Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20161112202743/@comment-24993958-20161209152153

Dust is used to generate the elements as far as I’ve seen. It’s semblances like Weiss’s that lets you get creative with their applications.

As far as I can tell earth dust on your weapon should just create you a spiky shield the user can use to ram into things or make it unpleasant for charging grimm.