Aspiring Writer

I agree it doesn't make too much sense to use it like that, which is probably why Brandon Sanderson said there wasn't much point to making it into a spike than to just burn it, though it does have the added benefit of taking away a Mistborn's power and we also don't know how it would work with feruchemy. If it can take all the powers of a feruchemist, that might be worth something, as there isn't a Lerasium equavliant for feruchemy burning a bit of Lerasium and making the rest into a spike could make someone into another Lord Ruler.

I'm not sure I agree with that, as abilities can mean lots of things. And while I agree Ruin's god metal would be the superior metal to be used in Hemalurgy, having Lerasium being able to steal all Allomantic abilities would make sense. Use a spike of Preservation to steal all of something related to Perseveration. And Atium would still be superior due to the fact it still has more utility in the wider cosmere. Lerasium would be only useful in the case of Allomancy, while Atium can be used anywhere. Not sure how Feruchemy would add into this.

Okay, this might be a dumb question, but I have been looking for an answer and haven't found one yet, so I'll ask it here. Why doesn't Odium just destroy Braize? In the Coppermind, it mentions destroying Braize as an option, so why not do it? From what I understand, Odium is more confined than limited/weakened on the planet, so why not just destroy it and leave? Ruin seems to be pretty capable of destorying a planet, so it' doesn't seem like it would take too much of his power, and if it did, he could just recuprate before going after his next Shard. Am I missing something here?

I see where you're getting at, but Odium doesn't seem to be good at that kind of manipulation or at least doesn't seem to use that tactic, may not have the exact powers to do that, and I doubt Odium is manipulating Kelsier from Braize. Whatever Shard is going against Harmony, it's not him. In fact, Odium's Triva reveals that he is scared of Harmony, so I doubt he would confront him yet just t manipulate Kelsier.

I've been going through the Coppermind Wiki for the better part of two weeks, and I came across the Metallic arts page and saw that for Lerasium, it says that its Hemalugic power was to steal all attributes. When I read this in the back of one of the Mistborn books, I assmed it meant all Metallic arts, so if you use it on a Mistborn, you steal all their powers, but nothing else, as Sazed (Or whoever writes the notes on the back, I assme it's Sazed.) would not know of any other attributes to steal. So does Lerasium steal all the powers of a person spiked, or just metallic arts? Esspically since I feel that's an Atium spike, being made of Ruin's godmetal, would be the superior metal to be used Hemalurgy, being able to steal any attribute, but if Lerasium can steal all the powers of a person, that would not be the case. Thoughts?