Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27121579-20160104011025/@comment-26397825-20160104012509

Okay, a breakdown of techniques.

The blocking bullets force shield: Ren also uses this, suggesting it is an aura technique anyone can use.

The tranforming clothing/glass weapons: Cinder seems to have the ability to create glass (as evidenced in her fight against Amber, where she didn't use dust but turned something {I thought it looked like Amber's fire balls, Chish said it was dirt, who knows} into glass and fired it back at Amber). It's not too hard to believe that Cinder's outfit was actually made up of teeny tiny round black glass beads, which is why it sparkles. If creating glass is her semblance, she can use glass to create her outfits and control it. This would be a power unique to Cinder, which she had before she became the Half Maiden.

Then the Maiden powers, which seem to just be stronger version of Dust interactions but can be used without dust or aura (since Amber lost all her aura in the fight against CME but could still throw elements around).