If the initial version of the Ixith Goliath functioned like a giant siege engine that was most suitable to smash fortifications apart, then the transformed version was clearly a lot more optimized to massacre enemy champions!
The loss of so much bulk did not diminish its lethality in the slightest.
Instead, it had become a much more threatening opponent against the remaining human combatants due to how much faster and more nimbler it had become!
The other Goliath strains had never exhibited any transformations where they drastically altered their biological configurations.
This had caused red humanity to develop an assumption that no Goliaths were capable of transforming into different forms on the battlefield.
Unfortunately, they were wrong.
The Goliath Hive never showed off this capability in the past because it was simply not worth it to include such a costly and complex ability to large versions of cannon fodder.
