The Plaga within El Gigante has caused the person's body to exhibit extreme growth, reaching four times the height of its pre-Plaga size at upwards of feet ( cm). Alongside this growth in height was a tremendous display of strength and stamina, along with the unfortunate side-effect of a reduction in intelligence, as well as their decrease in controllability. Rendered as practically-feral beasts, they would attack anything moving, including other Plaga carriers like Ganado.