Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-11188061-20141205055951

Semblances are completely unique to each individual person. No two Semblance in the world are the exact same.

This means that 'Polarity - Speed - Glyphs - Telekinesis' are some of the categories of Semblances that have been identified throughout the history of Remnant. For example, Yang's Semblance might belong in the 'Counter' category, or more commonly just plain 'Strength' just like 'Nora'.

But even though at the beginning, Semblances of beginner Huntsman might look or even feel the same (two Polarity users, for example), they eventually will evolve into something different, and their condition of use might be different from the very beginning.

For example, there may be a Polarity user like Pyrrha who can manipulate and magnetize any metallic around them with average power without needing physical contact at all. Pyrrha on the other hand, have a weaker control over metallic things she has not touched yet and absolutely nowhere near the ease of a Telekinesis Huntsman. But once she does touch a metallic object, she has absolute control (or just large) over it and can manipulate it however she wants, almost regardless of the object's weight to the point it seems to defy reality.

Moreover, it is common to theorize that each Semblance will eventually grew more intricate and powerful over time, sometimes sprouting in ways no one expects a certain category's Huntsman could do. Pyrrha may somehow be able to summon a lightning storm through her use of polarity (I'll leave the science to the experts) blah blah blah or something, even though it seems outright ridiculous. Ruby may actually be able to summon a tornado literally, and she already did at V2E1 under certain conditions (which we are unsure if it's a must).

And with Dust augments being so powerful (if I'm playing a RWBY RPG, I would want these special, high quality Dust vials to be downright overpowered, because that is the power of Dust and how it can completely changes the tides of battle), a Huntsmen may be as powerful as a hulking titan.