Talk:Agent Carolina VS The Meta/@comment-27132037-20160708021525/@comment-25620113-20160708061612

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Going off my limited knowledge, its actually a close fight. While both rely on their scythes too much, Maka is less reliant (knowing martial arts). Ruby is stronger though as all of Maka's strength feats were due to Soul Resonance so its not actually physical strength. Ruby carries Cresent Rose (which must weigh a ton (not literally)) consistentally and was able to carry Penny (who weighs as much if not more than herself) while running on a wall and she was also able to carry Weiss. In terms of physical strength Maka failed to do any damage to Black Star with a punch to his face and while Ruby also failed attacking someone without her scythe, she was attacking bullet proof armor instead of bare flesh.

Ruby is also the superior scythe wielder as she has consitently displayed fast, accurate and strong strikes while Maka tends to go with 'one-hit-to-end-them-all-style' strikes i.e. slow and powerful ones (though she does know the more graceful way and more 'correct' way of wielding a scythe, she only uses it when she's showing off).

Speed obviously goes to Ruby (She's broken the sound barrier and is able to run on walls as well as move faster than the human eye. Maka hasn't gone anywhere near that fast.

Durability is where this fight comes down to. Ruby actually does have a chance but she would have to surpass Maka's black blood which grants a small regenerative factor and gives Maka a high pain tolerance.

Also no Soul Resonance wouldn't work at all. Soul Resnance (well Maka's anyway) doesn't work on non-evil entities such as Stein or Asura in the anime (I'm aware it worked in the manga but that just means the manga perceived him as evil while the anime didn't). Because Ruby is not evil and essentially one of the most pure people in the RWBY-verse, Maka's Soul Resonance techniques would not work on her.