Talk:Semblance/@comment-207.236.36.51-20151208010007/@comment-26397825-20151208064749

The mech fight is not the first time we have seen Roman. In fact, we saw him in the very first episode of the show; he could have made an illusion of himself running away from Ruby down the street while he escaped to the rooftops if his semblance was illusions, and Ruby would have chased it because she looked around street level first before glancing up and spotting him climbing the ladder.

That would make more sense given his "escapist nature"; distract the girl wielding a scythe, make her chase an illusion while he gets away scott-free, and Cinder doesn't have to bother herself with the Huntress or the brat, and the bullhead doesn't get damaged, and they don't use Dust fighting Glynda and Ruby. That would be an overall be outcome for that scenario if Roman had an illusion semblance.

Since he didn't, and he hasn't done anything of the sort in all the times we have seen Roman in the show (I can imagine him using it to get the drop on the kids - Emerald and Mercury - or keep himself out of the firing line of Cinder in case things go south, after all), then it is safe to assume that Roman's semblance is not illusions.