Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-92.28.175.45-20141111193644/@comment-25399914-20141111202358

Blakes semblance allows her to create "shadows" of herself

These shadows are semi-solid clones which she uses to distract her opponent, as platforms or a shield.

These appear to disintegrate when hit but it might be that she's only able to produce one or two at a time and they disintegrate when she makes a new one or when they are no longer useful.

The are not produced by the gun, the dust was just used to boost the effects and allows her to combine them somehow with dust to give them the varied effects.

This is why I mentioned the possibility that she has a limit on the amount of shadow clones she can produce rather then them being a one hit deal (as in she shoots the clones to add the effect).