King Kong (2005) vs Greater Rathalos

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King Kong (2005) vs Greater Rathalos

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King Kong (05) vs Greater Rathalos

Showcase of Greater Rathalos: https://youtu.be/qyj99OZ0ihs
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Arena: Skull Island (05)

Rules: Greater Rathalos is scaled down to be on the same scaling as Kong
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Verdict: Greater Rathalos. Kong’s going to get torched from a single shot of flame, and he doesn’t demonstrate the strength to kill Rathalos before that happens.
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Re: King Kong (2005) vs Greater Rathalos

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Rathalos' flight gives him a big mobility and range advantage here, as he can simply fly out of Kong's reach and pelt him with fireballs. Kong could stand a solid chance in melee, but it's the combination of flight and fire breath that gives Rathalos the win.
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Re: King Kong (2005) vs Greater Rathalos

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I’m giving this one to the Greater Rathalos. The flight combined with the flame attack is bound to do a lot of damage to Kong, alongside its sharp claws and spiked tail which it uses to smack people with. Plus it’s durable, handling an explosion to the face and machine gun fire from an aerial vehicle I don’t know the name of. Compared to 2005 Kong who was shot down by planes, I doubt he’s going to be able to overpower the Rathalos.
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Re: King Kong (2005) vs Greater Rathalos

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Rathalos stomps so hard it's almost funny. His downscaled size is probably the only thing keeping this from being the biggest mismatch in this forum's history. I'll go with the same scale as Kong with a V Rex, being Rathalos' shoulder is at the height of Kong's head.

And this goes with his showings against the military, because his brain just stopped functioning when faced with a hunter in the most abysmal display of plot armor I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pZ2yjo_UY

Seriously, his displays of strength greatly out shine those of his opponent. The way that he so easily dismembers a tank and rips off the wings of a plane speaks volumes on his strength. Hell, the first thing he did was take a bite out of a military aircraft like it was made of cardboard. He did that via pressure application at the front of his mouth, where the jaw muscles are at their weakest, and yet he still ripped it apart.

Just compare that to the chains that restrained King Kong:
https://youtu.be/3_S7A6UwTG8

Those same restraints wouldn't have even inconvenienced Rathalos. He'd snap them on accident. And the train holding up against King Kong's assault so well at 3:40, and held rather well for what looked like minutes on end doesn't say good thinks about the strength comparison.

And the durability difference speaks for itself, Rathalos was only slightly annoyed by gunfire from modern fighter planes, the bullets literally shattering on his scales and leaving no damage to show for it. King Kong was felled by shots from rather primitive fighter planes, each shot hurting like hell. Again, Rathalos would have no sold the shots that killed Kong, and then dismembered/incinerated the planes. Even when it comes to falls, Rathalos is better at tanking those, considering that he just let himself drop out of the sky for a superhero landing and wasn't at all phased.

Quite frankly, the fight can go one of two ways, Rathalos starts in the air and hears Kong's challenging roar. And then promptly incinerates/abducts and mauls him bird of prey style.

Or, if Rathalos starts on the ground than he just bulldozes his opponent and rips him apart. With the sheer difference in durability, he's not likely to feel any retaliatory punches/bites. Hell, Kong is viable to hurt himself if he punches Rathalos at a bad angle and stabs his knuckles on the spikes. This is an absolute stomp.

Funnily enough, a Rathalos according to the game's lore would stomp even harder despite being smaller.
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Re: King Kong (2005) vs Greater Rathalos

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Remember that Kong 2005 vs Smaug match where KKFan2005 said Kong could outrun the flames and I just posted Smaug torching Laketown in a single flyby?


This is the sequel.

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