None of the apothekineticist's 4 abilities can destroy the blocks that you see in the tutorial right after going down the ladder. I had to reroll.
Edit: Same issue with the entropicist... is this a bug with the blocks?
Edit2: Same issue with the illuminologist; my character even went over spell blocking when I used the #1 ability on the blocks. Definitely a bug with those blocks, and I can't pass the tutorial.