Who Was Godzilla's Toughest Opponent in the Monsterverse?

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Shinomura
1
1%
The MUTOs
4
4%
MUTO Prime
3
3%
King Ghidorah
40
41%
Scylla
1
1%
Genitor & Swarm
0
No votes
Tiamat
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No votes
Kong
5
5%
Mechagodzilla
44
45%
 
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Yeah I also feel it's the Mecha that was bullying Godzilla for most of their solo fight, and came very close to killing him :Mechagodzilla74: . But I can also make a case for the MUTOs who dwindled the power of his breath passively.

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MG no contest.

That ugly no actual design having robot kicked Goji's ass up and down Hong Kong. He kneed him in the damn face...*chest? Either way it was brutal.

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MechaGodzilla by a whole-ass long shot.

The MUTOs were lethal rival predators to Godzilla that relied on brutal teamwork; a pair of wolves taking on a bear, if you will.

King Ghidorah was a wuss who didn't live up to his buildup as the baddest guy of them all.

MechaGodzilla, however, skreeonking earned his reputation from the beginning and ragdolled both Godzilla and King Kong like they were chumps without any help. One moment Godzilla and Kong were seemingly gaining the upper hand against him, the next he went "oh, okay, SKREEONK YOU!" and flipped the tables right back in his favor. Plus, Mecha G's beam skreeonked Godzilla up worse than Ghidorah's gravity beams ever did.

MechaGodzilla takes this handily.
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Absolutely MG. The MUTOs as mentioned were mainly using their number as an advantage and got dealt with rather quickly once seperated, and even the Prime mostly resorts to hit and run tactics to tire Godzilla up. Ghidorah is pretty darn powerful but depending on circumstances he and Godzilla seemed to be more or less evenly matched in spite of their power ups, plus the bastard can fly and is pretty agile. Mechagodzilla is figuratively and literally an absolute killer machine that not only managed to stand his own against Godzilla on 1v1 ground combat, he also overpowered his atomic breath with ease and managed to predict virtually every move he would make- this wasn't a fight, this was a beatup at it's finest. Definitely a worthy successor to the legacy of MG brutalizing Godzilla's ass :lol:

Plus nearly using his signature finishing move on him? That's just cold man.
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Dv-218 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:10 pm
Plus nearly using his signature finishing move on him? That's just cold man.
Yeah, in wrestling you never use another guy's finisher without permission. MG didn't ask which makes him a different S.O.B altogether.

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Mechagodzilla for sure. Dude kept his place as Godzilla's ultimate foe for me.
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I still feel like KG kicked Godzilla’s ass harder than anyone. Maybe I need to rewatch the films.

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shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:53 pm I still feel like KG kicked Godzilla’s ass harder than anyone. Maybe I need to rewatch the films.
Aside from the sky drop, what did he do that compares to MG?
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Voyager wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:56 pm
shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:53 pm I still feel like KG kicked Godzilla’s ass harder than anyone. Maybe I need to rewatch the films.
Aside from the sky drop, what did he do that compares to MG?
Dude it’s the sky drop! I legit thought Godzilla was going to die for a second. Before I realized plot armor would save the day.

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shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:58 pm
Voyager wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:56 pm
shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:53 pm I still feel like KG kicked Godzilla’s ass harder than anyone. Maybe I need to rewatch the films.
Aside from the sky drop, what did he do that compares to MG?
Dude it’s the sky drop! I legit thought Godzilla was going to die for a second. Before I realized plot armor would save the day.
Yeah, that sky drop was deadly. But aside from that meh.


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shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:05 pm I never for a second thought MG would kill Goji. That’s why I say KG.
Well, of course we all knew Kong would help out similar to Mothra helping Goji.
Sheesh, Godzilla really needed help to become King, he didn't get there on his own.

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goji89 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:09 pm
shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:05 pm I never for a second thought MG would kill Goji. That’s why I say KG.
Well, of course we all knew Kong would help out similar to Mothra helping Goji.
Sheesh, Godzilla really needed help to become King, he didn't get there on his own.
I'm just saying I felt the stakes were higher with KG. Additional evidence for my argument is that Goji needed to power up to BG to defeat KG. But that's just my opinion.

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shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:11 pm
goji89 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:09 pm
shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:05 pm I never for a second thought MG would kill Goji. That’s why I say KG.
Well, of course we all knew Kong would help out similar to Mothra helping Goji.
Sheesh, Godzilla really needed help to become King, he didn't get there on his own.
I'm just saying I felt the stakes were higher with KG. Additional evidence for my argument is that Goji needed to power up to BG to defeat KG. But that's just my opinion.
I hate your opinion, and my opinion is the only one that matters. So I say MG was more of a threat, boom goes the dynamite.

Close this thread, I have spoken.

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goji89 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:14 pm
shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:11 pm
goji89 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:09 pm

Well, of course we all knew Kong would help out similar to Mothra helping Goji.
Sheesh, Godzilla really needed help to become King, he didn't get there on his own.
I'm just saying I felt the stakes were higher with KG. Additional evidence for my argument is that Goji needed to power up to BG to defeat KG. But that's just my opinion.
I hate your opinion, and my opinion is the only one that matters. So I say MG was more of a threat, boom goes the dynamite.

Close this thread, I have spoken.
Sorry, my comments were dangerous and I should walk them back. I didn't mean to compare KG to MG and hope you can forgive me for such a transgression.

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shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:20 pm
goji89 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:14 pm
shadowgigan wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:11 pm

I'm just saying I felt the stakes were higher with KG. Additional evidence for my argument is that Goji needed to power up to BG to defeat KG. But that's just my opinion.
I hate your opinion, and my opinion is the only one that matters. So I say MG was more of a threat, boom goes the dynamite.

Close this thread, I have spoken.
Sorry, my comments were dangerous and I should walk them back. I didn't mean to compare KG to MG and hope you can forgive me for such a transgression.
I'll forgive you this one time.
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Voted for King Ghidorah. It felt like it was the toughest to defeat.

Mechagodzilla was perhaps stronger or more ruthless, but it was such a strange choice to let it be affected by a spilt drink. Maybe the filmmakers wanted to show that by building MG focusing on its offensive capabilities, it was doomed to have a weak defense.

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It is King Ghidorah.

Simply because he can pretty much disengage from a fight, go regenerate quickly, and then choose the next time he wants to engage again. He learned his lesson not to engage Godzilla in the ocean, he can lure Godzilla on land and use flight to his advantage. MechaGodzilla looked good cause he jumped Godzilla after he just finished a serous beatdown. Every mark knows the best time for a heel to cash in an "anytime anywhere title shot" is right after the belt holder got done with a hard fought title match.

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ShinGojira14 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:56 pm King Ghidorah was a wuss who didn't live up to his buildup as the baddest guy of them all.
I will never understand what movie people who have this opinion are watching. No, Ghidorah was not some kind of emotionless, flawless Terminator like I guess some wanted him to be. He slipped up, he was caught off-guard, he got irritated or even panicked at times. He didn't always have the upper hand. He still put Rodan on his ass and made him bow. He still incinerated Mothra. He still freaking dropped Godzilla from orbit and had him dead to rights. Every monster he went up against in his movie, he defeated. He was an Alpha and a King, and Godzilla had to receive a massive powerup to finally dethrone him. That said...

MechaGodzilla, however, skreeonking earned his reputation from the beginning and ragdolled both Godzilla and King Kong like they were chumps without any help. One moment Godzilla and Kong were seemingly gaining the upper hand against him, the next he went "oh, okay, SKREEONK YOU!" and flipped the tables right back in his favor. Plus, Mecha G's beam skreeonked Godzilla up worse than Ghidorah's gravity beams ever did.

MechaGodzilla takes this handily.
...this is all still true. I didn't like MV MG all that much, but the man's power was undeniable.
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JAGzilla wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:22 am
ShinGojira14 wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:56 pm King Ghidorah was a wuss who didn't live up to his buildup as the baddest guy of them all.
I will never understand what movie people who have this opinion are watching. No, Ghidorah was not some kind of emotionless, flawless Terminator like I guess some wanted him to be. He slipped up, he was caught off-guard, he got irritated or even panicked at times. He didn't always have the upper hand. He still put Rodan on his ass and made him bow. He still incinerated Mothra. He still freaking dropped Godzilla from orbit and had him dead to rights. Every monster he went up against in his movie, he defeated. He was an Alpha and a King, and Godzilla had to receive a massive powerup to finally dethrone him. That said...

MechaGodzilla, however, skreeonking earned his reputation from the beginning and ragdolled both Godzilla and King Kong like they were chumps without any help. One moment Godzilla and Kong were seemingly gaining the upper hand against him, the next he went "oh, okay, SKREEONK YOU!" and flipped the tables right back in his favor. Plus, Mecha G's beam skreeonked Godzilla up worse than Ghidorah's gravity beams ever did.

MechaGodzilla takes this handily.
...this is all still true. I didn't like MV MG all that much, but the man's power was undeniable.
I know right? He was brushing off Godzilla around in Antarctica and in Boston all Godzilla did was hold him off for some time, once he charged up the tables turned to Ghidorah's favor pretty quickly. He might be weary at times but Ghidorah is by all means a formidable foe- the only time he did show some sort of fear was when Godzilla had him underwater and when he went burning mode. It's just that MG is so specifically designed to be a complete counter to Godzilla that the later is naturally outmatched in combat as opposed to Ghidorah where it seems to be 50/50.
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