Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150311232923/@comment-25555436-20150531024418

Not necesarily...the liquid and crystal forms still have to be used for something.

Which is why it's main use is to basically cause catastrophic explosions by throwing them as grenades and then activating the Semblance. Combined with a grenade/mine launcher whose grenades/mines use liquid/crystal Dust, use your imagination.