Board Thread:Manga/@comment-34196931-20190708230504/@comment-2202259-20190725042413

I thought it was said that Bertolt was able to make use of the Colossal Titan immediately after obtaining it, & was under the assumption it was more that the Colossal was powerful than Bertolt himself. Although yeah Bertolt's lack of mental fortitude really hurt him & is part of why I wouldn't consider him a prodigy. The Beast Titan was considered not useful for combat before Zeke took control of it. I believe he could have adapted to half of the titan powers exceptionally because of his royal blood as that's suggested as what allows him to create the Moonlight Titans.

If Zeke were the Colossal he would still be able to pitch the way he does as the Beast Titan ontop of smashing through the walls. He wouldn't need to disappear, he could just keep spreading chaos. My guess Zeke would be more likely to think the exploding & steam as powers he wouldn't really need to use much normally while in the form. Zeke would probably only explode if he was pissed. I admit you're correct about his arrogance holding him back more than The Beast Titan does. I'm just saying how much of a prodigy he is in general that he could have been a nearly unstoppable Colossal Titan. Maybe he wouldn't have been able to truly master the WarHammer because of his personality, although he still would have been able to use it better than Eren probably ever will & could have been better with it than the girl using it against Eren.

It goes without saying that Zeke would have been at least 10x better at using the Armor than Reiner ever was. I agree that the WarHammer is the perfect counter for the Colossal Titan ability wise. Still I probably didn't give Bertolt enough credit as a titan shifter in my last comment. Still I would have to say that he's more of an average ability Titan Shifter based on what we've seen in the series thus far. You don't seem to give Frieda Reiss enough credit as a Titan Shifter though, as her being weak wasn't the result of her lack of experience/capability as a shifter rather the result of her titan being useless. She was able to make use of the memory manipulation while not in her titan form in a fairly limited way on her half-sister Historia.

Annie always had a soft spot for Armin in the series, such as intentionally sparing him as the Female Titan. I agree that Pieck could rerecruit Annie easily enough if she mentions the raid on Liberio. That's why I asked what side she would be on earlier if she returned, although its obvious she wouldn't side with the Yeagerists, as she would probably see Eren & Zeke as her main enemies because of the rumbling. Supposedly the series is likely headed for 2 things, the use of the Founding Titan's power & all 9 Titan Powers being at the same location. The series only will last another 11 months at most I'm guessing at this point.