Of the various X-Men with kids, Wolverine's children bear the most familial resemblance. Both his cloned daughter X-23 and his biological son Daken possess powers and abilities almost exactly like their father's, with some notable differences.For instance, Daken has the power to manipulate people through pheromones.
Daken's pheromone secretion allows him to heighten the emotions of others as well as disorient them, making it both offensive and defensive. This power has helped him against some of his toughest foes, using their current statuses against them and helping Daken utilize stealth in a way that even his father couldn't. Now, here's how this power makes Dark Wolverine quite different from the original.
Daken's Pheromone Control
Along with a mutant healing factor, animal-like senses and a trio of whetted bone claws, Daken also has the mutant power to manipulate the pheromones of himself and others. Among other things, this allows him to mask his presence while also heightening the emotional state of others around him. For instance, if anyone is experiencing even the slightest levels of fear, sadness, sexual stimulation or similar sensations, he can amplify this to take over their actions and override whatever else they are trying to concentrate on.
Daken cannot, however, activate these feelings out of nowhere, and the person has to be already feeling this way in order for this exploitation to work. This is all on a physical, biological level and has nothing to do with psionics, so those such as Daken himself with immunity toward telepathy and psychic prodding are still vulnerable. This pheromone power can also mess with a target's own physical senses, namely depth perception and awareness, leaving them particularly open for attack. This control of the bio-electric field means that electronics can also be manipulated. The full extent of his technological control has never been truly portrayed, however.
How Daken Has Manipulated Others' Pheromones
Daken has developed an expert knowledge of how to use this power and the various mental and emotional states that can be controlled through it. For instance, he's used the ability to increase the fear or cowardice present in others, such as when he asserted his dominance over Bullseye, who was at the time operating as an anti-hero version of Hawkeye. He can also mask himself to the point where even his father Wolverine couldn't track him with his own acute senses.
The sexual nature of this pheromone skill has been used to influence men and women throughout the Marvel Universe. The most impressive example of his emotional steering, however, was when he encountered the angry Skaar, the Son of the Hulk. Tampering with his emotional state, Daken calmed Skaar down and made him revert into human form. This means that even the threat of a rampaging Hulk could be quelled as long as Daken is around.
The ability to mask his scent and presence, as well as render his opponents unaware and sluggish and utilize technopathy is a great stealth tool and makes up for Daken's comparative lack of experience in that regard compared to Wolverine. Both Wolverine and his longtime nemesis Sabretooth have worked in the past in various forms of espionage on a professional level, something that Daken can't quite boast. But even without this reconnaissance familiarity, Daken is easily one of the most resourceful mutants with one of the most advantageous power sets.