Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25253032-20140912013821/@comment-25253032-20140918231222

I think so far all Semblances have been support oriented actually aside from Sun's. When I say this though I mean, none are used directly as a weapon except for his, which didn't seem to be very strong either. (Or in the case of what Shades of Insanity mentioned, it may not even do damage, making it fit the rest of the Semblances we've seen so far as this is concerned.)  Pyrrha couldn't literally use "magnetism" itself offensively. She could move metal to hit an opponent yes but that's using her Semblance to manipulate something else as a weapon. As such, so far, no Semblance seems to have been used offensively on its own. In order to use a Semblance offensively it has had to manipulate something else.

I do believe Cinder must be highly skilled with Dust yes, but I do think it is quite likely there's some sort of Semblance aiding her in this. However, we don't know much about Dust or Semblances yet, so it's difficult to say.