Which supernatural power is the most useful?

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Another thing that would make me wanna pick speed over teleporting is that teleporting keeps momentum constant. If you fall off a building, by the time you think of a location and teleport(also add in that you'll panic for a few seconds), you'll have built up quite a bit of momentum, and would still get injured wherever you land.

With super speed, you could vibrate your hand and throw the moving air as a tornado or air cushion that softens your fall, or rotate at super speed like a top to fly up to the top of the building, or run down the side of the bulding.
 

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Another thing that would make me wanna pick speed over teleporting is that teleporting keeps momentum constant. If you fall off a building, by the time you think of a location and teleport(also add in that you'll panic for a few seconds), you'll have built up quite a bit of momentum, and would still get injured wherever you land.

With super speed, you could vibrate your hand and throw the moving air as a tornado or air cushion that softens your fall, or rotate at super speed like a top to fly up to the top of the building, or run down the side of the bulding.

This is again going off DC level physics but anyway, you've made a mistake. You wouldn't think of teleporting to another location face down but up and then, the momentum is turned into speed. Biggest disadvantage of super speed, DC level or not, is that we wouldn't able to maximize it's potential or anything close due to our inherent limits; start moving so fast that you're causing physical vibrations and you'll end up doing a lot of damage.

Oh well, keep aiming for them stars!
 
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This is again going off DC level physics but anyway, you've made a mistake. You wouldn't think of teleporting to another location face down but up and then, the momentum is turned into speed. Biggest disadvantage of super speed, DC level or not, is that we wouldn't able to maximize it's potential or anything close due to our inherent limits; start moving so fast that you're causing physical vibrations and you'll end up doing a lot of damage.

Oh well, keep aiming for them stars!

No dude. No matter what "verse" it's from, teleporting carries momentum, always. You fall for ten stories then teleport to a surface, you're hitting it with that same momentum. Teleporting doesn't let you pick what direction you're going to continue moving in, you're gonna be doing the same exact movement, just in a different place.
 

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Even though it's not up there for me the most useful in everyday life would be the ability to freeze time. Rest of the super powers could turn out bad. Super strength so you and your gf are having sexy times shit happens and you crush her literally you'd have to be watching yourself at all times to make sure you don't accidentally kill someone or break shit. Super speed similar situation or you're running pick up too much momentum end up running into something. Telepathy-... people are *******s I don't want to know what they're thinking I think up some weird shit I don't want to know what goes on inside someone else's head. Riker brings up a good point about teleportation it could end up getting you killed. I don't see much use for invisibility beyond the scenario every dude thought up when they were 12-15 and even then there's the internet for that. Flight seems like a decent one until you think about it the only reason Superman can do it is he has a bunch of other powers allowing him to do it properly. Drag and momentum will end up ****ing you up and god forbid you hit a low flying plane or something.
 
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