yang is coated in a shield known as Aura, which is a manifestation of her soul. Aura can stop any and all attacks and heal minor wounds almost instantly as long as it remains active. But her Aura doesn't work as a force field alone.

**MBStarscream: When she needs a little extra firepower, Yang can go Super Saiyan! ...Wait. Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan Yang... SHE CAN GO SUPER SA-Y--**

Hiro: DON'T YOU DARE! Anyway, many Huntsmen and Huntresses possess a Semblance, a special power unique to them that grants them an exclusive ability. Yang's Semblance, Burn, lets her absorb kinetic energy from every blow she takes and use it to make herself more powerful; this is a form of kinetic energy absorption, with Yang subsequently redirecting said energy against her opponent with just as much, if not more, force.

**MBStarscream: Prior to the Fall of Beacon, Yang often used her Semblance to finish a fight, after absorbing enough damage from blows and overpowering her opponent. However, after the Fall of Beacon, she began to use it far less often and more as a final attack due to her improved training in fighting smarter rather than harder with Taiyang. This is demonstrated during her fights against Raven's bandits and the Grimm between Haven and Argus where she didn't use her Semblance to fight. At the end of her second and last fight with Adam Taurus, she used it to disarm and overpower him with a very powerful punch, finally breaking his Aura.**

Hiro: Yang's primary weapon is the Ember Celica, a pair of gauntlets which can retract into bracelets. These gauntlets not only increase Yang's striking power, but are also part shotgun, capable of firing a kinetic blast whenever she throws a punch. However, as of Volume 6, this appears to no longer be the case, as she can also use fire just by aiming.

**MBStarscream: Regardless, each gauntlet holds about twelve rounds, with plenty more ammunition on the ready with varying effects. For example, orange ammunition is standard buckshot ammo which can be rapidly fired, and red ammunition for long-range explosive shots or close-range explosions.**

Hiro: After losing her arm in the Battle of Beacon to Adam Taurus, she was given a new robotic arm by James Ironwood in replacement of it. Created by Pietro Polendina, Yang's cybernetic limb possesses great strength. Its power is shown where a single blow sent her father, a fully trained Huntsman, skidding back several feet, even though Tai blocked the attack. It is also outfitted with most of Ember Celica's features, including a shotgun.

**MBStarscream: It can even be detached at any moment by her own will, either as a means of escape or to fire an unexpected projectile, at the expense of being rendered one-handed.**

Hiro: There's a lot more to this Huntress than just punching and firing fist-guns. She was able to defeat a nightclub's worth of opponents, defeated many foes on her own, and even managing to fight through her own depression and PTSD, ultimately killing the man who tormented both her and Blake for so long. But by no means is Yang invincible, nor even remotely close to that level.

**MBStarscream: While Yang herself is insanely durable, sufficient force will eventually overpower her Aura, leaving her extremely vulnerable to any means of attacks should her aura be depleted. And with regards to her skills, while Yang has indeed grown as a fighter, it is worth mentioning that Yang is still capable of becoming reckless in combat. In fact, this same flaw is what led to her amputation from Adam.**

Hiro: And while Yang is very versatile with close range and long range combat, Yang herself mainly focuses on melee attacks to achieve greater results. Yang is also noted to be weak against kick-based fighting styles, seen when she struggled against Neopolitan, Melanie Malachite, and Mercury Black, though this has become less notable over time.

**MBStarscream: But if you get on Yang's bad side, get ready to BURN.**

*Yang: I may not be faster... but I'm smarter.*

## Fatal Fiction

*Mario flips a coin.*

Hiro: Well, these two brawlers will enter Junior's Club, and only one will leave alive.

**MBStarscream: How am I gonna tell who's who when they come out though? Seriously, it feels like I'm seeing double when I look at these gals.**

Hiro: There's no denying the vast visual similarities, but the cat ears is where they end, so just look for that little detail and you won't have trouble.

**MBStarscream: Cat ears. Got it.**

*Junior's Club*

In an industrial district of Vale, a fair-skinned young woman with lilac eyes, bright golden hair and a bright yellow and black robotic arm prosthesis stopped in front of an old brick building with arched windows on a sports motorcycle. Getting off her bike, the girl stretched her arms and walked over to the club, not noticing a shadowy figure watching her from behind on a rooftop.

She stepped into the bar, much to the staff's unease. "Yo, Junior!"

"Oh no, what do you want?" Junior moaned, resting his head on the barstool.

"Ah, don't be like that! I'm just here to say hi to my favorite club owner!" **Yang Xiao Long** said with a grin as she took a seat in her stool. "And maybe pick up a Strawberry Sunrise while I'm at it..."

The both of them were suddenly startled as the doors to the club burst open in an explosion. Yang and Junior looked up at the entrance and saw a young, curvaceous woman with short, blonde hair. She wore a revealing outfit with a black tube top, detachable sleeves, pants, boots and a scarf around her neck. "Found ya!" She shouted.

"Hey, that's my way of making an entrance!" Yang said as Junior started backing up. The woman, **Leone**, just walked up to the other blonde. "You've got a big target on your back kid, cuz I've been charged with your elimination."

"So you're not here to join me for drinks, then. Bummer." Yang said disappointingly. "But a fight's great too." She added, suddenly brightening up. "Think you can handle the Yang, look alike?"

"I think I've got what it takes to bring you down, Goldilocks!"

Knowing where this was going (and not liking it one bit), Junior roared, "EVACUATE THE CLUB!" The other people in the club dashed out, leaving only the two brawlers. Both took a battle ready pose as Yang's Ember Celica unfolded.

Things were gonna get heated in here.

**FIGHT!**

Yang thrust her fist forward in a powerful jab, but Leone ducked under the blow and planted an uppercut in Yang's chin, lifting her head up. Leone followed up with two punches to the gut and a roundhouse kick that sent Yang's head reeling to the right, nearly knocking her down. As Yang recovered, Leone threw another punch, but Yang blocked the blow and countered with a fist to Leone's fist. She punched Leone several more times before knocking the assassin over with a sweeping leg kick. As Yang pulled her right arm back, Leone looked at Yang's face to see a smile, followed by a wink, and a punch to the face, thrusting her into the ground.

As Leone got up, Yang leaped backward and launched a series of blasts from her gauntlets. Leone narrowly dodged the projectiles with her reflexes as she approached Yang, and once she got close enough, grabbed Yang's leg as the latter swung it at her head, spinning her around and throwing her at the ceiling. As Yang fell back down, Leone pulled back her fist, and once Yang was in a perfect position, she let loose a serious punch at Yang, sending her flying back. Getting back to her feet, Yang saw Leone leaping into the air with a fist ready, so she jumped backward as the Night Raid member punched the ground with enough force to crack the floor.

Yang ducked under a roundhouse kick from Leone and threw a punch at her opponent's face, but Leone moved her head to the right and grabbed Yang's arm before she could pull it back. She threw Yang to the ground and slammed her fist down, but again only hit solid ground as Yang rolled away. Yang preformed a leg sweep that caused Leone to hit the floor back-first. Leone quickly got up, only to have her head sandwiched between Yang's fists. Yang then hauled Leone up in a small arc before using Ember Celica to blast her from point-blank, sending her flying. Leone got up as Yang dashed towards her, pulling her robotic fist back. Leone smirked as she threw her own punch.

Both collided their fists together, causing a small shockwave to ripple through the club. Both continued throwing punches at one another, their fists crashing together with more shockwaves. This went on for a while until Leone kicked Yang away across the room. Yang fired a shot behind her to propel herself forward, fist drawn back. Her punch missed completely as Leone leaped over the flying Huntress and landed gracefully. Once she had come to a stop, Yang turned around and blocked a kick from Leone before trading blows with her opponent. Yang then managed to throw Leone down before leaping back and firing a blast from Ember Celica that sent the assassin further back.

Leone pushed herself up as Yang sprinted towards her. A slide-kick from the "Y" in Team RWBY tripped Leone up and got Yang behind her, at which point the latter planted a fist into Leone's lower back so hard that the Night Raider flew across the club, crashing to the ground. As Leone started breathing heavily, she gritted her teeth and looked up at Yang, who was approaching her. "How's that?" She said with a cocky smirk on her face.

As Leone growled in frustration, the belt she was wearing activated. "Gonna need more power to take this bitch out!" Leone said as, within a moment, a wave of flames swept over her body. In a matter of a few seconds, she underwent a small transformation, which Yang witnessed. Leone now had longer hair, and had gained lion ears, tail and claws. "Uh, did you just turn into a Faunu--" Yang's question was interrupted by a kick to her chest powerful enough to launch her away.

Yang planted her fists on the ground as she slid backward until she managed to stop. Glaring up at Leone, Yang started firing blast after blast from her Ember Celica, rocketing towards Leone. Leone leaped over the blasts and even somehow caught the last energy projectile, flinging it back at Yang. Gasping in shock, Yang jumped to the side, her own blast missing her by inches and hitting a wall. Leone sprinted at her adversary and jumped at her to kick her in the face, but Yang grabbed Leone's foot and hauled her into the air, where she fired a single shell that exploded like a bomb before discarding Leone on the ground.

Standing to her full height, Leone punched Yang twice followed by an uppercut that Yang dodged by leaning her body backward. Yang moved her head left and right as Leone threw multiple punches until her eyes widened as a hand gripped her throat tightly. Leone slammed Yang onto the floor and ran, dragging Yang's back across the solid surface, before lifting her up to pin her against a wall. Yang struggled to break free as Leone smirked at her. "Try getting out of this one."

She had tempted fate with those words.

Grinning, Yang said, "You got something in your eyes."

"Huh? OW!"

Leone let go of Yang's neck as two fingers poked each of her eyes. As Leone put a hand over her eyes, Yang punched the assassin repeatedly, changing position and the angles of her hits frequently. She then fired a shot from Ember Celica at Leone's feet, sending her into the air, where Yang shot more projectiles from her gauntlets. Leone landed supine as Yang jumped over her and fired more shots down at her. Leone dodged the blasts as gravity pulled Yang to the ground. The bruisers of Night Raid and Team RWBY charged at each other, Leone throwing a punch at Yang.

To Leone's dismay, Yang caught her fist in her hand and smiled before hitting Leone in the stomach, causing her to let out a puff of air. Yang then delivered a punch with her other arm, shooting Leone backward thanks to the added blast from the Ember Celica. Skidding across the ground, Leone put her hands on the ground to stop herself as Yang charged in her direction. As Yang got closer, Leone, growling angrily, drove her fist right into Yang's abdomen. She pummeled Yang with a fierce onslaught of powerful punches, then jumped over the young Huntress, landing behind her.

Yang felt her hair being grabbed and yanked backward. Crying out in pain, Yang was violently thrown towards a wall, forming cracks in it as she fell to the floor. Leone clenched a fist tightly as Yang started to get up slowly. Then she saw something that made her pause. In Leone's left hand was a cluster of her own hair. And we all know what happens when one messes with Yang Xiao Long's hair...

The dragoness stood tall, eyes shut, teeth gritted, and hands clenched into fists. When her eyes snapped open, amethysts were replaced with rubies.

"**NOW YOU'RE DEAD!!!**"

Leone shielded her eyes as Yang's Semblance was activated in an explosion of fire. Before Leone could react, Yang rocketed towards her and threw a punch that launched her opponent right out of the club, the assassin smashing through the wall and landing unceremoniously. Leaping out of the human-shaped hole, Yang launched herself into the air and brought a fist down as Leone brought her fists up to her face in fear. As the blow connected, a huge mushroom cloud went up.

Lifting Leone by the throat, Yang punched her away and jumped out of the impact crater she had made. Leone got up and managed to block a blow from Yang, but Yang's constant punches had the effect of a battering ram against Leone, weakening her defense and not allowing her the chances to so much as block the Huntress' attacks. With a double-fisted punch, Yang gave Leone a powerful blow, sending her flying back. Both women sprinted towards each other and punched each other's faces, their fists planted in their cheeks. Yang smirked as Leone heard a robotic sound coming from her opponent's arm.

Suddenly, Leone was pushed back with force as Yang's prosthetic fired like a projectile. When she stopped sliding backward on her feet, Leone realized what she was holding in her hand and with a startled exclamation threw it away from her, Yang catching her arm with an amused grin. Putting it back on her bicep, Yang got into a fighting stance as Leone scowled at her.

Charging at one another, Leone and Yang traded punches and kicks, creating shockwaves with every collision. Between their massive series of collisions, a stray punch and kick would hit one of them, causing slight damage, but neither paid really any mind to it as they continued their seemingly endless assault. After what felt like forever, Leone sent Yang flying with a mighty uppercut. Yang recovered in mid-air and proceeded to fire multiple blasts from Ember Celica at Leone, who blocked the projectiles. After a moment, Yang landed and ran up to Leone, grabbing the Night Raider and lifted her above her head with both hands before launching her away with point-blank shots from Ember Celica.

Yang walked towards Leone as the latter got up and tried to knee her in the chest, but the assassin blocked the attack. Leone punched Yang in the face and dodged two punches from the Team RWBY member. Yang ducked under a roundhouse kick from Leone and threw two haymakers at her adversary's face, then kneed Leone in the stomach three times, following up with a punch that knocked Leone to the ground. Leone rolled away as Yang threw a downward punch at her, then stood up and kicked Yang in the side. Yang threw a punch at her, but Leone sidestepped the Huntress' fist. She dodged another punch from Yang and planted a kick in her chest that knocked her onto her back.

Yang got to her feet, only for Leone to claw at her chest, slashing the blonde multiple times in her chest as blood flew out of fresh wounds. Leone swung her hand at Yang, about to slice her throat open with her claws, but Yang grabbed the busty assassin's wrist and twisted, Leone screaming in pain as a wet crack was produced. Yang then tossed Leone into the air and fired a few shots at her in midair, taking chunks off the Night Raider. Springing high into the air to deliver the coup de grace, Yang uppercut Leone in the midsection, a final blast from Ember Celica bifurcating her opponent completely.

Leone's last scream of agony pierced the air before her body hit the floor. Yang landed, whipping out a pair of sunglasses and slipping them on her face. "Hehehehe. Nailed it!"

**FATALITY!**

## Results

**MBStarscream: I'm sure Jacqui Briggs would be proud of that.**

Hiro: This was a very intense match. Both combatants were virtually dead even in stats, though Yang does have the durability edge, and Leone held a few advantages. While Yang has grown much more skillful over the course of RWBY, Leone is just much better.

**MBStarscream: Leone is a trained assassin and while Yang is crafty and no longer has a strong weakness to kick based attacks, she still is a combatant that usually has a more straight forward approach in combat. Speaking of which, Leone is also more stealthy than Yang, which can open to many opportunities for Leone to land a blow on Yang and take advantage of the situation. However, Yang herself does have an edge over Leone: versatility.**

Hiro: While Leone is indeed more skilled, Yang is more versatile in terms of close range and long range combat. What is interesting here, Leone would have to reach Yang in order to do much, and because of that, Leone is quick enough to dodge all of the Ember Celica and robotic arm projectiles. So, while Yang's ranged advantage is countered by Leone's dodging maneuvers and reflexes, close range is where the real fight is decided.

**MBStarscream: Now we go into what has to be the fine line. For close range combat, both Yang and Leone are darn amazing. However, overtime, while Yang is indeed very powerful with her attacks and Leone is more ruthless, ultimately, the real question is, who is more likely going to bypass their opponent's durability and exploit their weaknesses sooner? Well, the answer to that, my friends, is Yang.**

Hiro: There is one factor that changed the game drastically: Yang's Semblance. The Semblance will allow Yang to absorb the attacks from Leone, making Yang stronger than ever and finally crack through Leone's Regeneration and ultimately overpower her. Leone, while incredibly durable, is just as durable as a human even with Lionelle, while Yang would also withstand Leone's attacks. In fact, Leone's capabilities are the same as the Grimm creatures that Yang has fought in the past.

**MBStarscream: "But wait, what about Leone's neck snap and killing blows?" Well, while Leone can achieve this, because Yang would react to Leone's attacks, it would be very difficult for Leone to do so because of the equal level of speed. As for stealth attacks, Yang has dodged attacks from behind before, so it's something that Yang is used to anyway.**

Hiro: Leone proved to be a challenging foe, but she ultimately lost to Yang's durability, Semblance and versatility.

**MBStarscream: Leone just got burned out.**

Hiro: Yang Xiao Long wins.

## Advantages

### Yang Xiao Long (Winner)

* Superior versatility in terms of close range and long range combat
* More durable
* Her Semblance will allow her to absorb attacks from Leone, making her stronger overtime
* Is able to match Leone's best speed capabilities via reflexes
* More crafty in combat
* Once Yang manages to activate her Semblance, she would be more than capable of killing Leone efficiently due to the substantial strength boost
* Should Yang destroy Lionelle, Leone would lose her only asset that would keep her in the fight