 The Haitian has a constantly-active ability to dampen or completely negate the powers of anyone within a certain distance of himself, akin to telepathic static.This ability deactivates if the Haitian is unconscious or if he selects specific individuals to allow the use of their abilities in his presence.His ability is not insurmountable; various characters have overcome it with great effort and the Haitian can exhaust himself from concentrating to suppress unusually strong abilities.