Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26463535-20150614033930/@comment-26463535-20150708014322

You're thinking of it as if semblances are only one special ability. But really, semblances are one specified effect that can be used multiple ways. For ex., Pyhrra can manipulate metal. Because of that; she can also retrive her weapons, adjust her allies/enemies' metal weapons as well as her own, and hurtle a wave of soda cans/ other things at foes. As she improves her semblance control, she will probably have more of those sub-abilites and strengthen the ones she already has.

Its very much a semblance tree that unlocks more abilites/ strengthens old ones. I'm sorry I shot down your tree sugestion earlier, it sounds on your comment that you meant the basic semblance itself would change, ex. Polarity could become Telekinessis, which is a definite no on this show. For the other trees though; Dust Manipulation would have to be one, Combat seems too general and I think Weapon would be a better fit ( Increases your skill with your choosen weapon and allows you to add upgrades depending on what parts you have/ can get and/or what your skill in the Dust Manipulation or Semblance trees are), and Survial seems more like that would be full of misc. skills like pick-pocketing, pick-locking, crafting, and cooking or just be full of stat boosters.