User blog comment:Waters Knight/Monty Tweets About 'Dust Levels'?/@comment-24198837-20140516212242

It's likely there to Balance fights. I mean, Monty probably has an aura skill level, dust skill level, weapon skill level, Semblance skill level, and a few more for every character, even if we haven't seen them fight. This way, we don't get a stupid outcome in a fight, like Yang beating a teacher.