

While certainly formidable, the primary disadvantage of the Armored Titan's skin was the decreased speed of the Titan form. The armor could be used for physical protection as well as offensively, dealing great damage upon impact on anything the Titan charges. However, the armor had some limitations and was not capable of protecting the user from high-power weaponry such as the Mid-East Allied Forces' anti-Titan artillery. This armor was capable of shielding the Titan from significant amounts of damage, shielding direct hit from a cannon, breaking ultrahard steel blades of vertical maneuvering equipment when struck and withstanding the Colossus Titan's explosive transformation. The defining feature of the Armored Titan was the all-encompassing layer of plated, armor-like segments of hardened skin protecting the Titan body.

Mikasa fails to break through the Armored Titan's hardened skin
