Jess Petrelli (via empathic mimicry)
Peter Petrelli World 8 (via empathic mimicry)
Robert Max (via empathic mimicry)
Kestrel Low
Leo Castern (via ability duplication, lost)Death touch is the ability to kill others when one has physical contact with them.
Characters[]
- Sam Parkman will have this ability naturally.
- Jessica Sky Petrelli has mimicked this ability from Kestrel Low, and will in future also gain it from Sam.
- Peter Petrelli has mimicked it from her.
- Robert Max has also absorbed the ability.
- Kevin has this ability naturally.
- Kestrel Low possesses this ability naturally.
- Leo Castern has duplicated this ability from Kestrel, but lost it.
Limits[]
Sam Parkman[]
Sam has not displayed this ability, but it is known that he could kill with a single skin-to-skin touch. He can also control when the ability activates, and touch others without killing them. At first the ability would be counterable using abilities like regeneration, but he will later learn to strengthen the effect and make this impossible, at will.
Jessica Sky Petrelli[]
Jess currently has similar limits to Kestrel, but has never used the ability. Her future version would have similar limits to Sam. She used the ability to kill a group of men who'd killed her father.
Peter Petrelli[]
Peter hasn't used this ability, but would have the same limits as Sam.
Robert Max[]
Robert also hasn't used the ability, but would have the same limits as Sam.
Kevin[]
Kevin used this ability to kill Jack Calwin with a single touch, while Jack's abilities were negated . It was also effective enough to prevent him from reviving using regeneration afterwards, although it's unknown if this would have worked if his abilities weren't blocked at the time. However, it proved possible for Jack to be saved using amplified health optimising afterwards.
Kestrel Low[]
Kestrel has been shown using this ability once, to kill Leo Castern. His ability was not blocked by regeneration or resistance, but could be blocked by a forcefield.
Leo Castern[]
Leo would have had the same limits as Kestrel, but didn't display the ability before he lost it.
Similar Abilities[]
- Death aura is the ability to kill all in the vicinity
- Animation/inanimation can also cause an irreversible death with a touch
- Human manipulation, biokinesis and life/death touch can all be used to kill with a touch
- Life absorption is the ability to absorb the energy and life of a person when touching them
- Life-force absorption is the ability to absorb a person's life-force
- Death induction is the ability to cause death and kill life
- Death infliction is the ability to inflict various deaths on others
- Draining, aura absorption and absorption can also kill by draining energy and life
- Degeneration can also kill all in the vicinity