Tyranitar vs Godzilla: Can the pseudo-legendary take down the kaiju?

Tyranitar is a pseudo-legendary Pokemon with impressive stats and abilities, which is often compared to a similar entity with a common inspiration, Godzilla, the king of the Kaiju. This article is centered around the discussion for any fan of Pokemon and monster movies who is curious if the Pokemon Tyranitar can defeat Godzilla.

Before we can proceed with this hypothetical battle, we have to look at the abilities, strengths, and characteristics of each entity to understand how this duel could play out.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion.

Tyranitar: The Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon

Tyranitar as seen in the anime (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Type: Rock/Dark

Abilities and characteristics:

Sand Stream: Summons a sandstorm upon entering battle, which boosts Tyranitar's Special Defense.
Physical Attack: Tyranitar has a high Attack stat and learns strong physical STAB attacks like Stone Edge and Crunch.
Tank: Tyranitar's Defense and Special Defense are both quite high, making it hard to damage. It gets better when the sandstorm is summoned.
Moveset variety: Tyranitar knows a wide assortment of moves, not just Rock-type and Dark-type. These include Earthquake, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Double-Edge, and Outrage.

Tyranitar stands around 6.7 feet tall and weighs 445.3 pounds. While this monster is small compared to Godzilla, it is highly powerful in the Pokemon world. Its physical strength and stamina are impressive, and it can easily withstand some of the most powerful opponents out there.

Godzilla: The King of Kaiju

Godzilla as seen in the recent movies (Image via wikizilla)

Type: Often depicted as a gigantic, prehistoric sea monster awakened by nuclear radiation.

Abilities and characteristics:

Massive physical power: Godzilla can easily demolish buildings and other large structures with its incredible physical strength.
Atomic breath: Godzilla’s most commonly used weapon is a strong radioactive beam of energy that can cause massive explosions.
Regeneration: Time and time again, Godzilla has showcased his healing ability after being shot, stabbed, exploded, and frozen, only to later be seen alive and well. Godzilla’s healing factor varies from movie to movie. Sometimes he heals almost instantly.
Immense strength and size: In the 2014 movie Godzilla, the monster was seen 354 ft (108 m) tall. Conversely, in the more recent movies, it is seen as 393 ft (120 m) tall.
Durable: Godzilla can take artillery and missile fire, as well as survive nuclear blasts without so much as a bruise.

Tyranitar vs Godzilla: Matchup Analysis

Tyranitar vs Godzilla: How do they fair against each other? (Image via The Pokemon Company, wikizilla)

1) Power and strength: Godzilla is much larger and more powerful than Tyranitar. The latter is easily one of the most powerful Pokemon in the world, having the ability to knock out even the sturdiest of Pokemon with ease.

Godzilla, however, is on a whole different scale. The pure force of its attacks can cause massive amounts of destruction over wide areas. Tyranitar doesn't have the physical strength to go toe to toe with the kaiju.

2) Durability and defense: Tyranitar has very high defense stats, and its Sand Stream ability makes it even more difficult to knock out. However, Godzilla has been shown to survive nuclear blasts and other powerful attacks with little to no damage and regenerate health in the aftermath.

Tyranitar could probably tank a few of Godzilla's attacks if lucky, but it wouldn't be able to keep this up for long.

Godzilla's atomic breath (Image via wikizilla)

3) Special abilities: Godzilla's atomic breath is a game-changer. It is a ranged attack that can easily knock out entire cities. It would easily eliminate any of Tyranitar's attacks before it can even come close to Godzilla.

Tyranitar knows moves such as Crunch, Stone Edge, and Earthquake. However, Godzilla's size alone puts these attacks in their absolute infancy. Hypothetically whatever Tyranitar throws at it, Godzilla regenerates the damage as if nothing had happened.

4) Regeneration: Godzilla's recovery is one of its strongest assets as it heals wounds at an incredibly fast rate. This means Tyranitar would have a very hard time winning a long-fought battle, as Godzilla would quickly recover all damage while it continues to deal insane amounts of damage.

Tyranitar has no such recovery ability and would lose all but the earliest of encounters to such a battle.

Tyranitar vs Godzilla: Who emerges victorious?

Godzilla seems to be the clear answer between the two (Image via The Pokemon Company, wikizilla)

Though Tyranitar is an extremely powerful and dominant force in the Pokemon world, its chances are minimal against a monster like Godzilla. Tyranitar could potentially give Godzilla a run for its money with its sheer strength, powerful attacks, and decent defense, but its odds of bringing down the kaiju are low.

Godzilla’s size and strength, along with its atomic breath and quick regeneration abilities, would prove too much for Tyranitar, though it would be able to put up a good fight.

In a very forced scenario, Tyranitar could even Mega-Evolve and possibly knock Godzilla back a few times with its Stone Edge attack, make it lose its balance with an Earthquake, or crush it with a massive Iron Tail attack, but Tyranitar’s chances of eventually winning are rather slim.