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While I agree that every Semblance may not have a passive effect, I disagree with which ones have/do not have passives- I believe they are more subtle than we realize in terms of passive abilities.

Ruby for example, probably has a common speedster passive which could be anything from enhanced metabolism to increased reflexes, and so forth. Sun and Blake, I honestly imagine that they share similar passives, perhaps sharing senses with their clones. That's my theory anyway.

Yang's passive is more than likely pain dampening; aura does not mitigate pain itself, just heals them and reduces damage. That said, Yang's Semblance is all about absorbing kinetic energy from attacks, and using them to greatly amplify and enhance her own- that said, it is still shown that high damage can bring her down- after all, she got her arm sliced off and she has to be hit to begin with. Dodging, tripping her, and I would say even submission holds are good counters to her- and I say submission hold because no damage is really being done. (Energy absorption users have been shown to easily amplify their own attacks with any energy they've absorbed, it's practically expected of them)

Of course, there would be a limit, getting her arm cut off was obviously beyond both her Semblance and passive, as Taiyang pointed out; she still has to take damage for her to activate her Semblance.

@piscean: I would say that in all honesty, it may be a Semblance that a passive is not immediately possible at this time. The best I could think of at the moment for it, would be a slight energy boost