After much contemplation and discussion, Mako and Bill made their selections. Mako had thought long and hard and realized that given his current mentality, it would be beneficial for him to learn only one new ability as then he would have room to grow those abilities and learn skills.
Thinking about his build which consisted of Level 5 Fire, Level 5 Lightning, and Level 1 Energy Manipulation. All of his abilities were offense-based and didn't have any defensive capabilities.
The defense was always the major weak point in Mako's fights as he could always match the opponent in power but not in their defense, which often led to him getting hurt badly or knocked after only taking a couple of hits.