Shifty Elementick

The Shifty Elementick is a dangerous powerasite that, instead of injecting its host with new genetic code allowing for a new ability, steals the genetic code of creatures, making them harmless punching bags, as well as stealing a significant amount of nutrients. It can steal just about any ability, whether it be the element of a Bulblax, the mortar shells of a Groink, the whistle of a Kettlebug, the boulder of a Cannon Beetle, or the jumping of a Wollywog. The creature does have a downside though: the more abilities it steals, the slower it moves and the bigger it gets. Eventually, it can actually explode as a result of it's greed, spreading it's elementally charged insides everywhere, killing it in the process. However, some may get lucky and steal the elasticity of most Umplodas. When it steals an ability, it latches onto the host, sucking it's genetic material out, along with nutrients. The host's ability is lost to it, and it's health is reduced as well. The Shifty Elementick takes only 5 seconds to steal an ability, and as such can steal several in a short timeframe. The Shifty Elementick is incapable of stealing large boss' abilities, only copying them. It also cannot steal or copy any extradimensional enemy's abilities, Supernatura in particular, due to their incorporeality in general, and cannot steal any ghost enemy's abilities for the same reason. They are also incapable of stealing an Onion's ability to sprout Pikmin, they cannot steal from a Candypop family member and become able to make Tickmin, and they cannot steal a Pikmin's ability to transform from leaf stage into flower stage. When they die, they shrink very slightly due to air escaping their lungs, whether it stole or not.