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I was wondering If Sylar and Peter Can Only use one of their powers at a time. Well Claud told peter that he could "pick his powers out of a hat" indicating that he could only use one of them at a time. Meaning he couldn't be invisible and freeze time while moving things with TK all at the same time. I was wondering if it were the same for sylar. In the future episode we see him portrying nathan ( which is using one of his Powers ) and then Flying at the same time. We also see him going through a wall while being nathan. Would this count as hime being able to use more than one power at a time? Can only he do it? Can peter? Just a thought. Any ideas or theories?

They both can Peter vs. Issac he goes invisible and tosses paint cans at him using tk
And sylar flying with illusion still active / phasing with illusion still active

Thats a possibility..i was thinking about that episode and thats not enough proof for me...he could have thrown them. But its very possible that he did use TK

Rewatch the episode the cans fly two at a time from two diffrent ends of the table

I must have missed that part which episode was that again?

The cans flew in a straight-line trajectory, something that's physically impossible for a human to do. (Due to the nature of our physical structure)
If Peter had physically thrown them:
1- The cans would have been briefly invisible (much like the staff he picked up on the roof.)
2- They would have flown in an arching path, not straight.

touche

well i watched it again and the cans definately did Not fly in a straight line. It was more of a rainbow kind of thing. and his voice was comming from that area of were the can were thrown. Also in the area that he knocked over the holder for the art. the scene was too quick for me to see if the cans were invisible before he threw them. So any thoughts on that?

lol and i'm still not convinced on the cans tk theory, sorry
the cans doesn't seems to fly in straight line AT ALL

BTW more than this uncertain example, you should use the EP 20 example:

Peter moves a glass with TK while invisible.

so in the future Sylar and Peter could use at least TWO POWERS without problem

In the past, i'm not so sure, Peter MAYBE, and i repeat MAYBE, can use invisibility + another in presence of Claude, this makes things easier for him,
cause he hasn't mastered controls of them

Ah i see ...i diddnt even notice that when i saw it monday. He difinately does use two powers there. Thanks for that.

Both Sylar and Peter can use multple powers at the same time.

Sylar's proven it many times with the illusion power and flight, TK, etc. He also used super hearing to find invisible Peter in the room while using TK.

Peter used healing and TK while invisible. He fell on the car invisible and healed...as seen in the Issac painting he was still turning visible after healing. And TK when invisible a) when confronting Isaac, and when he stopped Bennett's tazer gun.

About Sylar you're Right

About Peter. Not at all.

That fall doesn't prove anything.

In fact my theory about peter is that once he "changes" power he stops using the power he was using.

In episode #20 he was invisible. He TK the glass of booze or whatever and then he appeared (maybe it was done on purpose for dramatic effect) but for now i cannot say that we have irrefutable proof that he can use two powers at once.

Sylar in the other hand was able to.

He had the illusion and he flew

Interesting point...and very true.

using your own words, in the order of occurrence, I will prove you wrong:
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In your own words:
He (Peter) was invisible.
While invisible he TK'd the glass over to him.
Only after he had the glass did he appear.
This means that he used TK while using his invisibility.

Well that's exactly what i said

I just have to correct one thing to make things clearer.


I don't think that Peter can maintain a power if he wishes to use another..


Then.. sure he can use two powers at a time.. but that is not going to last for long because as soon as he uses the second power the first goes off.

Then Normally he can only use ONE power at a time.

He didn't turn off his invisibility until after Niki told him he didn't need to be there.

Sorry.. but you're WRONG



Invisibility goes off FIRST


Proof:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TnATls1RZBY

(00:34)

I'll concede that, and only that, point. He turned visible before Niki started talking to him.
However, there are a couple points to keep in mind here:
When he initially become invisible, it was near Claude. At that time, he didn't know he could control them, he just thought he sort of "shared" abilities when he was close to another.
As soon as Claude got out of Peter's range, Pete became visible.
However, in this clip we see that Peter's invisible, TK's the glass, but doesn't become visible until the glass stopped moving.
I don't honestly know how it could be more clear. Peter used invisibility, and- while still retaining his invisibility- used TK. Only after the effects of his TK "pull" wore off (glass stopped moving) did he turn visible.

I believe Peter can use more then one ability at a time, but not for very long at all. As he has said previously he has to think about the person in order to use their power. And if you are thinking of a person and then you try to think of a new person the other one goes away pretty fast. Maybe he could use it for a longer period of time then he has(when he TK'd the glass while invisible) but it would take alot of efort and thought, so he would probably be very vulnerable while he was useing them.
Sylar on the other hand can use more then one power easily. He has demonstrated this by flying and still being disguised as Nathan at the same time, by useing DLs power and reaching through the wall to grab Peter while still disguised as Nathan, and by useing TK to cut off the top of Claires head while still being disgused as Nathan(for part of it anyhow).
Oh, and when he used super hearing to find Peter while still TKing the glass.

Exactly My thought

OMG... get over it, people. There's no secret weakness that Peter has.

He can use more than one power at time and there's probably no limit.

The person isn't the important part, according to what Peter said, it's the emotion that's important.
'I have to remember them, how they make me feel."

Seriously, I think Peter can used whatever power he wants. 3 to 4 at a time wouldn't be a problem. The problem is, like Synch stated, would be how he would feel all the emotions of the individuals related.

Remember when claud threw him off the roof ? After he healed himself, he stated that he has to remember how the person made him feel in order to use their power and then he started to remember how everyone made him feel and then he started to go kinda crazy like he was going to explode but claude knocked him out before that could happen. Whats to say thats what could happen if he tried using more than One power at a time. Maybe he can, but the proof provided is not good enough. well for me anyway.

Peter can use more then one power at a time. For example when Claude is training him on the roof, Claude picks up a long piece of wood and starts to beat Peter with it. When Claude picks up the stick, the stick goes invisible so in effect the whole beating is being done while both Claude and Peter are invisible. During this invisible battle Peter uses TK to stop and break the stick. There, two powers at once. I believe that Peter has to practice using a power by thinking of that person but once he can control the power then he probably doesn't have to think of that person. This is probably the only advantage that Sylar has over Peter, it seems that Sylar can master his powers faster then Peter.

I think the series has provided more than enough "proof" that Peter can use more than one power at a time. Not sure why this is even debated

To recap...

1. Peter has already used more than one power at a time...
2. Bennett is the one who pulled the trigger when he shot Claude.
3. Mr. Muggles is a dog.