Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160103032023/@comment-26397825-20160116054454

Fire for burning, electricity for shocking.

Dust doesn't give metaphysical boosts, it gives elemental boosts. So lightning dust doesn't make you faster, it just electrocutes things. Weiss is the ony one who can translate elements into metaphysical aspects, and that's because she combines them with her glyphs, such as lightning dust infused with her Time Dilation glyph in Painting the Town.