Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23.243.83.197-20140707011600/@comment-5693502-20141208044106

76.187.166.94 wrote: My thing is, she is so ridculously weak it makes the entire thing unbelieveable. She literally has zero powers. Why/How does she keep getting these uber team mates? it really makes no sense. Any character in the entire tower could kill her, why follow her? It at least made since when she was with Khun, they were keeping an eye on her. But with her new teammates and FUG, it makes zero sense why they are even working with her when she is so incredibly powerless. I wish she was strong or had some secret power to explain it but damn its aggravating how they keep pushing her on us and making her out to be some briliant strategist when shes a major nobody.

It's been noted a few times that Rachel gives off a certain 'presence' that makes people either intimidated, wary or gives them the impression they shouldn't fight with her. Remember when Androssi, one of the strongest Regulars introduced so far, said that ? With this 'presence' alone, it seems like enough of a reason that others may not decide to attack her. Also we've never actually seen Rachel in a combat situation since Hide-and-Seek on the 2nd Floor so we have no idea what notable special powers she may or may not possess as an Irregular. Baam was a pile of crap on the 2nd Floor and look at him now; who's to say Rachel hasn't made similar progress of her own. And finally, the most obvious point, is the fact she is an Irregular. Considering how important Irregulars are in the Tower and the fact that the known ones have unique abilities or pure overwhelming power implies Rachel probably has something along those lines too.

tl;dr Rachel can't be considered weak or strong, combat-wise at least, until she's put in the position where she is forced to fight. Oh and I thought I'd mention, you don't need to possess overwhelming fighting capabilities to climb the Tower and become a Ranker (it just helps a hell of a lot on the way).