Zeke Yeager was a very important character throughoutAttack on Titan. He was the inheritor of the Beast Titan, one of the most powerful characters in the manga series. Because of that, he fought in many battles against some of the strongest opponents in the world. These battles were truly impressive and did not go unnoticed. There is something special about looking back at the early fights that a character participated in after they have achieved numerous great things as the series progresses.
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From being a child that Marley turned into a warrior candidate to defeat their enemies to the role that he played in causing the Rumbling to happen, these are Zeke's ten first fights.
10 Marley's Warriors Destroyed An Entire Nation
After Zeke, Pieck, Marcel, Reiner, Bertholdt, and Annie inherited the Beast, Cart, Jaw, Armored, Colossal, and Female Titans, they were tasked with destroying a nation so Marley could see how strong they were. Marley was impressed with Zeke due to his pitching skills, allowing him to attack his enemies from far away by throwing debris at them.
Though little is known about this battle, this was the first known time that any of the warriors fought.
9 ZekeAllowed A Group Of Titans To Eat Mike
Because Reiner, Annie, Bertholdt, and Marcel hadn't returned to Marley years after beginning their mission on Paradis, Zeke and Pieck were sent to find them. One of the first people that Zeke encountered there was Mike, who was Paradis' second strongest soldier at the time.
However, Mike was too shocked to fight back when he met Zeke, who threw his horse at him before trying to communicate with him. Zeke ended up ordering the normal titans that surrounded them to kill Mike.
8 Zeke Attacked Utgard Castle
After turning the villagers of Ragako into titans, Zeke used them to attack the soldiers in Utgard Castle, including Reiner and Bertholdt. A couple of the soldiers there died, with Reiner, Bertholdt, Historia, and Connie only surviving because Ymir revealed that she was the inheritor of the Jaw Titan and rescued them, with the help of the Survey Corps.
Once they did, Zeke backed down and waited to fight the Survey Corps, while Reiner and Bertholdt turned their backs on their friends.
7 Zeke And Reiner Fought Each Other
Now joining forces with his comrades again, Zeke disagreed with Reiner and Bertholdt on what they should do next in their war against Paradis.
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Reiner and Bertholdt wanted to save Annie while Zeke wanted to fight the Survey Corps at Shiganshina, especially after learning that Eren was his younger brother. To decide what they would do, Zeke and Reiner fought each other, with the Beast Titan proving that he was stronger.
6 Zeke Killed Many Survey Corps Soldiers In Shiganshina And Fought Levi
In order to get all of Paradis back from the titans, the Survey Corps fought against the Warrior Unit and sealed the hole in Shiganshina. During the battle, Zeke was able to trap his enemies, including Erwin, Floch, and Marlowe. This caused all of them to sacrifice themselves in hopes that they could distract Zeke while Levi killed him.
However, Zeke noticed what was going on and fought against humanity's strongest soldier. He nearly died as Levi was able to stick his blade into the Beast Titan's mouth. The only reason he survived was that Levi hesitated to finish him and Pieck came to his rescue.
5 The Warriors Defeated The Mid-East Allied Forces
A few years after they returned to Marley from Paradis, Zeke and the other warriors helped their military defeat the Mid-East Allied Forces at Fort Slava. Zeke played a huge role in the ending of the war.
After Gabi destroyed the armored train, Zeke used his screaming abilities to transform Eldian prisoners into titans that ate his enemies.He also threw debris attheir ships, taking down their navy.
4 Zeke Pretended To Fight The Survey Corps When They Invaded Marley
Marley's enemies were much closer than they thought as Eren had snuck went there, disguising himself as a patient, and instructed the Survey Corps to follow. When they did, the warriors and soldiers fought against each other again, and it seemed that Levi had finally killed the Beast Titan.
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However, when the Survey Corps retreated, it was revealed that Zeke had deceived Marley for years and was able to start working with the Eldians in Paradis after their battle in Shiganshina.
3 Zeke And Levi Fought Again
Though they had helped each other, Levi still didn't trust Zeke at all. He kept him hostage in a forest, surrounded by a lot of soldiers. However, Zeke was able to trick the soldiers into drink his spinal fluid and turned them all into titans when the moment was right.
Levi had to kill his former comrades and fought Zeke after. While it seemed that Levi won the fight, Zeke was able to injure humanity's strongest soldier and got away.
2 Zeke And Eren Fought The Warriors At Shiganshina
To get their revenge on Paradis, the Marleyan military invaded Shiganshina. The Yeager brothers tried to come into contact with each other so they could go to the coordinate, but were attacked by the other warriors. Many Eldians in Shiganshina drank Zeke's spinal fluid prior to the battle, including Falco.
When he transformed them, Falco ate Porco and inherited the Jaw Titan, allowing Eren to run closer to Zeke. However, Gabi shot him in the head. Zeke was luckily able to catch it, saving Eren, and they went inside the coordinate, but it resulted in all of his plans being ruined.
1 Eren Controlled Zeke During The Rumbling
When Eren and Zeke finally arrived at the coordinate, Eren revealed that he didn't actually agree with Zeke's plan to stop Eldians from being born. Instead, he convinced Ymir Fritz to start the Rumbling. As thousands of people died, Eren and Zeke's former comrades teamed up with each other to stop Eren.
In their battle against him, Eren controlled Zeke, having him attack them when they caught up. When Zeke eventually gained control of himself again and left the coordinate, he allowed Levi to decapitate him.
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