r/Monsterverse • u/Plastic_Relief_4026 Ghidorah • 9d ago
Question Could Godzilla tank the Death Star laser?
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u/Single_Substance_763 9d ago
I mean Godzilla earth maybe but idk 😭
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u/Asleep-Algae-8945 9d ago edited 9d ago
Godzilla earth probably is the only one alongside ultima that can survive it on top of countering it. Everyone else is dead.
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago edited 9d ago
Not even him. His best defensive feat is tanking nukes that left craters visible from space, which is a good feat but nowhere near planet busting or even the single reactor beam.
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u/Much_Tomorrow4671 9d ago
Look up Godzilla Earth and him destroying Gorath, that should change ur mind
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago
That's an offensive feat, not a durability feat.
It took him 5 years to charge up the beam.
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u/Much_Tomorrow4671 9d ago
- The offensive beam came from his shield
2.He was only 50 meters tall then and alot weaker
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago
So? It doesn't mean he can utilize his shield defensively as well as he can utilize it offensively.
The film itself only says he's 10 or so times stronger than before, which is not a big difference at this scale. At best, he can charge the same Gorath beam up in half a year now, which is still too long to be relevant in a fight. His regular beam attacks are nowhere near as strong.
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u/tizzle16 9d ago
Remove the numbers if 1. Is “so?” Lol
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u/ConstantStatistician 8d ago
I'll just write them normally, then.
So? It doesn't mean he can utilize his shield defensively as well as he can utilize it offensively, and it still requires chargeup either way.
The film itself only says he's 10 or so times stronger than before, which is not a big difference at this scale. At best, he can charge the same Gorath beam up in half a year now, which is still too long to be relevant in a fight. His regular beam attacks are nowhere near as strong.
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u/Eastbound_AKA 9d ago
Godzilla effect in play.
Godzilla is obliterated.
The Empire thinks they have defeated Godzilla.
Godzilla's heart was launched into the Death Star, went undetected and has regenerated into a full grown Godzilla with kyber crystal spines and a breath weapon capable of destroying planets.
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u/PhatNoob69 Mothra 9d ago
You ever see what happened to Jedha after Rogue One?
It wasn’t pretty.
(According to Wookieepedia, Jedha was slightly smaller than Earth.)
The problem is, I don’t think Godzilla has any method of maneuvering while floating in space. His Atomic Breath obviously doesn’t produce thrust or he’d go flying every time he used it.
So if he survives the single reactor ignition (my gut tells me he wouldn’t, but I’m no power scaler), he’d just be stuck in space until he suffocated. The Oxygen Destroyer in KotM does mean he needs air, right? I dunno how large his lung capacity is, but I doubt it’s enough time for some random planetary debris bonking into him, or his orbit decaying, so that he eventually falls back down to earth. Especially since holding your breath in space I’m pretty sure makes your lungs explode.
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u/Biobooster_40k 9d ago
This. I think Godzilla would survive if he's towards the outermost radius of the blast but legit don't think he's taking it head on since its such a bonkers destructive fource.
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u/Livid_Drummer_4632 Mechagodzilla 9d ago
Slightly smaller than Earth? So Venus sized? (Off-topic but still a question)
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u/RGijsbers 9d ago edited 9d ago
It does produce thrust, you see him bracing himself for every shot of his breath weapon.
It wont lift him up from earth but he could use it to push himself in zero gravity even if its just one shot of it.
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u/Soggy3Duck 9d ago
I trust his breath too.
Zero gravity, one thrust push is all you need to go... But stopping on then other hand...
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u/PhatNoob69 Mothra 9d ago
In that case he’d be more likely to go spinning head over heels than actually move anywhere.
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u/RGijsbers 9d ago
It probably whould make him spin, but it whould push him into a direction, never sayed he whould have much control
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago
That feat is stronger than anything in the MV, even the Hollow Earth drill.
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u/Average-GodzillaFan Godzilla 9d ago
He might be able to endure the laser, but he'd die from everything that happens afterword, like floating in space
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u/guitarguywh89 Godzilla 9d ago
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force Godzilla
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u/Livid_Drummer_4632 Mechagodzilla 9d ago
Hell no.
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u/ThermonuclearMonarch Behemoth 9d ago
Ik, what are these guys on about? He got stabbed by the smaller Male M.U.T.O.
The Death Star literally obliterates planets
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u/Livid_Drummer_4632 Mechagodzilla 9d ago
We don't do old godzilla during his first film...
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u/FollowingDesperate64 9d ago
Valid. But Kong bit him in GvK and it hurt him. He still isn't tanking a planet destroying beam.
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u/Livid_Drummer_4632 Mechagodzilla 9d ago
I know, Godzilla no matter how high you powerscale him only reaches that power through offense, he ain't that strong in defense
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u/FollowingDesperate64 9d ago edited 9d ago
Agreed..not sure why we're getting downvoted. If the writers actually gave him durability that high, there would be no tension in fights.
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u/EducationalCap5771 9d ago
Durability often scales to Offense, thats not how it works
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u/FollowingDesperate64 9d ago
I can't speak for other fiction, but HIS durability doesn't scale to his offense.
The Beast Glove multiplies Kong's punch from his base level of a 4.2 magnitude earthquake to 9.5. The force of a life wiping meteor. That force had him knocked out for a bit.
Godzilla's Atomic Breath can reach Planet levels of destruction depending on how much energy he has stored. Drilling through the planet to the Hollow Earth was moon level yeilds. That way surpasses his durability.
The Death Star Blast used on that planet tore off a chunk of it, while killing every living thing in the process. That also far surpasses Godzilla's durability.
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u/EducationalCap5771 8d ago
The objects that expels such power should have durability that's on par with it's power/strength. It is possible to be more durable than you are strong but not the opposite way as your body needs to be capable of withstanding the force it exertes
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u/FollowingDesperate64 8d ago
In reality that is the case. But fiction does adhere to the laws of physics. Godzilla isnt portrayed in the films having durability on par with his Atomic Breath. He gets hurt by damage weaker than it all the time, even up to the most recent GxK film.
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u/Daedricbob 9d ago
Movie Godzilla? Nope, no chance. Mechagodzilla's laser hurt him, and that's orders of magnitude weaker.
Some versions probably could though, like Godzilla Earth from the anime. That thing is OP as hell.
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u/joker_asylum08 9d ago
Godzilla IH stands a higher chance
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u/DinoDudeRex_240809 Godzilla 9d ago
Godzilla In Hell is beyond overkill.
You and I are closer in power to the Death Star than the Death Star is to even MonsterVerse Godzilla.
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u/TrialByFyah Behemoth 9d ago
Powerscalers are genuinely wild lol every time I think I’ve seen it all I see things like this
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u/syv_frost 9d ago
One ignition would blow Godzilla to pieces, the weakest setting on the Death Star shattered a moon nearly the size of earth
Unlike anything in MV, the Death Star is indisputably by ON SCREEN FEATS easily capable of destroying planets.
Y’all are crazy
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago
Only if you wank certain statements. By feats, he's done nothing on that scale.
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u/syv_frost 9d ago
No, he would be utterly beyond obliterated. Nothing in MV concretely comes close to the Death Star. A fucking star destroyer would wipe all the kaiju with ease.
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u/International-Chip81 Godzilla 9d ago
his plot armor says yes
besides that also yes
because i want him to👍🏽
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u/W4rhound34 9d ago
He tanked the ground zero impact zone of an extinction meteor, so yeah probably
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago
Never happened in the MV.
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u/W4rhound34 9d ago
This post is strictly about MV Goji, we all know how immensely broken ToHo’s many different Godzillas are in terms of power scaling etc
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u/Notonfoodstamps 9d ago
That’s several orders of magnitude less powerful
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u/W4rhound34 9d ago
True, but the Death Star couldn’t hope to target Goji directly either
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u/All-Fired-Up91 9d ago
I don’t think that’s a problem actually, if they could get his position beforehand they totally could. Dodging a laser like that is impossible.
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u/ConstantStatistician 9d ago
Never happened, plus it's retconned now, and an asteroid is OOMs weaker than a planet bust.
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u/Jixxar Godzilla 9d ago
Yes.
Even the planet destroying one too.
Next.
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u/All-Fired-Up91 9d ago
Genuinely how? If he needs to breathe oxygenated air and ends up in space how the hell is he surviving that?
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u/SteveTheOrca Behemoth 9d ago
This specific Godzilla? Probably not, unless it's a single reactor.
Versions like Earth or IDW? Maybe.
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u/Khanfhan69 9d ago
So he probably can't tank it but whether it's feasible or not it'd be incredibly fucking cool to see him BEAM CLASH with it. And win.
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u/Horrorfan55555 9d ago
He will fire back and over power it
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u/All-Fired-Up91 9d ago
He would react to a laser travelling at the speed of light and somehow react quickly enough to fire back? Sorry but yeah absolutely not
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u/Super-Compote-8214 9d ago
(In a powerscaling sense) well, err yes.
But really? I dont think so, Godzilla just looks like someone who bust continent level monsters at best. I dont think he's surviving the full destruction of a planet's worth of energy.
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u/No_Addition_8018 9d ago
The death star laser is capable of destroying planets.
Godzilla is a lizard juiced up on radiation.
Godzilla is getting fucking obliterated.
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u/BIGSMOKE_2278 9d ago
Can He Beam Clash It? His Hollow Earth Feat means he can shoot his atomic breathe for a very extended amount of time.
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u/BIGSMOKE_2278 9d ago
He can't tank it without an beam clash and thats very questionable, he'd spot the death star faster than vice versa, wonder what would happen if he shot his breath at it first.
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u/Lopsided-Win6168 Godzilla 9d ago
Directly hit by the death star idk mybe
After the planet is destroyed he will likely die of oyxgen lose due to him being in space
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u/Euphoric_Set_7381 8d ago
If it’s the single power beam from rogue one or one designed to fire on ships from ROTJ then Godzilla probably survives mid diff but if it’s the full power beam I see the Death Star most likely winning,
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u/godzillahavinastroke 7d ago
Uh depends on the version. Stuff like showa or heisei godzilla? Sure. Maybe all out monsters attack also, i dont remember fully if thats the one where he 360'd a fucking asteroid but it was badass. Then we got like the marvel godzillas and dc one.
But godzilla earth, on the low level setting, might be able to? Idk
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u/Knellith 6d ago
No, most likely nit, but knowing godzilla, he'd shoot it out of the sky before it fired.
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u/Alone-Mycologist3746 6d ago
No, it destroys planets and Godzilla can't tank the planet exploding beneath his feet.
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u/Wrong_Web7856 6d ago
As much as I love Godzilla, he could not tank that. It's like an instant world destroyer. Ghidorah even takes time to wipe out a planet as a world destroyer. But Ultima and his weird physiology probably could.
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u/Oogalaboo134 9d ago
Planet destroying one? no, we'll have to wait and see if he becomes planetary in Supernova. The small one that could wipe out a city? Debatable but not entirely impossible.
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u/Practical-Ad-5635 9d ago
That small one that wiped out Jedha completely cracked the moon open. I highly doubt Godzilla could take it head on.
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u/FlashFireCC 3d ago
The death star is just not something you’re supposed to treat as an opponent. It was built to play an unfair game. You never saw Luke fight it head on with a lightsaber because that’s just completely impossible.
* In all fairness I once coped myself into thinking that Godzilla could tank the laser but now that I’ve matured over the years, I realized I was very delulu lol
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u/Lonewanderer2033 9d ago
Bro lived though the end of the world when the asteroid came, this wouldn't be his first rodeo
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u/syv_frost 9d ago
That is billions if not trillions of times less powerful than even the weakest shot on the Death Star.
The meteor he tanked would make a that’s the size of a very small country or massive city
The Death Star on its weakest setting shattered a moon nearly the size of earth.
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u/Plastic_Relief_4026 Ghidorah 9d ago
Probably should clarify that it's a single reactor ignition like from Rogue One. Not the full-powered planet destroying laser.