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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 4753154" data-attributes="member: 115">I'm unsure as to whether it was explicitly stated in the show (I know it was implied), but Sylar lost most of his acquired abilities when he got/was inject with the virus in Season 2.  The only ones he regained when he took the healing shot were telekinesis and intuitive aptitude.  Presumably empathic mimicry also fell into this category, if he had it all along.I'd have to go back and watch the episode, but I thought that Sylar didn't take the sound guy's power.  I thought it was implied, but after the break they showed HRG putting him in a cell in Section 5.So per the show he only has seven(-ish) powers in addition to the three above: regeneration, electricity, clairesentience, lie detection, shapeshifting, transmutation, and possibly the sonic shout.  Wikipedia says he has one from the comics (trivial), and he possibly has a projection power based on the last episode.As for why he doesn't use the electricity more?  Probably cost constraints - TK is probably a lot cheaper to show.</blockquote>