Godzilla and the various monsters associated with him have demonstrated all sorts of impressive abilities over the years, harboring a wide degree of destructive capabilities. Godzilla is known as the King of the Monsters for good reason, having faced and allied with all manner of other kaiju big enough to get their own series. Nothing shows just how powerful the Godzilla movie monsters are like their strongest abilities, which run the gamut of apocalyptic strength levels.
Some of the strongest techniques available to the various kaiju that have populated Godzilla's various eras are unique special abilities whose use requires great occasion. Others are more reliable pieces of a given monster's arsenal, being the strongest and most used attacks at the same time. Whatever the case, cities around the world should be grateful that they will never have to witness the devastating abilities of the Godzilla series' most iconic kaiju in real life.
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The Burning Spiral Heat Ray
Godzilla
Godzilla's Atomic Breath is a staple of his character. No matter how powerful each form of Godzilla is, they will always be packing Atomic Breath in one form or another, whether it's a nasty burp of radioactive flames that condense into a painfully bright ray of heat as in Shin Godzilla or a single-shot nuclear cannon that leaves a mushroom cloud in its wake, as in Godzilla minus one. The most powerful iteration of this ability by far is the Burning Spiral Heat Ray introduced in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
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In several films, Godzilla augments his typical Atomic Breath with some other energy source to form the Spiral Heat Ray, exponentially increasing the power of his classic long-range weapon. However, his Fiery Form introduces the Fiery Spiral Heat Ray, a technique so powerful that it places considerable pressure on Godzilla's unstable and hemorrhagic body. This beam is said to increase exponentially in power each time Burning Godzilla uses it, becoming hot enough to scald even the nearly invulnerable Perfect Form Destoroyah.
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silk spray
Mothra
As a combatant, Mothra possesses a strange array of offensive abilities. While the graceful butterfly goddess doesn't look terribly imposing for a kaiju, she is capable of producing deadly clouds of poisonous yellow spores, generating strong winds with a simple flap of her wings, and penetrating the skin of other kaiju like Rodan with a venomous stinger. Whether she is in her larval form or her adult body, Mothra's most reliable and effective attack remains her silk spray.
Sometimes it's hard to beat an attack as simple yet effective as Mothra's sticky silk.
Mothra is capable of shooting jets of sticky webs from her mouth in both forms, depending on continuity, which are excellent for containing even giant-sized targets. In the Monsterverse, this silk is an adhesive strong enough to contain even the mighty King Ghidorah, who is only freed from the thing when Godzilla attacks him through the building he is trapped in. Sometimes it's hard to beat an attack as simple yet effective as Mothra's sticky silk.
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Volcano Manipulation
Rodan
Like Mothra, the other staple flier in the Godzilla universe gets her strongest ability courtesy of Legendary's Monsterverse films. Rodan, sometimes known as Fire Rodan, is a fiery, pterodactyl-like kaiju with an affinity for intense heat, typically living in and around volcanoes. Although Rodan is capable of daring aerial maneuvers using his sharp beak and claws, not to mention the ability to belch torrents of blazing fire, his strongest technique involves his home territory.
After being awakened and commanded by King Ghidorah, the Monsterverse reveals that Rodan is capable of causing volcanoes to erupt simply by flying over them. This makes the apocalyptic scene of him decimating an entire city simply by flying over it all the more terrifying, leaving lakes of oozing lava and choking clouds of ash in his wake.. It's hard to see Rodan as anything less than a hellish, demonic threat after he wreaks widespread havoc with this terrifying power.
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King Ghidorah
The Triple Gravity Beam
Sometimes a given Godzilla monster's strongest attack is also the one used most frequently. King Ghidorah is one of Godzilla's most classic recurring villains, although his origin varies greatly between continuities, sometimes being a human experiment and sometimes being an alien invader. One thing that remains consistent, however, is his iconic breath weapon, the Triple Gravity Beam.
Apparently, this control also allows him to fire intense jets of sickly yellow lightning from each of his heads. When all three heads fire a concentrated beam at the same target, there are few creatures that can resist the sheer energy of it, making it one of the most damaging but frequently used attacks in many eras of Godzilla.
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Anguirus
Attacking the ball
One of the first monsters that Godzilla shared the screen with, Anguirus was once the enemy of the King of the Monsters, but has since become best known as his faithful companion and companion. A quadrupedal kaiju, Anguirus is known for being tenacious despite his relative lack of power compared to other monsters. With no special powers or hidden secrets, Anguirus's full capabilities are easy to see, with his horned face and spiky turtle-shaped shell providing meager physical weaponry.
At least Godzilla: Final Wars gave Anguirus a fun way to utilize his unique physiology in a new attack. By curling into a ball, Anguirus allows himself to be kicked by King Caesar like a football striker as a deadly projectile, hitting Godzilla with alarming speed. Even if Godzilla is able to solve this trick quickly, it at least presents a bigger obstacle than Anguirus is normally able to pose to any monster.
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Gigan
The stomach saw
Few Godzilla monsters are as armed to the teeth as Gigan. An alien invader, Gigan is a bizarre-looking being strapped to the teeth with bioorganic weapons, including a sharp beak, deadly hooked blades, and a visor-like red eye that allows him to fire powerful laser blasts. Later Xileans updates on Godzilla: Final Wars Give him even more options by replacing his blade arms with dual chainsaws and equipping him with powerful grappling hooks.
However, Gigan's most powerful weapon remained his most obvious, the circular saw blade embedded in his stomach. With his weeping circular saw, Gigan was famously the first rival monster to make Godzilla bleed, tearing apart the flesh of even the mighty radioactive lizard. It's safe to say that the strange creature wouldn't be nearly as threatening without its signature melee weapon, one of the deadliest in the entire Godzilla mythos.
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MechaGodzilla
The Absolute Zero Cannon
Considering the large number of different versions of Mechagodzilla that have appeared on screen over the years in the Godzilla film,s, it is quite difficult to single out a particular attack as the most powerful. Throughout the many incarnations of Godzilla's cybernetic clone, the kaiju has wielded laser beams, electric harpoons, finger missiles, and mouth-mounted flamethrowers. Of all the versions of Mechagodzilla, the model also known as “Kiryu” introduced in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla carries the most intimidating attack, the aptly named Absolute Zero Cannon.
True to its title, the Absolute Zero Cannon is a massive energy weapon hidden in Kiryu's chest. Upon activation, the device fires a concentrated beam of pure cryogenic energy that instantly brings its target to the hypothetically lowest temperature physically possible, 0º Kelvin, also known as “Absolute Zero”. This cannon is capable of freezing even Godzilla at the atomic level, although firing it consumes 40% of Mechagodzilla's power in an instant.
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King Kong
The BEAST glove
Despite being one of the most famous movie monsters of all time, King Kong does not possess any obvious special powers that are not clearly visible in his ape-like body. King Kong's many movie fights have attempted to use his strength, agility, and relative intelligence compared to other kaiju to give him an advantage against his more traditionally armed opponents. The Monsterverse has further bridged this gap between King Kong and his fellow Titans by granting the giant ape access to several new weapons, most recently the BEAST gauntlet.
With this glove equipped, Kong is capable of making even a pink-powered Godzilla turn out the lights with just a few quick punches.
Designed by eccentric veterinarian Titan Trapper, the Bio Enhanced Anatomech Seismic Thunder glove is a die-cast prototype and cybernetic enhancement built to help King Kong recover from injuries while giving him a dramatic increase in strength. With this glove equipped, Kong is capable of making even a pink-powered Godzilla turn out the lights with just a few quick punches. Laterthe bracer helps him tank the ancient Titan Shimo's icy breath for a long period of timea testament to Trapper's design.
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Destoroyah
The variable slicer
Descendant of the weapon that killed the original Godzilla in 1954, Destoroyah is one of the King of the Monsters' most powerful opponents of all time.. Being somehow mutated from an ancient life form revived by the effects of the Oxygen Destroyer, Destoroyah goes through several stages of its life cycle before settling into its “Perfect” form, a demonic-looking kaiju large enough to rival with Godzilla. The being welds many powerful weapons, including fangs, energy-absorbing tail spikes, and a deadly micro-oxygen beam.
However, it is the modest horn on Destoroyah's forehead that constitutes his most alarmingly powerful weapon. Extending into a long blade of energy, the so-called Variable Slicer is capable of covering Burning Godzilla's torso, nearly killing him in the heated battle for dominance against the hellish freak of nature. This unique power is among the deadliest of all Godzilla monster.