Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-110.146.149.161-20150813074512/@comment-11188061-20150901055936

LiveandSound wrote:

Weiss, however, has needed to use her Glyphs for even the simplest "spells", if not just use Myrtenaster's Dust-Blade function. This means that she doesn't know how, or knows but lacks the skill to, use Dust directly with Aura without having to resort to a Semblance or her weapon. Maybe it's just an advanced class, or maybe she's just a noob in that area, which wouldn't surprise me, she is one of the characters with the least experience pre-Beacon.

At the least, since her Glyphs by themselves only move things, it's possible Weiss knows how to create fire, but not how to send it flying towards her target without using her Glyphs to move it. Or maybe because it's simply inefficient. There is conjuring a basic Fireball from a basic Fire Dust, and then there is conjuring a homing-to-will highly concentrated Firebeam through spatial manipulation Semblance from a liquefied, purified and compressed basic Fire Dust fired with the cylindrical precision of a high grade weapon. It is even be arguable that the calculation, Aura manipulation and timing are much more demanding with the latter that training it will be the equivalent of training the basics many times.

And finally, we're talking about Weiss Schnee. I doubt she can live with the rumor that her high grades are only due to her technology, or worse live with the notion that Ruby may do better at the basics than her.

