[color=#B3346C][u][b]Combat Behavior:[/b][/u][/color] the years and schooling have tempered Malina's fighting style. Once the type to rush in and constantly press the offense constantly, she is much more willing to allow her opponent to strike first and take time to observe them as she skirts just out of danger. With her semblance, she is given the option to choose when to engage her opponent, outside of ranged opponents, and uses this massively to her advantage. When she does choose to engage, she often falls back into the sort of combat style she had as a student, ruthlessly attacking and pressing the advantage. If she ever feels like she is in a bad spot she can take advantage of her semblance and disengage, returning to skirting outside of danger and observing her opponent.

When in that ruthless press of attacks, though, she often uses her tail as a quick follow up on attacks that leave her with an opening in an attempt to cover it. While she also uses the tail to deflect attacks, it is harder for her to do so in the quick close quarters fights.

Since her weapons have multiple forms, she is able to mix and match the weapon to the fight, however she'll almost always use the spear to open the melee before continuing with her tonfas while using the staff and chime to cast dust while skirting outside of danger.

She's a fast opponent to fight in a close melee but she's also skilled at moving quickly outside of a fight, being able to utilize kinetic dust in her weapon to make quick bursts of movement as well as taking advantage of her tail to turn quickly or bounce her out of the way.

Due to her years at Beacon, as well as tutoring from her mother when she was younger, Malina is able to cast with her semblance which, combined with her knowledge of Dust, makes her a hard opponent to break into. Her casting provides her ranges and area of effect options she wouldn't have otherwise.

Thanks to her years as team leader, she has become exceptional at making on-the-fly plans and tactics, making her a tough opponent to face even in a one-on-one fight where she usually at her weakest. In addition, she's made a point even since before attending Beacon to learn her own weaknesses and find covers them and, while not perfect, she believes she has covers for most weaknesses she's aware of such as using her semblance to defend and retaliate against ranged attackers.

Despite this, they are still weaknesses and can be abused if she can't protect against them. While she can defend against ranged and use both the semblance and weapon’s ranged form to fight back against ranged opponents, she is still utterly outclassed in a purely ranged battle and her best option is to try to close the distance. If disarmed, or even just without Dust, Malina is at a severe disadvantage and has to rely on her semblance and tail. Thanks to years of training with her semblance, she is in less of a shit position as it could be, as well as having an uncharacteristically sturdy aura pool. She fights much more recklessly and savagely when disarmed in an all-or-nothing attempt to get her scare her opponent enough to make them back off so she can retrieve her weapon. Even if she does get them to back off, getting the weapon back might not be an option.

There are weaknesses she has no protections against as well, weaknesses in her personality. Malina is prideful and will becoming overconfident in matches she believes she has an advantage in or will become less rational if her opponent insults her pride. While she is aware of these weaknesses, she can't find any way to defend against them.

+ Quick and relentless close quarters combat.
 Fast moving.
+ Above average aura.
+ Exceptional with planning and improvisation.
+ Attempts to find covers for faults.
+ Semblance allows her to disengage when she wants.
+ Excellent knowledge of dust and its applications.
+ Heavily trained in her semblance and aura.

- Less rational when pride is hurt.
- Hand-to-hand skills are reckless.
- Cannot defend well against long range.
- Can be overconfident in matches where she believes she's already at an advantage .
- If Malina is without Dust, she is more vulnerable.