Destoroyah (デストロイア Desutoroia?, lit. Destroyer) of the Cataclysm continuity is a crustacean kaiju that appeared in the IDW comic series Godzilla: Cataclysm.
Name[]
Destoroyah's name comes from the word "destroyer".
Design[]
Appearance[]
Destoroyah resembles its depiction in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
Roar[]
Personality[]
Destoroyah is a fiendish and sadistic kaiju who hunts down humans without remorse. It is described by one character as a "demon," and at one point splits apart into his juvenile forms and brutally massacres several villagers one by one.
Origins[]
History[]
Destoroyah serves as the final antagonist of the comic. Destoroyah emerges from Tokyo Bay at the end of issue #4. Hiroshi is terrified by the monster's appearance and identifies Destoroyah only as "his demon." Destoroyah splits apart into its aggregate forms and hunts down and brutally kills the villagers one-by-one, either by disintegrating them with his micro-oxygen beams or tearing them apart with his claws.
Hiroshi falls on his knees and prays to Godzilla to arrive and vanquish the demon, but is impaled in the chest by an aggregate Destoroyah's claw, leaving him dying of blood loss and Biollante's core on the ground. Godzilla does arrive, and the Destoroyahs quickly merge together into a flying form. Destoroyah drags Godzilla into Tokyo with its tail, then flies by Godzilla and slices him with his laser horn katana and blasts him with micro-oxygen. Mothra, despite having been seriously wounded by Godzilla earlier, arrives to help battle Destoroyah.
Destoroyah reforms into his final form, and blasts Mothra with his micro-oxygen beam, causing her to be disintegrated and burst in a flash of fiery light. Godzilla blasts Destoroyah in the back of the head with his atomic breath, knocking the evil creature to the ground. Before Destoroyah can stand back up, he is restrained by Biollante's vines that suddenly erupt from the ground. With Destoroyah helpless, Godzilla blasts his head off with a blast of his spiral red heat beam, killing Destoroyah.
Abilities[]
Cellular breakdown[]
Destoroyah has enhanced fission and fusion abilities, able to split apart into microorganisms that can reconstitute into different forms for combat.
Micro Oxygen Beam[]
Destoroyah is able to fire a beam of Micro Oxygen from his mouth that can disintegrate any living creature and cause significant damage to any Kaiju hit by it.
Laser Horn Katana[]
Destoroyah can use his energized horn to cut his enemies in a sword-like fashion.
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