| “ | I want to put an end to that recurring nightmare, right now. There are those who would get in my way. But I'm fine playing the role of the lunatic who kills people like that. I have to be ready to rearrange some faces. Because I choose the hell of humans killing each other over the hell of being eaten. | „ |
Summary[]
Levi Ackerman (リヴァイ・アッカーマン Rivai Akkāman), often formally referred to as Captain Levi (リヴァイ兵長 Rivai Heichō), is the squad captain (兵士長 Heishichō, lit. "leader of the soldiers") of the Special Operations Squad within the Survey Corps and is widely known as humanity's strongest soldier.
Levi is the son of Kuchel Ackerman, a prostitute who worked in the Underground and was made pregnant by one of her clients. One day, Kenny Ackerman, Kuchel's older brother, came to the city to see her only to find that she was dead. There, he found a young and squalid Levi sitting in front of his mother's bed.
In a rare showing of compassion, Kenny decided to take care of him. He raised Levi as well as he could: teaching him knife skills, how to get along with people, and violent behavior. Levi also learned to use his own inner power that he possessed as a member of the Ackerman clan.
Time passed and eventually, Kenny taught Levi everything he knew. However, he did not consider himself as a good father figure. One day, in the subterranean city, Levi started a fight which he won easily. At that moment, Kenny decided to leave him behind, satisfied that he had taught Levi the skills he needed to survive.
Later, he became a notorious thug in the underground but eventually left the place to join the Survey Corps. Although he was at odds with Erwin, he ended up becoming one of his most trusted men.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 9-B, High 8-C with ODM Gear and Thunder Spears
Name: Levi Ackerman
Origin: Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
Gender: Male
Age: Early 30s (Pre-Timeskip), 30s (Post-Timeskip)
Classification: Human, "Humanity's Strongest Soldier" (人類最強の兵士 Jinrui Saikyō no Heishi)
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Expert in Martial Arts (Levi has excellent combat skills, being one of the best hand-to-hand fighters among Survey Corps), Weapon Mastery (Levi has mastered the ODM Gear, being able to use it to its full potential which rarely anyone among the military can do. Kenny also taught Levi knife skills when he was a kid), Explosion Manipulation (Via Thunder Spears), Resistance to Memory Manipulation (Ackerman's memories cannot be manipulated), and Biological Manipulation (Ackermans cannot become mindless titans even if they ingest the Source of all living matter's gas and get willed to become one by the Coordinate)
Attack Potency: Wall level (Due to his Awakened Power as a result of being a member of the Ackerman Clan, Levi can manifest power comparable to that of a Titan, however this power is only comparable to smaller titans, as they are no match for larger titans without equipment), Large Building level+ with ODM Gear and Thunder Spears (Levi can use ODM Gear to its full potential being able to defeat Female Titan and Beast Titan with it, and also tens of titans at the same time. Thunder spears are able to damage any of the nine titans)
Speed: Peak Human with Supersonic reactions and combat speed (Comparable to Kenny who reacted to and intercepted a bullet. Superior to Eren and Annie who who can out-speed bullets. Blitzed Beast Titan), Subsonic travel speed with ODM Gear (Can keep up and out-speed pure titans which are calculated to reach speeds of at least 100.39 ms-1)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Comparable to Mikasa who carried 8 pieces of train track rails. Is effortlessly able to fly at subsonic speeds with the ODM Gear which weighs this much)
Striking Strength: Wall Class
Durability: Wall level
Stamina: High (Can use ODM Gear for hours despite it being known to be a taxing device to use in addition to remaining conscious after grazing blows from the Female Titan)
Range: Standard melee range. Extended melee range with ODM Gear
Intelligence: Gifted (Due to being a member of the Ackerman clan, Levi has inherited the combined skill of every Ackerman that lived before him from his connection to the Path of the Ackermans. Renowned as "Humanity's Strongest Soldier," Levi is widely respected as the best user of Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. He has demonstrated such mastery with the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment that he was able to incapacitate the Female Titan on his own and subdued the Beast Titan on two separate occasions. Levi also uses a distinctive fighting style that involves holding his right sword backhanded with the blade facing out and being behind him instead of in front of him. By doing this, the blades cut in a circle around him, giving him the ability to utilize spinning attacks, which allows him to maintain momentum for relentless strikes while also enabling him to use his stamina and strength efficiently. Aside from his extraordinary battle skill, Levi has shown a profound ability to quickly analyze situations and make calculated decisions in the heat of battle, which has given him the ability to save himself and his comrades on many occasions, as seen when he understood fighting the Female Titan was a lost cause due to her hardening abilities and saved Mikasa when she recklessly tried to attack the titan's nape)
Weaknesses: ODM Gear's effectiveness diminishes in open, level-grounded environments.