Board Thread:Manga/@comment-37224578-20181118220414

Ok, I want to preface by saying that I realize this is a theory so maybe it should go in the theory section, but it would contain spoilers for people who are only following the Anime so I decided to put it here so only people following the manga would read it.

This next paragraph is pretty long and it is just making the point that the Warhammer is over powered. if you already agree with this, feel free to skip this paragraph...oh my god...I have spent too many hours working on my software development project. I am putting escape statements in my forum postings O_O

I have been thinking about how over powered the Warhammer titan is and how it really bugged me. All of the other titans are balanced with strengths and weaknesses. The Armored Titan is tough but slow. The Colossal Titan is huge but lacks endurance and speed. The Attack titan is strong but its body can't absorb the force of its own strikes so it can damage itself. The Female Titan is faster than the attack titan but also weaker. The Jaws Titan has max damage with minimal defence (glass cannon) and is fast. The Beast titan is strong and its long arms are good for throwning, but it seems to have inferior hardening abilities. When Zeke fought Levi, Zeke said he couldn't harden fast enough. When we saw people attack Anne in the anime, the hardening on the back of her neck was instantanious. The Founding Titan has the biggest trade off of all. You can be all powerful, but lose your own will. And I think we can all agree that the Cart Titan was a miss calculation on the authors part...I mean I guess it is cool now that it has machine gun nests...but...Anyway, The Warhammer Titan wasn't in a situation where we got to see its mobility, but we do know it is as or more armored than they Armored Titan. It is the only titan with ranged capabilities other than the Colossal Titan which can emmit steam. Teachnically the Beast Titan has great ranged attack abilities with it's throwing but I argue that any titan other than the Cart Titan could throw and this Beast Titans ranged abilities stems more from Zekes interest in baseball. The war hammer Titan is the only one other than Anne that has displayed the ability to encase itself in crystal. Anne did this to avoid death. If they had the ability, then Zeke, Reiner, Bertolt and Peick have already been in situations where it would have been advisable to do it and wait for rescue. The Warhammer Titan is the only titan to have weapons and it is the only titan shown to have the ability to form the titan at a distance from the shifters body. Hopefully I have convinced you that the Warhammer titan is overpowered in an unprecedented way that is uncharacteristic of the author. Hajime Isayama puts meaning into everything so I decided to play what-if.

Ok, so assuming that titan shifters (not including the crap cart)  are naturally balanced, what would make one titan shifter more powerful than natural? Well, when Eren drank the liquid in the bottle taken from Rod Reiss's bag, he gained new powers. So we know that it is possible to artificially enhance titan shifters. We also know from the current arc that Marlay has "titan scientists". So it is possible that they have made any number of enhancements for titan shifters. But then there is another question. Why are the warriors as balanced as Eren while the Warhammer is uniquely over powered? Well it took me a minute but then I realized that the Warhammer is the only Titan shift that is held by some one the Marlayen government can really trust. The warriors had already been powerful enough to dominate the world at that point so there was little need to enhance them, at least until the end of the most recent war which was right when Eren attacked. But there was also a risk in the warrior program. They were giving amazing power to opressed citizens who could snap and betray them. It is important to have one titan you know you can trust that can bring the others in line and is powerful enough to dominate any of them. So that is why the Warhammer was the only one given titan shifter enhancing tonics. But why is this important? The Warhammer is dead so who cares? Well, the Warhammer is dead, Zeke is awol, Anne is M.I.A, and Bertrolt is so dead that his shifter just nuked them. The Marlayen government is in a tight spot and they may not be able to be so selective which titan shifters they enhance. Long story short, the next time Eren fights Reiner, Eren might not be the only one with some power-ups. 