I wonder how difficult it'd be to just straight up make people capes. Doesn't have to be fancy, just "btw you can turn into a wolf" or "you have perfect balance and hand/eye coordination" or "I'm adding an electromagnetic sense for you to use". Little stuff that isn't much on its own but can make things difficult for regular goons and makes it so that natural triggers can focus on other things.
Or just giving capes additional powers; Skitter was scary, but Skitter with waterbending would be scarier.
Or just giving capes additional powers; Skitter was scary, but Skitter with waterbending would be scarier.