

In episode 17 of _Attack on Titan_ season 3 part 2, when Levi takes out the
Beast Titan's arm, eyes, and legs, Levi is in the air above the downed titan.
When Levi goes for the kill, Zeke says that he doesn't have enough time to
harden his nape. ([YouTube
video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQJyCtELWaU))

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IyaEJl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IyaEJ.jpg)

Levi was in the air, reeling in towards the Beast Titan. The ODM wire was
still taut but the ODM gear was set to reel speed. It's demonstrated time and
time again that when people using the ODM would listen to the order from the
captains/whoever was in charge, they all move at the same speed and don't seem
to rehook. They just stay there.

We saw Annie/the Female Titan harden quick enough to be protected from Oluo
which was really fast.

But back to Levi, there weren't any tall freestanding objects in sight, so how
did he move so fast? Please don't say it was gravity. He wasn't falling, he
was reeling.


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How can Levi be so fast when approaching the Beast Titan's nape in season 3 part 2?


  1. First: He's using more gas, as Mikasa did in S1E7.

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oawDSl.png)

But how can they use more gas? There is no valve as you can see in the
pictures.

[![How ODM Works
1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3knafm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3knaf.jpg)
[![How ODM Works
2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wS8Kem.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wS8Ke.jpg)

Click the image to see the full size

I re-watched episodes 7 and 8 from season 1 multiple times but they said:

> No one knows how the ODM works except engineers

So I can only guess maybe they hold the "gas fire button" (as you can see in
the second picture there are two buttons on the handle, the bottom button is
for using gas) for a long time or maybe push it rapidly or push it with more
power. I really don't know and I searched the whole of the internet and it
seems no one knows.

  2. Second: He's an Ackerman as explained on the [Fandom Wiki](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Ackerman_clan):

> The Ackermans have an "awakened power" displayed by some members of the
> clan. Levi Ackerman describes it as "knowing exactly what needs to be done,
> and it lets the Ackermans exhibit physical abilities far above the average
> human. Eren Yeager learns from Zeke that this is because they were the
> result of the old Eldian Empire experimenting with the Subjects of Ymir.
> They can manifest the power of the Titans as humans, without becoming a
> Titan or inheriting any of the Nine Titans. When awakened, the Ackerman
> gains the battle experience from every single Ackerman before them via
> paths.

You also can watch this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bPX8M8JKNw)
at 3:40 for proof of the ability of the Ackerman clan or Ackerman family.


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People here are thinking too much about "how Levi can use more gas than the
rest of the people".

TL;DR: Anyone can go super fast like Levi, but most people do not have the
ability to use and using it wrong would most probably kill the user.

_ANYONE_ can use a lot of gas to move fast, Eren did this as well and almost
died. Mikasa did that as well and almost died. THAT is the answer. You can for
sure use a lot of gas, but do you have the skills to use it in an efficient
way and know how much you can keep going before you get stuck without gas in
the middle of titans?

Almost no one can reach this type of ability, and THAT IS FINE. Not everyone
is a superhuman like Levi. Mikasa is the best one in her squad and became
stuck without gas in the middle of the titans. Using a lot of gas is useful
just if you can use it well enough to be worthy.

I can go further and I will cite this utilization in real life: one F1 Racer,
maybe the best one yet, Ayrton Senna had one technique in his races, he made
the turns using the thruster, brake, and clutch at the SAME TIME. Just like
Levi, he burns a lot of gas and needs to refuel more often but he got a super
advantage because his motor was with super high RPM at the end of the turn and
because of that he got a huge edge against his rivals. Any other racers that
try to use that technique that can't control the 3 pedals will burn more gas,
can miss the turn, and even cause one accident. So for the other racers, is it
really worth the risk? Mostly no, unless you are a genius.

And that's the reason. If you want to go even further, to use the DMT fully,
you need not only incredible reflexes but also needs to fix the hook in ways
that you can use your previous thrust to increment and keep going. If you go
fast and your fixpoint is bad, you just burned a lot of gas to go faster and a
lot more to go slower. It is one huge disadvantage in the _SNK_ universe where
gas is very limited.

So that's it. The bonus part is that if you go too fast, you can also hit
something and die. And in _SNK_ , it would definitively happen.


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