Overused Powers

What are some of the most overused powers so i know how to avoid them. I feel like fire is def one of them but its kind of a staple.

nothing wrong with some elementalists in your story! but if you wanna keep it fresh... super strength id say is number one idk the genre, but maybe have them using imbued weapons? so the humans dont have powers, the weapons do whats the plot?

I want to have a dark/fantasy story but also have decent action. Im still fleshing out the plot right now, but I want to have some kind of organization that protects the world and have a powerful mentor like figure the main character can look up to.

if the reason is so you can use unique ones im just gonna go ahead and skip out thinking about some boring generic bullshit and ill steal saryn from warframe spreading a virus that gets worse as it goes, a super biological weapon, she drops a spore on an enemy, when she attacks it with toxic lash, the spore bursts spreading to other enemies now dealing consistently growing corossive dps (which shreds enemy armour by 25% of their current armour not their max) to many enemies, killing them also spreads the spores which goes great with her ult miasma, which makes a big cloud of viral damage that actually halves the hp

so medieval times? well a story as old as time is a power that is used for both good and bad purposes, the organization using it to protect and people and the bad for their own selfish gain problem with that is good and bad dont exist, its all perspective so its best to try and subvert that is you can whats the antagonistic force? is it people or monsters?

datboi how could she stop it from spreading to her allies if theyr spores? iv always love blood powers personally blood bending in avatar and manipulating your own blood like the black blood in soul eater are the koolest

@Lamby I like the idea of imbued weapons. Because that leaves just a human helpless without it. instant conflict and character development. How about something like binding or fusion? When two characters fuse into one character sharing memories, HP, and abilities. I was gonna make an MO based rpg (MOMMORPG) with this as the basis of plot and gameplay, but this dream was too tall for my motivation to reach and nobody cares.