actually, Matt is very powerful. The bit with Knox was an incredible display of power really. But we haven't seen enough of Season 3 to see Matt utilising his full power any more. He was in Africa lazing about for 5 episodes, and since he's been back, he's done little except stalk Daphne
But I don't think it's at all fair to call him weak/ordinary/useless. The only people that could actually beat him in a fight are Sylar and Arthur (Peter would have been the third, but he no longer has his powers

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