ilities ▁Richard ▁is ▁an ▁extremely ▁powerful ▁alpha ▁were w olf . ▁His ▁general ▁were w olf ▁ab ilities ▁include ▁super human ▁strength , ▁speed , ▁end urance , ▁he aling , ▁ag ility , ▁and ▁sens es ▁( able ▁to ▁sm ell ▁the ▁emot ional ▁state ▁of ▁humans ▁and ▁night ▁vision ), ▁but ▁to ▁levels ▁far ▁superior ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁modern ▁were wol ves . ▁Even ▁prior ▁to ▁forming ▁a ▁tri um vir ate ▁with ▁An ita ▁and ▁Jean - Cla ude , ▁Richard ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁shapes h if ters ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁nov els . ▁ ▁( However , ▁his ▁inner ▁tur mo il ▁frequently ▁prevents ▁him ▁from ▁making ▁effective ▁use ▁of ▁this ▁power ). ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁conce al ▁his ▁nature ▁from ▁An ita , ▁and ▁lif ts ▁weights ▁and ▁studies ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁eng age ▁in ▁pack ▁f ights ▁without ▁using ▁dead ly ▁force . ▁ ▁His ▁" be ast " ▁is ▁extra ordin arily ▁strong , ▁and ▁Richard ▁can ▁often ▁control ▁other ▁shapes h if ters ' ▁changing ▁by ▁his ▁raw ▁power . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁shapes h if ters ▁able ▁to ▁partially ▁shapes h ift . ▁ ▁Richard ▁also ▁has ▁the ▁extremely ▁rare ▁ability ▁to ▁" feed ▁the ▁pack " ▁- ▁sharing ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁mag ical ▁power ▁by ▁feed ing ▁his ▁own ▁blood ▁to ▁pack ▁members . ▁ ▁Character ▁Richard ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁complicated ▁and ▁fully ▁developed