User:Catalyst/Active and Passive Abilities

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Active and Passive Abilities

Created by Catalyst, with the big help from SacValleyDweller (talk).

All of the abilities shown in Heroes can be classified into two types: those that are active, meaning the user has to make a decision to use his/her ability or not at a given time, and those that are passive, meaning the mechanism that makes the ability work is constantly active and the possessor cannot choose not to use his/her ability.

Active abilities

The following abilities are active in nature. The users of these abilities can decide whether to use their particular ability or not. The users of some of these abilities also have control over the manner in which they use the ability, for example how much electricity to apply or what ability to replicate

Ability Type	Ability	Former Users	Current Users
Ability Acquiring	Ability replication Power absorption Aura absorption	No other user Arthur Petrelli Linda Tavara	Peter Petrelli No other user No other user
Electronic	Electronic communication Technopathy	Hana Gitelman No other user	No other user Micah Sanders
Cold	Freezing	James Walker, Sylar, Peter Petrelli	Tracy Strauss
Heat	Acid secretion Induced radioactivity Electrical absorption Electric manipulation Laser emission Microwave emission Pyrokinesis	Leonard Cushing Ted Sprague, Peter Petrelli, Sylar Benjamin Franklin / Teenage patient Elle Bishop, Peter Petrelli, Arthur Petrelli Michael No other user Peter Petrelli	No other user No other user No other user Sylar No other user Luke Campbell Meredith Gordon, Flint Gordon Jr.
Life	Healing	Daniel Linderman, Ishi Nakamura	No other user
Mental	Alejandro's ability Clairsentience Clairvoyance Dehydration Dream manipulation Illusion Magnetism Mental manipulation Neurocognitive deficit Poison emission Puppet master Sedation Telekinesis Telepathy Trevor's ability	Alejandro Herrera Bridget Bailey No other user Rollo Fusor's accomplice No other user Candice Wilmer The German Arthur Petrelli No other user Maya Herrera, Arthur Petrelli No other user No other user Brian Davis, Peter Petrelli, Arthur Petrelli Peter Petrelli, Maury Parkman, Arthur Petrelli Trevor Zeitlan, Sylar	No other user Sylar Molly Walker No other user Sanjog No other user No other user The Haitian Anna Korolenko No other user Eric Doyle Samson Gray Sylar, Samson Gray Matt Parkman No other user
Physical	Ability supercharging Accelerated Probability Body Insertion Bone spike protrusion Chlorine gas exudation Cloning Constriction Crumpling Disintegration touch Elasticity Enhanced hearing Enhanced strength Flight Forcefield projection Future terrorist's ability Imprinting Invisibility Levitation Luminescence Metal mimicry Mohinder's ability Oil secretion Plant growth Plant manipulation Phasing Space-time manipulation Super speed Teleportation Telescopic vision Wall crawling Water Mimicry	No other user No other user Peter Petrelli No other user No other user Julien Dumont The Constrictor No other user Felicia Brooks No other user Dale Smither, Sylar Niki Sanders, Knox, Peter Petrelli, Scott Peter Petrelli No other user No other user Joe Macon Peter Petrelli Khufu No other user No other user Mohinder Suresh Howie Kaplan Au Co Brendan Lewis D.L. Hawkins, Peter Petrelli Hiro Nakamura, Peter Petrelli Peter Petrelli No other user Donna Dunlap No other user No other user	Ando Masahashi Santiago, Edward No other user Perrin Crocker Tina Ramierez Evan No other user Marcus No other user Piper No other user Mohinder Suresh Nathan Petrelli, West Rosen Abigail Future terrorist Sylar Claude Rains Abu Aswan Howard Grigsby Danny Pine No other user No other user No other user No other user No other user No other user Daphne Millbrook Rachel Mills No other ueser Harmon Elisa
Transmutation	Alchemy Liquification	Bob Bishop Zane Taylor, Sylar	Sylar No other user
Vocal	Persuasion Sound Manipulation	Eden McCain Echo DeMille, Jesse Murphy	No other user Sylar
Vortex	Gravitational Manipulation	Stephen Canfield	No other user

Passive Abilities

The following abilities are passive in nature. The users of these abilities cannot choose not to use their particular ability because the mechanism responsible for the ability cannot be turned off (or at the very least have not yet learned to turn said mechanism off). For example, Regenerators like Claire cannot choose to leave their wounds open and gaping, their body automatically and very quickly heals the wound independent of any thinking on the regenerator's part.

Ability Type	Ability	Former User	Current User
Ability Acquiring	Empathic mimicry Intuitive aptitude	Peter Petrelli, Sylar Peter Petrelli	No other user Sylar, Samson Gray
Life	Regeneration	Adam Monroe	Claire Bennet, Sylar
Mental	Bliss and horror Enhanced memory Lie detection Mediumship Nerve gas emission Omnilingualism	Guillame Charlie Andrews, Sylar Sue Landers Ida May Walker No other user No other user	No other user No other user Sylar No other user Manhattan target Traveler
Physical	David's ability Impenetrable skin Lung adaptation Sound absorption Underwater breathing	David Sullivan No other user Bianca Karina No other user No other user	No other user Baron Samedi No other user Agent Alex Woolsley