Talk:Lie Ren/@comment-128.151.150.18-20170220171437/@comment-4010415-20170503011345

There is definitely no doubt that Ren was using Aura with his physical attack - like I said, probably to augment it. It seems like using Aura with a physical attack may not be a completely uncommon thing, at least for heavy hits, but the "explosion" attack may be less common, perhaps mostly used by more experienced Aura users. After all, we saw a very similar Aura ring effect during the food fight when Nora slammed Weiss across the room and Yang slammed Ren into the floor.

I say that the "explosion" attack could be more so used by more experienced Aura users because it's possible that not everyone trains and practices with their Aura enough to reach the level of Cinder, Ren, and Fox. That is, to say, enough to be able to pull off techniques like those shields that Cinder and Ren made and explode Grimm like Ren and Fox did.

It makes sense that Cinder would be more highly trained in Aura use, since she fought by controlling raw Dust that was sewn into her clothes, which WoR: Dust says requires discipline (you gain discipline through practice) so as not to lose control of it. We know that Cinder was using Dust in volumes 1 and 2 because the Maidens did not exist as a concept until after they finished production of volume 2. Ren's Aura training could just be a backup for when he loses his guns, and Fox's could be to make his close-combat method more effective.

For now, we may not be able to figure out much more about Ren's Semblance until we get to see more of it. Kinda like how, we didn't know until volume 3 that Neo could use her illusion Semblance on her clothes, eyes, and hair.