Supervillian powers

[Magus]

Mind control is usually the most effective. You can make everybody your slaves or have them kill each other for you. Presumably, no one should be safe, although for the purpose of stories, it seems like something always comes up to defeat them even though it presumably shouldn't (telepathy blocking helmets like Magneto wears, or in the case of technological-based mind control, Batman beats everybody up and turns off the mind control machine. Sorry, Mad Hatter).

Necromancy is always pretty cool, like Master Darque, although sometimes its used for humorous purposes, like the Black Talon (but seriously dressing like a rooster? He's just asking to be mocked).

Technological prowess is always a good choice. Dr. Octopus is one of my favorite villains. Being super rich and technologically advanced is the best, though, which is why Lex Luthor is always wearing badass powersuits.

[Locke cole]

Didn't Mad Hatter, at one point, decide to just cut out the villainy and mind-control himself to be blissfully happy?

Now, the best villain power, is the political prowess to do whatever the hell you want without it being illegal, at least on the surface. About half of the heroes won't be able to touch you without compromising their precious "morals".

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Locke cole

It kinda does, unless I really screwed up in my chemistry and physics classes.

Like, the behavior of elements in relation to other elements is governed by how many valence electrons they have, and how readily they attract and bond with other elements. (what element it actually is is dependent on the number of protons) And, of course, electrons only stay with an atom because of magnetism with the protons. Like, on the atomic scale, physical interaction between matter is an electromagnetic thing.

Of course, if I've completely screwed up my understanding of things, please explain.

I was talking about gravity. The other things can fuck you up but gravity ddoesn't really do anything. The most it does is make things fall.

Originally Posted by Locke cole

Didn't Mad Hatter, at one point, decide to just cut out the villainy and mind-control himself to be blissfully happy?

Now, the best villain power, is the political prowess to do whatever the hell you want without it being illegal, at least on the surface. About half of the heroes won't be able to touch you without compromising their precious "morals".

Once again- be rich.

[Locke cole]

Oh, right. Well, yeah. Gravity can't do much. However, there is stuff you can do with it, depending on how fine your control is and how creative you are with it. Perhaps I should have said that someone controlling gravity could fuck you up, provided their control of it is strong enough.

Like, if you can intensify it, you can immobilize a person with their own weight. If you can invert it, you can have someone get thrown into space. If you can point it wherever, you might be able to make a person explode, depending on how fine your control is.

But it's not as completely devastating as electromagnetism. Like, Magneto could destroy just about anything he wanted. It's a good thing he's not a generic apocalypse villain.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

And speaking of Apocalypse, now there's a dude who won the super power lottery about 10 times over, what with his vague "I can control molecules, also I can use telekinesis/assorted pyschic abilities, oh and I can teleport and manipulate "energy" and am also immortal and a genius."

Is there anything he can't handwave himself doing?

[Locke cole]

Vague powers suck. It's more fun to have specific powers that the character is frighteningly creative with.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Originally Posted by Locke cole

Vague powers suck. It's more fun to have specific powers that the character is frighteningly creative with.

Case in Point

Originally Posted by Heart Is an Awesome Power

In the absurd comedy manga, Banana no Nana, the main character has the power to manipulate... bananas! Of course, in a world where there's more traditional powers like water manipulation and superhuman strength, this seems like a pretty lame power to end up with. But Nana later explains (and demonstrates) she can manipulate everything about the banana, including size, weight, and hardness. Cue the absurd, but unusually badass scene of her using the banana as a bludgeon, morphing into a shield, and then morphing it into a sword. The fight ends with the villain taking a hostage, and demanding that Nana, "drop the banana!"

[Locke cole]

There's also the Law Of Ueki.

I haven't seen the original, but in the sequel series, the main character has, of all things, the power of "Grabbing" in the form of a mop. And manages to be totally badass with it. Other powers include the power of "hardness" in the form of hair gel.

[Magus]

Apocalypse is your standard nigh-unstoppable, nigh-invincible god-like villain, though, the archvillain of archvillains, so that's probably why it is so vague on what exactly his powers are. See also: Darkseid, Thanos, Kang the Conqueror (technically advanced technology but it renders him on the same level as the other two), Galactus, and so on. Their power is being a plot device which can almost kill the most powerful superhero or group of superheroes (Justice League, X-Men, the Avengers, Fantastic Four) before somehow being defeated by the skin of their teeth.

[synkr0nized]

Originally Posted by Flarecobra

Lex Luthor backs up this point I beleve.

He's not a supervillain. He's just really angry about losing his hair.