Just a review of what Sylar can do because it can get a bit confusing and I'm sure a lot of people have lost track.
It's been insinuated pretty strongly that Sylar gains his abilities through 'Intuitive Aptitude'. He uses his understanding of how things work that this entails to study the brains of people with abilities to see how theirs works differently to people who don't have their ability. Using this information he can somehow change his own brain functions so that he too can access the ability. The potential for abilities revolves around the myth that we only use 10% of our brain potential, with the abilities in Heroes being justified as part of the unused 90%. Meaning any character has the potential for various abilities.
In Volume One, Sylar assumedly had these abilities:
- Empathic Mimicry
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Telekinesis
- "Trevor's Ability" [Shatter Objects]
- Cryokinesis [Freezing]
- Enhanced Memory
- Molecular Deconstruction [Melting]
- Enhanced Hearing
- Precognition
- Induced Radiation
During season one, Sylar shows an unnatural resistance to various powers, such as Eden's persuasion and Hiro's time-stopping. This could be due to his empathic mimicry, as Peter was also immune to Hiro's time-stopping and could see Claude Rains when he was invisible.
In Volume Two, Sylar is infected with the Shanti Virus and since recovering has only demonstrated his Telekinesis, Intuitive Aptitude and Empathic Mimicry. It is unknown whether or not he still has his other abilities, though it seems unlikely (as his enhanced hearing was passive and he failed to hear Claire sneak up on him in "Dual" amongst other examples).
Since recovering from the virus, Sylar has gained these abilities:
- Rapid Cellular Regeneration
- Alchemy
- Clairsentience
- Sound Manipulation
- Electric Manipulation
- Lie Detection
- Imprinting
It is unknown whether or not Sylar has empathically taken the abilities of his victims in "Dual", but it is possible he has also taken the following abilities empathically since realising he could:
- Power Absorption (Arthur Petrelli)
- Enhanced Strength/Fear Detection (Knox)
- Metal Mimicry (Danny Pine)
- Puppet Mastery (Eric Doyle)
- Pyrokinesis (Meredith Gordon)
- Cryokinesis [Freezing] (Tracy Strauss)
- Precognitive Dreams (Angela Petrelli)
- Enhanced Strength/Agility (Mohinder Suresh)
- Mental Manipulation (The Haitian)
It is also possible that Sylar has already subconciously absorbed the following powers empathically without realising he could:
- Persuasion (Eden McCain)
- Time Manipulation (Hiro Nakamura)
- Lung Adaptation (Bianca Karina)
- Super-Speed (Daphne Millbrook)
- Illusion (Candice Willmer)
- Poison Emission (Maya Herrerra)
- "Alejandro's Ability" [Ability Stabilisation] (Alejandro Herrerra)
- Telepathy (Matt Parkman)
- Chlorine Gas Exudation (Tina Ramierez)
If I've missed anything, let me know please.
It's been insinuated pretty strongly that Sylar gains his abilities through 'Intuitive Aptitude'. He uses his understanding of how things work that this entails to study the brains of people with abilities to see how theirs works differently to people who don't have their ability. Using this information he can somehow change his own brain functions so that he too can access the ability. The potential for abilities revolves around the myth that we only use 10% of our brain potential, with the abilities in Heroes being justified as part of the unused 90%. Meaning any character has the potential for various abilities.
In Volume One, Sylar assumedly had these abilities:
- Empathic Mimicry
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Telekinesis
- "Trevor's Ability" [Shatter Objects]
- Cryokinesis [Freezing]
- Enhanced Memory
- Molecular Deconstruction [Melting]
- Enhanced Hearing
- Precognition
- Induced Radiation
During season one, Sylar shows an unnatural resistance to various powers, such as Eden's persuasion and Hiro's time-stopping. This could be due to his empathic mimicry, as Peter was also immune to Hiro's time-stopping and could see Claude Rains when he was invisible.
In Volume Two, Sylar is infected with the Shanti Virus and since recovering has only demonstrated his Telekinesis, Intuitive Aptitude and Empathic Mimicry. It is unknown whether or not he still has his other abilities, though it seems unlikely (as his enhanced hearing was passive and he failed to hear Claire sneak up on him in "Dual" amongst other examples).
Since recovering from the virus, Sylar has gained these abilities:
- Rapid Cellular Regeneration
- Alchemy
- Clairsentience
- Sound Manipulation
- Electric Manipulation
- Lie Detection
- Imprinting
It is unknown whether or not Sylar has empathically taken the abilities of his victims in "Dual", but it is possible he has also taken the following abilities empathically since realising he could:
- Power Absorption (Arthur Petrelli)
- Enhanced Strength/Fear Detection (Knox)
- Metal Mimicry (Danny Pine)
- Puppet Mastery (Eric Doyle)
- Pyrokinesis (Meredith Gordon)
- Cryokinesis [Freezing] (Tracy Strauss)
- Precognitive Dreams (Angela Petrelli)
- Enhanced Strength/Agility (Mohinder Suresh)
- Mental Manipulation (The Haitian)
It is also possible that Sylar has already subconciously absorbed the following powers empathically without realising he could:
- Persuasion (Eden McCain)
- Time Manipulation (Hiro Nakamura)
- Lung Adaptation (Bianca Karina)
- Super-Speed (Daphne Millbrook)
- Illusion (Candice Willmer)
- Poison Emission (Maya Herrerra)
- "Alejandro's Ability" [Ability Stabilisation] (Alejandro Herrerra)
- Telepathy (Matt Parkman)
- Chlorine Gas Exudation (Tina Ramierez)
If I've missed anything, let me know please.