History Literature / SuperPowereds

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Notable in that many Powereds ''don't'' have these. Many of them meet their end from their own abilities backfiring. Vince, Alice, and Nick in particular mention that they all believed their powers would kill them one day without the procedure.

* YourWorstNightmare: Nathaniel has the power to put someone into a hallucination of their fears. He does this to Alice in year 3, choosing her oldest, deepest fear of falling from great heights, which no longer has the same hold on her since she can control her flight. She breaks out and then turns the tables on him by showing him ''his'' worst nightmare.

* CarryABigStick: Roy picks a club as a WeaponOfChoice for his Weapons specialization classes.

** Between Roy being paired up Roy for a semester and Vince's summer of having the utter crap beat out of him on a daily basis by George, it seems that being on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle is a standard training tool for Heroes both within and outside of the HCP. With Roy, he learned humility, focus, and determination despite/because of not landing a single hit the entire semester. Vince, having been afraid of losing control of his powers, was forced to go all-out against George on a daily basis just to survive for an entire summer. Vince is even grateful for the training in the next semester as it allowed him to start trusting his control over his powers.

** Crispin, the leader of the Sons of Progress. In large part, this is why the group is so dangerous, as he's able to temporarily boost a low-level power UpToEleven. It's also incredibly addictive, inspiring great loyalty.

* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Powers tend to interact in this way, with certain powers being stronger against others. The classic example is a strongman, energy wielder, and advanced mind. An advanced mind can simply lift a strongman off the ground, an energy wielder can blast an advanced mind with impunity from range, while a strongman can simply shrug off blast attacks. Of course, all powers are different, and power advantages can be nullified with clever tactics. Because of this, most PowerLevel rankings tend to get quickly discarded, instead favoring a scale based on the amount of damage a Super can do if left unchecked. For perspective, this means that Dean Blaine, the best PowerNullifier in the world and one of the most successful Heroes in history, is ranked on the same level as a normal human.