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Bigwolfonbase wrote: What special powers. There was one special thing that Peter did and that was the thing with the mind reading with the claws. Which he said that Alphas did because they had the control which really means it was just something for older more experienced wolves. I will give you that peter brought himself back from the dead but besides that hes never done anything that has been that much more impressive than any other wolf on the show. He's beast form was already stated by jeff to be special just because of budget constraints and because they didnt want it to seem like derek lost his humanity.

Nonetheless, Peter could shift into a beast form. Jeff's behind-the-scenes reasons do not change the fact that Derek never could. Peter was also able to mentally influence Scott, almost making him go bad. He is actually still able to do the "mind meld" thing, even though he is no longer an Alpha. Derek actually had to get him to do it on Isaac because Derek himself didn't know how. Finally, he knows a great deal about werewolves and the supernatural generally.

Derek was just really strong and a mediocre fighter.