Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150629203847/@comment-25555436-20150630163257

Shadowstrike009 wrote: I feel like anyone who can use Aura should be able to channel it into thier weapon, given that Pyrrha stated that all tools and equipment are conduits for Aura. As for the Dust effects, it seems that can be done without Semblance. Neptune uses an energy based weapon, which i would assume it fueled by Dust. When it changed forms, the energy that made the projectiles seemed to be channeled into the blade, which would give it the effects of the Dust it used. (Since the wiki assumes it was electricity, that woud mean it would make an electrified blade) This concept should apply to other energy weapons and other types of Dust.

Right? Eh, not quite right.

While Aura can be channeled into the weapon, it's only to make it...not break. To keep it intact no matter how tough the enemy. Channeling Aura into one's weapon, so far, hasn't shown that you can cover it in some Auraish light that extends it's range and gives it elemental properties, which is what the Semblance does. So it's not quite the same.

Dust is used in some weapons, yes, but nothing indicates that just for using Dust the weapon automatically gains elemental effects. Neptune's gun may use lightning to power itself, as energy, but nothing has shown that it can actually use lightning on the weapon (as in, cover the trident in lightning). If it did, I'm 100% sure the Paladin would have shut down or gone into overdrive once Neptune hit it.

Basically, it's like with a PC. It uses electricity to stay on, but you can't shock anyone with a PC alone.