Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170624011641/@comment-30530552-20170705203250

So, basically, Dust is only usable for the Semblance when it's in close quarters or direct contact with the Semblance. That makes sense, since if it's not close to source it's not gonna have it. Most of Weiss' Dust usage with her Semblance has been done either through her weapon as a conduit which holds Dust, or directly where she was previously where she could then remotely activate it.

The only weird thing at times for her seems to be what I think we refer to as her gravity glyphs, which are the ones that are usually colored black when they appear. The first time was for the slingshot, which was close to her. The next was when she put her weapon in the Dust-filled ground and threw around Bolin & Nadir before putting them in the Ice fist/boulder. She's also seemingly used it to shut doors and act as makeshift forces against said doors, as we saw in the 4th season, which were done remotely but still relatively close by. And both were done with her weapon as a conduit. Of course, I could be wrong and the color differences in her Glyphs mean little.

Either way, I think I'll just make it non-remote Dust usage as a limitation, since that's what you and Grey seem to be implying (or explicitly stating in Grey's case). Thanks for the help.