Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150826074135/@comment-25555436-20150830175046

....a cut plant is dead, Phantom. Aura only protects, there hasn't even been a hint that it revives or is even capable of warding off death.

Plus, anyone with fire will Insta-kill that user or at least leave it useless.

Plus, plants can only go so far. If you "grow a tree into swords and shields" (something I seriously can't see being possible due to conservation of matter + size difference), anyone with fire will destroy it, unless it's like GoT's ironwood, in which case anyone with an iron sword and shield will be equally effective, skill not-counted.

Any fast Hunter can swiftly slice all your sweet little vines before they become a real problem, and even if you can regrow them somehow it would require Aura, which isn't infinite.

So no, it's not overpowered at all. Especially in the middle of civilization, full of concrete and metal and flying warships and mechs, instead of trees and flowers. It would be rather practical in a forest or jungle, a bit useless compared to other Semblances anywhere else, and suicidal against a fire-user, which is available for like 20$ in Lien to any idiot at the store closest to you. Just shooting a Fire Dust crystal is enough to win.