The ability to acquire and tactfully augment originally weaker copied abilities. Sub-power of Superpower Manipulation. Variation of Power Replication. Not to be confused with Inferior Power Replication.
Capabilities
User can replicate and catalog the powers and abilities of another at a weaker level, then choose to progressively and/or retrogressively build up acquired power-sets. They can gain variations of copied abilities by delving back into said ability source and repressively augment those from there, i.e. transitioning smoke back into flames, rock back to magma or ice to water.
Applictations
- Ability Imprinting
- Inferior Power Replication
- Refining
- Ability Focus
- Multi-Power
- Programmable Powers
- Ability Learning
- Experience Manipulation
- Power Refining
Associations
Limitations
- Progression of such powers may progress at a slower or erratic rate than from the power's original users.
- Augmented powers may change and/or mutate into a power set differently from the power's original user, making the ultimate outcome less predictable and potentially more dangerous.
Known Users
- Kiyama Harumi; via The powers taken by the Level Upper (A Certain Magical Index)
- Cole MacGrath (inFAMOUS)
- Delsin Rowe (inFAMOUS: Second Son)
- All-For-One (My Hero Academia)
- Users of "One-For-All" (My Hero Academia)
Gallery
After Cole Macgrath (inFamous) is able to gain either Kuo or Nix's basic abilities, he is able to develop and evolve these abilities, expanding his arsenal.
All-For-One (My Hero Academia) is not only able to steal the quirks of others, but the endless variety of quirks that he has stolen can even combine and evolve, creating new, unpredictable quirks...
...having inadvertently created One-For-All in the process, a quirk that stockpiles power and becomes stronger with every host.