Mikasa Ackerman

**Mikasa Ackerman** is a character who appears in *Attack On Titan*. She was featured on the 4th report of Death Battle X, where she was pit up against Spider-Man from *Marvel Comics*.

## History

Mikasa Ackerman was born to an Asian mother, and her father was a member of the Ackerman clan. She lived peacefully with them in the farmlands of Wall Maria, helping them since a young age. After her biological parents were murdered by human traffickers, Mikasa was rescued by Eren Yeager, who urged her to fight back and defeat the kidnappers. Mikasa was given a scarf by Eren and accepted into his family; this event awakened the fighting instincts and perfect self-control that runs in the Ackerman clan. Mikasa then went to live with Eren's family until the Fall of Wall Maria. Though she desires only to live a peaceful life, Mikasa entered into the military—where she is considered the best soldier among the 104th Training Corps. She later enlisted in the Survey Corps to follow and protect Eren, becoming one of its greatest assets.

## Death Battle X Info

### Background

* Debut: Attack on Titan: Ch.1 "To You, 2,000 Years from Now" (2009)
* Full/Real Name: Mikasa Ackerman
* Age: 22
* Height: 176 cm
* Weight: 70 kg
* Species: Human
* Gender: Female

### Arsenal

* **3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear:** Standard equipment for any member of the Survey Corps, this gear gives the humans a distinct advantage over their much larger Titan enemies. The maneuverability of the gear takes advantage of the humans’ smaller hitboxes to the larger forms of the titans, like a fly against an ordinary human. The gear is gas powered and comes with holsters for storing anti-Titan swords.
* **Anti-Personnel Maneuver Gear:** Mostly an upgrade to the 3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear, these were given to the Survey Corps and the Scouts after defeating the Military Police Brigade and Kenny Ackerman. This version of the gear mostly goes more aggressive on the opponents and replaces the swords with semi-automatic pistols. While they were originally only used for humans since they are not as open ranged as the 3D Gear, they got a bigger upgrade for the following weapon below and Mikasa combined both gears for better performance.
* **Anti-Titan Swords:** The swords that are mostly used for slaying titans, these blades come with her vertical maneuvering equipment. They’re very light and are tough enough to pierce the crazy hard skin of Titans. Despite being composed of steel and other rare metals, they can break from extended usage, though upgrades can be made to improve efficiency.  Mikasa also has multiple swords to replace the broken ones (12 replacements at minimum).
* **Thunder Spears:** Mikasa’s greatest weapon. Developed specifically for getting around a Titan’s hardening ability, these bad boys punch through Titan armor like it's made of glass. They’re mostly mini missiles that can almost one shot anything, and can truly cause critical damage to even the strongest of Titans. She can carry eight all at once, and is very accurate with her shots, even better than Hange Zoë, who made the weapons. Though they have a weakness in that they will do significant damage to the user if they are caught in the explosion. As such, Mikasa will often fire them off at a long range and then trigger the explosion rather than getting in close to fire it.

### Abilities

* **Skilled Martial Artist:** Thanks to her time in the Survey Corp, Mikasa has been trained in hand to hand combat in case battles were fought from inside the walls. Mikasa was so skilled in combat, she can throw grown men like Renier in the air at ease, and keep up with pros like Annie Leonhart.
* **Skilled Swordsmanship:'** Like any Scout, Mikasa has trained for countless hours in order to master the art of the blade. However, she stands out compared to others in this regard, as few humans can match her skills in sword fighting.
* **Paths:** Known as Path’s of the Ackermans, this is Mikasa’s greatest ability yet. Passed down from the Ackerman clan, the user has the combined skills of all Ackermans that lived before them (Kinda like the Avatar State). Not only does the path improve the user’s battle skills and senses, but it can also increase reaction speed and intelligence. Plus, Eren stated that Ackermans have strengths of a titan without transforming when awakened, which is confirmed for Mikasa when she killed her final kidnapper. Levi used this ability numerous times against his fights with the Beast and Female Titans, and Mikasa can do the same given more time and experience compared to Levi.

### Feats

#### Strength

* As a child, she crushed the handle of a knife, broke the floorboard, and thrust a knife through a man deep enough to kill him in one stab
* As a preteen, she dragged Eren of similar size with one hand while running, and throws him several feet into a wall through the air
* She is able to jump high enough to be able to kick an older kid in the face
	+ Spun that same kid around in the air
* She can casually lift Eren as he is in the middle of throwing a punch, and Eren is unable to break free of her grasp
* Sent Reiner through the air to accurately land on Annie and Eren
	+ Casually knocks down two men with the flat of her blades
* As a Survey Corps, she grabbed both Eren and Armin with either hand, and ran them down a flight of stairs
* Sliced off Reiner's arm, several inches vertically through his other hand, and deep into his skull with one blade. Would have been able to kill him if not hesitant
* Jumped several feet into the air and knees a man, deforming his face mid-hit
	+ This knee likely knocked the man out, judging by lack of movement and struggle in following panels
	+ In the anime, Mikasa also took down the other two merchant lackeys
* Kicked an MP hard enough to send them straight downwards and end their horizontal momentum
* Between the timeskip, Mikasa is seen lifting several yards' worth of railroad tracks; railroad tracks can weigh about a ton each
* After the timeskip, she sliced off an entire foot of the Jaw Titan, and disabled the other leg with one move
* Carried eight Thunder Spears at once with ease, and mastered it in a short time with throwing accuracy against Titans

#### Speed

* With the 3DMG, outpaced elite Garrison troops as a cadet, catches up to an abnormal titan, in the first ever real battle
* Dodged multiple strikes from Eren's Titan form, including a surprise attack. Only got hit once by debris
* Took down two titan dummies with one gas stream, appeared to be a blur in the distance
	+ Dodged multiple close-ranged titan attacks, displayed good balance and agility.
* Kept pace with Female Titan's top travel speeds while also cutting her enough to bring her down. A Female Titan's top speed is over 80 km/h
* Dodged a blow from the Female Titan, who had time to aim and think about the attack
	+ The Female Titan is fast enough to easily dodge Eren's Titan and has shown to have incredibly fast strikes with a moment to prepare
* Ran down a flight of stairs, carrying two people, before Annie can cut herself to transform
* Flew in from Female Titan's field of view, but is too fast for her to react to it
	+ Female Titan has multiple feats of catching soldiers before they can close in
* Mikasa made it up the entire wall (50 meters) before the Female Titan can reach the top and cuts her fingers off before she can stop it
* Crossed several feet before Reiner can reach Eren, who is only a few steps away
* Was able to think and aim while being thrown by Annie at a pig-faced Titan so fast she couldn’t halt her momentum and would’ve connected her strike had 2 other titans not gotten in the way
* Blitzed the Jaw Titan
* Avoided a shot from the Warhammer Titan's crossbow
* Dodged machine gun fire
* Reacted and saved Armin from a bomb before it exploded
* Is faster than Eren, who reacted and transformed into his titan form before a cannon shot him, Armin, and Mikasa

#### Durability

* Took a large fall at high speeds, hitting the side of a building but ultimately landing in a flexible sheet, and got up with no injury
	+ Not phased by a 12-15 meter fall
* Squeezed by a titan's grip, breaking multiple ribs, but catches Eren soon after
* Survived a bomb exploding in the next room with Armin
* Survived the shockwave of Eren’s Titan form punching near her
* **Very Debatable:** Tanked a Thunder Spear at point blank against the Armor Titan

#### Skill

* Killed Eren Yeager, the leader of the Titans and the one who started the genocide of non-Eldians via the Rumbling
* Killed Floch Florester, the second in command of the Yeagerists
* Was one of the members of the “Alliance” who joined together in order to save the world from the Rumbling
* Was the top performing cadet in the Survey Corps during training
* Defended Utgart Castle from a Titan ambush
* Helped defend Wall Rose and Trost
* Reclaimed the Shiganshina district and Wall Maria
* Fought against the Female, Armor, and Colossal Titans multiple times
* Defeated the Anti-Personnel Control Squad.
* Fought nearly all of the Nine Titans, including Jaw, and Okapi titans

### Weaknesses

* Mikasa’s emotional state for most of the series was pretty closely knit with Eren’s safety. This has led her to making dumb, reckless decisions that have almost gotten her killed, and more than once at that. Additionally, she completely lost the will to live early on in the series when she thought Eren had been killed. Her emotional ties to Eren are a double edged sword, both a tremendous strength that has led her to pulling off some absurd feats, and her greatest weakness at the same time. Even without Eren, Mikasa has trouble keeping a cool head against opponents more skilled than her, which is an albeit rare occurrence.
* On the non-emotional front, Mikasa’s 3D maneuver gear is far from impervious to damage. The lines can be cut, the blades can be snapped, and gas can run out. Once it’s gone, it’s unlikely she’ll be able to find replacement equipment during a confrontation like this. This won’t make Mikasa any less strong, but it will greatly reduce her mobility.