Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-96.254.157.84-20140801203034

1) Ruby isn't a techically "mage" character because she doesn't use Dust, so that arguement is moot.

2) Pyrrha uses her Semblance in conjuction with her weapon a couple of times early in season 1, it just wasn't noticable at the time.

3) Her Semblance is heavily dependant on Dust and since Myrtanaster stores her Dust, she can't use her Semblance without it.