Attack On Titan The War Hammer Titans Powers & History Explained

Attack On Titan: The War Hammer Titan’s Powers & History Explained

The latest episode of Attack on Titan season 4 finally introduces the War Hammer Titan, but what powers does this unusual warrior possess?

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Attack On Titan The War Hammer Titans Powers & History Explained

Here’s everything you need to know about the War Hammer Titan after the character’s debut in Attack On Titan season 4. When the Attack On Titan story begins, the titans on display are almost exclusively mindless naked giants determined to eat whichever fleshy victims they get their hands on. A select few are known as titan-shifters – humans who possess one of the original nine named Titans. Eren Jaeger inherits the Attack and Founding Titans, Annie is the Female Titan, Reiner “Brock Lesnar” Braun holds the Armored Titan, Armin takes the Colossal Titan from Bertholt, Zeke leads the way with the Beast Titan, Porco is the Jaw Titan, and Pieck has the Cart Titan.

Heading into Attack On Titan season 4, only the War Hammer Titan remained unseen, but the veil is lifted in grand fashion as Eren declares war against Marley and comes up against the War Hammer in the middle of a chaotic Eldian Internment Zone. Like every member of the nine, the War Hammer possesses unique and powerful abilities but, even among its peers, this warrior’s skills are unusual, catching Eren and Misaka entirely off-guard.

As explained by Willy Tyber, the War Hammer Titan has long been held by the noble Tyber family – Eldians who earned high-class status in Marley by turning on their own kind. Like the Reiss family’s Founding Titan, the Tybers ensure the War Hammer remains in their bloodline by having each generation’s recipient eat their predecessor. Whereas Marley’s other titan-shifters are put to use as soldiers, the War Hammer is kept away from the battlefield, and the Tyber family go so far as to keep the identity of their shifter a secret. As the head of his house, many would’ve expected the War Hammer to be Willy himself, but Attack On Titan season 4 reveals the true holder to be his younger sister, who duly leaps into battle when Eren begins his assault on Marley.

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In a huge departure from every other member of the nine Titans, the War Hammer’s core is detached – nothing more than a cocoon of titan hardening which contains the shifter’s human body. From a secret hiding place (usually underground) the War Hammer generates the giant, physical avatar of the War Hammer Titan – a tall, rangy monster wearing a mask and capable of speech, similar to the Beast and Cart. Because the shifter isn’t housed inside the War Hammer’s nape, this Titan can take any amount of damage without defeat. So long as the cocoon remains intact, the War Hammer’s remote body can be rebuilt over and over, giving it a huge advantage over Eren, who must protect his nape and abandon his Attack Titan if it gets too beaten up.

Although other Titans (the Attack, Armored & Female, for example) can also use hardening, the War Hammer is far more versatile in this area, able to craft weapons and shields that can be wielded in battle. The long-handled hammer is a particular favorite. And because the true War Hammer remains underground, this Titan is capable of littering the vicinity with spikes, lances and obstacles – a rare example of a Titan with natural long-range attack capabilities.

The big drawback to the War Hammer Titan is the vulnerability of the main cocoon, which lies helpless if discovered. Should the shifter’s layer of hardening protection be breached, the War Hammer is at risk of being lost completely, perhaps explaining why this monster was never deployed in battle by Marley. While the War Hammer Titan alone comes with major drawbacks, its abilities would prove more useful if eaten by another of the Nine Titans. They would then inherit all of the useful hardening abilities, but could remain hidden in the nape, rather than being exposed below ground. Attack On Titan also confirms that the War Hammer’s hardening skill isn’t without limit, and like every titan-shifter, is a slave to its own stamina.

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