Select controller:Every hero has six Abilities. Abilities are always active once you buy ranks. Abilities have 15 ranks and each rank costs an escalating number of Ability points. Ability points are earned from completing missions, defeating foes and breaking open containers. Ranks in Abilities can be purchased at any time once the Ability is unlocked and you can continue to purchase Ability ranks even after reaching the maximum of 60th level.
Ability ranks all cost the same:
- Rank 1: 500 points
- Rank 2: 500 points
- Rank 3: 1,200 points
- Rank 4: 2,350 points
- Rank 5: 4,000 points
- Rank 6: 6,200 points
- Rank 7: 9,700 points
- Rank 8: 16,700 points
- Rank 9: 29,200 points
- Rank 10: 49,250 points
- Rank 11: 74,300 points
- Rank 12: 104,350 points
- Rank 13: 139,400 points
- Rank 14: 179,450 points
- Rank 15: 224,500 points
Of a hero's six Abilities, two are general and available for purchase immediately; and, the other four are linked to the player's choice of Pro-Registration or Anti-Registration. Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic and Songbird all have four Abilities linked to choosing Pro-Reg. Captain America, Luke Cage and Iron Fist all have four Abilities linked to choosing Anti-Reg. All other heroes have two Abilities linked to Pro-Reg and two linked to Anti-Reg. If you complete a regular game and a Legendary+ game and make a different choice for each one, you will unlock and be able to upgrade all six Abilities for every character.
Each hero defaults to having Autospend "On". Autospend allows the game's AI to assign Power points and Ability points to purchasing ranks every time they are available. The basic design of the AI is to keep every available Power and Ability balanced. If you wish to assign points yourself, you can turn Autospend "Off"; however, it will be turned back on if you ever remove the hero from your team. To re-assign points already spent by Autospend, press 
on the Powers/Abilities screen to remove points from one Power or Ability and then add them to another.
