Category:Abilities

Evolved humans, whether natural or synthetic, possess extraordinary abilities.

List of Confirmed Abilities

Power	Possessed by	Absorbed by

Ability absorption	Arthur Petrelli, Tommy Clark
The ability to steal another's ability, rendering them powerless


Ability augmentation	Paulette Hawkins
The ability to augment other evolved human abilities


Ability replication	Peter Petrelli (synthetic)	Draph
The ability to replicate one ability at a time through physical contact


Accelerated probability	Santiago, Edward
The ability to predict the probability of a certain event correctly and accelerate one's self to achieve those predictions


Acid secretion	Leonard Cushing
The ability to generate highly corrosive fluids


Acidic blood	Mary Krause
The ability to have acidic blood


Activation and deactivation	Matt Parkman, Jr.
The ability to activate and deactivate various objects


Adoptive muscle memory	Monica Dawson
The ability to replicate any physical action after seeing it performed


Age shifting	The Russian
The ability to change one's own age


Age transferal	Leona Mills
The ability to transfer the aging and life force to and from an object and make the user younger or older


Alchemy	Bob Bishop, Sylvia	Sylar
The ability to change the molecular composition of any material to gold


Alejandro's ability	Alejandro Herrera
The ability to absorb and counter the effects of Maya's poison emission


Animal control	Markus Gaines
The ability to control and communicate with animals


Appearance alteration	Connie Logan
The ability to change the skin, hair, and vocal cords of another person


Aquatic breathing	Alex Woolsly, Kevin Wrigley
The ability to breathe underwater


Aura absorption	Linda Tavara
The ability to see auras and take the lives and powers of others


Bliss and horror	Guillame
The ability to bring about feelings of bliss and horror in others


Bone spike protrusion	Perrin Crocker
The ability to create bone spikes that protrude from one's body


Chlorine gas exudation	Tina Ramierez
The ability to exhale chlorine gas instead of carbon dioxide


Clairsentience	Bridget Bailey	Sylar
The ability to perceive the history of an object by touching it


Clairvoyance	Molly Walker, Adam Soo Hoo
The ability to see distant people and things


Cloaking	Teddy
The ability to cause things to disappear and reappear


Cloning	Julien Dumont, Evan, Magdalena Muller, Eli, M. F. Harris
The ability to replicate oneself and produce identical clones


Constriction	The Constrictor
The ability to mimic the attributes of a constricting snake, including squeezing extra-tightly with one's body, numbing with one's touch and gender neutrality


Crumpling	Marcus
The ability to crumple and deform objects


Cyberpathy	Hana Gitelman, Richard Drucker, Myles Stevens
The ability to intercept, generate, and interpret electronic, digital, and radio transmissions with one's mind


Danger sensing	Evan Davis
The ability to sense danger


David's ability	David Sullivan (synthetic)
The ability to growl and charge at others viciously


Dehydration	Rollo Fusor's accomplice
The ability to remove the water contained in objects or people by force of will


Disintegration	Tom Miller	Sylar
The ability to disintegrate objects without physical contact


Disintegration touch	Felicia Brooks
Felicia's name for her ability


Dream manipulation	Sanjog Iyer, Fredrick Ganes
The ability to manipulate the dreams of others


Elasticity	Piper
The ability to to stretch, deform, expand, and contract one's body


Electric manipulation	Agent, Elle Bishop, Cooper, "Biker Woman"	Future Peter ¹, Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli, Sylar
The ability to create and direct electrical arcs


Electrical absorption	Teenage patient, Benjamin Franklin
The ability to absorb and subsequently release electrical energy


Elemental control	Malina
The ability to control Earth's elements


Empathic manipulation	Joseph Sullivan, Syn Anders, Morgan Harvey
The ability to control emotions


Empathic mimicry	Peter Petrelli (lost)	Arthur Petrelli
The ability to duplicate the powers of other evolved humans within proximity and reproduce them at will when thinking about the original source of the power


Empathy	Lydia	Sylar
The ability to feel the emotions, thoughts, hopes, desires, and dreams of others


Energy absorption, transference, and redirection	Mindy Sprague
The ability to absorb, transfer, and redirect energy


Enhanced hearing	Dale Smither	Sylar (lost)
The ability to hear sounds beyond normal limits


Enhanced memory	Charlie Andrews, Matt Neuenberg, Katherine Murry, Pacy McNeil, Trevor Tanaka	Sylar (lost, alternative timeline)
The ability to quickly absorb and accurately retain great amounts of information


Enhanced strength	Niki Sanders (synthetic), Knox, Michael Fitzgerald, Scott (synthetic), Mohinder Suresh (synthetic), Pushing woman, Oscar Gutierrez, James Dearing, Karen Eriksen	Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to exert greater than normal physical force


Enhanced strength and senses	Mohinder Suresh (synthetic, corrected)
The ability to possess enhanced human senses, instinct, and strength


Enhanced synesthesia	Emma Coolidge, Chris Coolidge	Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to see sound waves as light and project concussive blasts


Fire breathing	Chris Bowman, Gail Bowman, Jennie Bowman
The ability to breathe out fire


Fire casting	El Diablo, Blazing homeless man, "The Firestarter"
The ability to engulf oneself in flames


Flight	Nathan Petrelli (synthetic), West Rosen, Angie, Aiden, April Clifton, Donna, Rob Brewer, Floating boy, "Chinese Guy", Fiona	Peter Petrelli (lost), Future Sylar ¹, Sylar
The ability to propel oneself through the air


Forcefields	Abigail
The ability to create and manipulate forcefields


Freezing	James Walker, Tracy Strauss (synthetic), Mick the Ice Guy	Sylar (lost), Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to reduce temperatures and freeze objects by force of will


Future terrorist's ability	Future terrorist
The ability to shoot a concentrated flow of green energy or liquid from the hand


Gold mimicry	"Little Miss Goldenrod"
The ability to turn one's body into gold


Granulation	Gordon Hovey
The ability to turn things into sand


Gravitational manipulation	Stephen Canfield
The ability to create gravitational vacuums


Green energy blast	Ricky
The ability to discharge a green-colored emission


Hachiro's ability	Hachiro Otomo
The ability to digitize matter and interact with virtual environments


Healing	Daniel Linderman, Ishi Nakamura, Taylor's father
The ability to heal the wounds of others


Healing touch	Jeremy Greer	Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to control the flow of life


Heat generation	Mrs. Comey, British girl
The ability to heat things


Illusion	Candice Willmer, Crazy Tom, Callum	Future Sylar ¹, Future Peter ²
The ability to alter the perceptions of others


Image projection	Deirdre
The ability to project images from one's eyes


Impenetrable skin	Baron Samedi
The ability of one's skin to not be penetrated by anything


Imprinting	Joe Macon	Sylar
The ability to mentally imprint marks onto surfaces


Induced radioactivity	Ted Sprague	Peter Petrelli (lost), Sylar (lost), Future Gabriel ²
The ability to manipulate the movement of subatomic particles, thus generating and emitting toxic radiation


Intuitive aptitude	Sylar, Samson Gray	Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to analyze complex systems and intuitively understand how they work without special education or training


Invisibility	Claude Rains, Becky Taylor, "Hipster Dude", Farah Nazan	Peter Petrelli
The ability to not be seen


Laser emission	Michael
The ability to generate a beam of coherent light


Levitation	Abu Aswan, Khufu and his kin
The ability to levitate and move extremely heavy objects


Lie detection	Sue Landers	Sylar
The ability to detect when others lie


Luke's ability	Luke Collins
The ability to emit heat, light, and electromagnetism


Luminescence	Howard Grigsby, Dee H
The ability to emit light from one's body


Lung adaptation	Bianca Karina
The ability to adapt one's lungs to any environment


Magnetism	The German, Magnetism terrorist, Bo LoFontaine
The ability to manipulate ferrous objects and materials


Mass manipulation	Sylvia, Eric Lee Harrison
The ability to manipulate mass, growing or shrinking at will


Mediumship	Ida May Walker	Linda Tavara
The ability to view the spirits of the deceased


Melting	Zane Taylor	Sylar (lost)
The ability to melt solid materials


Memory manipulation	Damian
The ability to make an individual re-experience forgotten or past memories and to erase memories


Memory storage	Caspar Abraham
The ability to transfer a person's memory into inanimate objects


Mental manipulation	René	Arthur Petrelli, Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to manipulate others' minds, causing them to lose memories or be prevented from using mental powers


Metal mimicry	Danny Pine, Large guy
The ability to transmute one's own body into metal


Microwave emission	Luke Campbell, Mr. Shelby
The ability to emit rays of microwaves from one's hands


Miko's ability	Miko Otomo
The ability to physically enter the video game Evernow


Mist mimicry	Father Mauricio
The ability to mimic mist and control one's body while in a smoky state


Nerve gas emission	Manhattan target
The ability to emit nerve gas when sweating


Nerve manipulation	"The Watcher"
The ability to manipulate the nerves of others


Neurocognitive deficit	Anna Korolenko
The ability to shut down the upper brain functions of surrounding individuals


Oil secretion	Howie Kaplan
The ability to secrete oil from one's hands


Omnilingualism	Traveler
The ability to automatically understand all verbal and non-verbal communication


Persuasion	Eden McCain, Kelly, Damen Peak
The ability to force others to obey one's spoken commands


Phasing	D.L. Hawkins, Samir Mellouk, Skinny guy, Motorcyclist, Jose Gutierrez, Marylou Winawer	Future Sylar ¹, Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to pass through solid objects at will


Phoenix mimicry	Unknown	Draph
The ability to possess traits remenicent of a phoenix, including reincarnation, flight, and pyrokinesis


Plant growth	Au Co, Ian Michaels
The ability to accelerate plant growth


Plant manipulation	Brendan Lewis, Sue Grandry, Theodore van den Burg
The ability to mimic and create plants and other vegetation


Plasmakinesis	Trevor Mason (synthetic)
The ability to create and manipulate plasma


Poison emission	Maya Herrera (lost)	Arthur Petrelli
The ability to harm or kill people in the immediate area by emitting a deadly poison


Possession	Harold Esposito	Future Peter ²
The ability to insert a person into someone else's body


Precognition	Isaac Mendez, Usutu	Peter Petrelli (lost), Sylar (lost), Future Gabriel ², Arthur Petrelli
The ability to accurately predict future events through paintings


Precognitive dreaming	Angela Petrelli	Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to see the future through dreams


Primal rage	Ricardo Silva
The ability to induce an uncontrollable rage in others


Probability computation	Kaito Nakamura
The ability to see the variables of any situation and predict the outcome


Puppet master	Eric Doyle
The ability to control the motor functions of people and objects


Pyrokinesis	Meredith Gordon, Maarten, Flint Gordon, Jr., Iris, Reese, Coach Lewis	Future Peter ¹, Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to create and control fire using the power of the mind


Rapid cell regeneration	Claire Bennet (lost), Adam Monroe (lost), Dan	Peter Petrelli (lost), Future Sylar ¹, Sylar, Arthur Petrelli, Tommy Clark (lost)
The ability to heal wounds quickly without any scarring


Sedation	Unknown victim	Samson Gray
The ability to lull victims into a sedated state


Seismic burst	Mr. Shaw, Mr. Taylor, Repairman
The ability to repel objects away from one's self


Shape shifting	James Martin, Josh Davis, Shape shifting evo, Phil, Henry, Phil Haas	Sylar, Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to shift one's physical characteristics


Shattering	Trevor Zeitlan, Pearl	Sylar (lost)
The ability to shatter objects without physical contact


Sound absorption	Agent
The ability to absorb and nullify sound waves


Sound manipulation	Echo DeMille, Jesse Murphy	Sylar
The ability to manipulate sound waves using one's voice


Space-time manipulation	Hiro Nakamura (restored,lost), Arnold, Cassandra Hays, Dahlia Hays (synthetic)	Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli, Tommy Clark
The ability to alter the space-time continuum, including slowing down, speeding up, reversing, stopping, moving backwards and forwards through time, and moving instantaneously through space


Spider mimicry	Caleb
The ability to turn one's body into a spider-like creature


Spontaneous combustion	Amanda
The ability to cause things to catch fire


Super speed	Agent, Daphne Millbrook, Edgar, Speedster trainee, "Angry Old Man"	Future Peter ¹, Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to move at a higher rate than normal


Supercharging	Ando Masahashi (synthetic)
The ability to emit a red-colored beam of energy which can be used for a multitude of effects


Technopathy	Micah Sanders
The ability to control and manipulate technology with the mind


Telekinesis	Brian Davis, Misha, Unknown victim, Aviv, Jack, Game operator, Richard, Dahlia Hays, Francis Culp, Morgan Perdue, Cassandra Hays (synthetic), Alex Woodward	Sylar, Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli, Samson Gray, Draph
The ability to move objects with the mind


Telepathy	Matt Parkman, Maury Parkman, Charles Deveaux	Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli, Draph
The ability to mentally control functions of the brain


Teleportation	Manuel Garcia, Rachel Mills, Teleportation trainee
The ability to instantly move between two locations


Telescopic vision	Donna Dunlap, Alexander French
The ability to see clearly in darkness and magnify vision to various levels


Temporal rewind	John Mulligan
The ability to rewind time


Terrakinesis	Sparrow Redhouse, Samuel Sullivan	Peter Petrelli (lost)
The ability to control geologic materials such as dirt and rocks


Umbrakinesis	Phoebe Frady
The ability to manipulate light and shadows


Wall crawling	Harmon
The ability to crawl up walls effortlessly


Water mimicry	"Liquid man", Elisa, Donald Essex
The ability to mimic water


Weather control	Alice Shaw
The ability to control the weather

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