Two giant lava monsters clash in this battle! Obsidius from the videogame, Godzilla: Unleashed, against Te-Ka from Moana. But which enemy will burn away?
Prelude[]
Wiz: Lava creatures are quite common in media.
Boomstick: They certainly add some "fire" to the storylines.
Wiz: Really?
Boomstick: Yes, I did.
Wiz: One example is Obsidius, the Lava based kaiju from Godzilla: Unleashed.
Boomstick: And in the movie Moana, the antagonist is Te-Ka, a demon of Earth and Fire, or basically in today's talk, lava.
Wiz: Yep! I'm Wiz.
Boomstick: And I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And we will be comparing these two burning beasts to see who would win a Deathbattle!
Interlude[]
Obsidius[]
Wiz: When SpaceGodzilla was trapped in the far reaches of space, he had accidentally sent out a rain of crystal meteors. These meteors landed on Earth. Kaiju were able to draw power from these crystals, but another effect of these crystals was that they created two new kaiju...
Boomstick: One was Krystalak, and the other is the one we are featuring in this battle. The magma kaiju Obsidius.
Wiz: Yep! Obsidius was formed when crystals fell through Earth's crust, and the power from the crystals mutated combined with and mutated the molten metal and rock. Godzilla Unleashed was released in 2007, and it is Obsidius' only appearance. He was added to the game since he won a large amount of the votes in IGN's reader's polls. But this popularity was not carried with him when he made his appearance in the game.
Boomstick: Yeah, in short, many G-fans and people who played the game did not like him very much.
Wiz: Now, carrying on. In Godzilla: Unleashed, Obsidius is part of a faction of playable characters called the "Mutants." Unlike the Earth Defenders, the Global Defense Force, and the Aliens, the Mutants are not on any side in particular. Instead, they cause destruction, battle other kaiju, and draw power from SpaceGodzilla's crystals in pursuit of their personal gain. Other Mutants include SpaceGodzila, Destoroyah, Biollante, Titanosaurus, and Obsidius' fellow crystal-born kaiju...
Boomstick: Krystalak. So, basically, Obsidius and Krystalak are brothers.
Wiz: That's right! One thing about Obsidius that makes him one of the more dangerous monsters in the game is that he is said to go after the most unstable of SpaceGodzilla's crystals.
Boomstick: So, he's kinda like some sort of psycho,
Wiz: You could say that. Now, here are Obsidius' stats:
- Height: 322 ft (98 meters)
- Length: 623 ft (190 meters)
- Mass: 78,000 tons
Boomstick: So, he is a pretty decent size monster.
Wiz: Yep, that would be accurate. Now, Obsidius has a collection of abilities that is mostly centered around lava. For starters, he has an attack that is named Inferno. This involves Obsidius spewing out lava from his mouth, and condensing it into a beam, which can melt buildings and burn kaiju.
Boomstick: Well, that's intense.
Wiz: Another ability that Obsidius has is called Rip It Up, which allows Obsidius to stick is hands into the ground, and thrusting them upwards. the result is that he claws his opponent and flings rocks and dirt in their face. Now this attack is done in close quarters combat.
Boomstick: Yep, seems Obsidius gets his hands dirty.
Wiz: Obsidius also has a lot of basic and physical abilities. Though he never gets this in the game, Obsidius is able to travel underground, which was shown in his demo for Godzilla: Unleashed.
Boomstick: Yeah! also, Obsidius is shown to be immune to lava, seeing as he is made from magma.
Wiz: That's right! Obsidius' durability also extends further than that. Since his skin is composed of volcanic rock, he is also resistant to physical attacks and energy-based attacks. He also has strong melee attacks, as he uses his large arms and mobile legs often, giving him a fighting style that is similar to a Gorilla and even the Godzilla monster Orga.
Boomstick: And an ability of Obsidius' allows him to roll with the battles!
Wiz: Yep! Obsidius is able to tuck himself into a ball and roll around, which provides him high speed travel. Another ability of Obsidius' that demonstrates high mobility is that he can jump really.
Boomstick: This kaiju really makes leaps.
Wiz: Yep! But Obsidius also has a very strange ability worth mentioning. He has an essence-sapping ability, used when he grabs or grapples opponents. For living things, he can siphon health and replenish his, and for nonliving things, in the case of the game mechs, he is able to siphon their energy and restore stamina.
Boomstick: Obsidius seems to suck their will to fight, clearly.
Wiz: Yep! However, Obsidius has his weaknesses. When walking, he is shown to move slowly. Another thing is that he is weak aganst water, being a lava monster.
Regardless, Obsidius is clearly a tough opponent.
Te-Ka[]
Wiz: True or false? It is a good idea to steal a heart from a deity of life?.
Boomstick: The answer is false!
Wiz: In the movie, Moana, Te-Fiti's heart, which is like a small, green stone with a spiral pattern on it, allowed Te Fiti to create life. Maui stole the Heart from Te-Fiti to bring to mankind in the hopes that they could use it to have the power of creation. But there was a pretty serious side affect.
Boomstick: Basically Te-Fiti became a demon of earth and fire called Te-Ka. In short, she turned into a lava monster.
Wiz: Yep! And so Te Ka attacked Maui, separating him from the Heart of Te-Fiti and his hook, stranding him on an island for one thousand years. All the while, Te Ka tried to find the Heart, while darkness threatened to consume the Earth.
Boomstick: Some pretty rough stuff, basically.
Wiz: When Moana was tasked with getting Maui and restoring the Heart of Te-Fiti, she and Maui go on an expansive voyage to find the location of the island. They first attempt to return it, but Te-Ka attacks them, ultimately sending them back a great distance. When Maui looses hope in completing the mission since his hook was damaged, Moana went back to restore the heart. Te Ka attacks again, but Maui comes to fight of Te Ka. Moana ends up returning the heart to Te-Ka, and Te-Ka turns into Te-Fiti once again, stopping the darkness.
Boomstick: And so its a happy ending!
Wiz: Alright, as for stats, there is not a specified size for Te-Ka, but she is shown to be quite large in size.
Boomstick: Yep, that's for certain, since Maui's a big guy, and he looks pretty small in comparison.
Wiz: Now, Te-Ka has quite a few abilities. For starters, Te-Ka is able to generate lava, using it to melt various object, and can throw fire balls.
Boomstick: It's what you'd expect a lava monster to do for sure.
Wiz: Te-Ka is also show to have immense strength, as she was able to deliver blows powerful enough to defeat Maui and break his hook.
Boomstick: Now that's intense.
Wiz: Te-Ka is shown to have excellent regeneration, as she can grow back a severed limb in just about one seconds.
Boomstick: Yep! the arm just goes "pop" and there it is!
Wiz: Despite these powers, Te-Ka has limited movement. She cannot generally travel far very quickly, and opts to remain in one place. However, she can travel fairly quickly by crawling along ground. Te-Ka's most prominent weakness is water, seeing as she is a lava monster. Although, Te-Ka can generate lava into the cooled limb to restore its functionality.
Boomstick: Te-Ka is also not super durable, as just one blow from Maui's hook was able to sever her arm. Regardless, Te-Ka is a very formidable opponent.
Ready[]
Wiz: Well, Boomstick, its time for our Deathbattle. Combatants ready, and...
Boomstick: Death Battle!
Death Battle[]
On a volcanic island, somewhere in the Pacific, Te-Ka rose up, her hunt for the Heart of Te-Fiti continuing. This island, and many others like it, had been desolated by the darkness that was consuming the islands across the sea. Her fiery fingers stalked across the ash-coated surface, search that which had been taken. Her fiery eyes glared down at the ground. As she examined each area, she suddenly noticed something strange.
Scattered across various areas beyond the island she was on, there were crystals embedded in the ground. They were from a strange shower of rocks that had occurred the night before. Te-Ka decided to go back to looking for the Heart, for these crystals were lesser on her priorities. Little did she know that they would be far more consequential than she thought now.
Far below the surface, one of the crystals, which had passed through the Earth's crust, had just finished its mutation. With skin of volcanic rock, no eyes, and a gaping, molten glowing maw, Obsidius was born.
Sensing the energy above, which he could tell was highly unstable, he knew what to do. This energy would be his to feed on. Digging his claws into his surroundings, he crawled towards the surface.
Suddenly, he sensed another thing. It seemed like something large at the surface. This stirred Obsidius' ire, as his instincts indicated that it was another monster. With a growl, he advanced through to the rocks of the crust.
On the surface, Te-Ka detected a rumbling. The ground was shaking. Te-Ka then saw the ground splitting, with cracks that glowed with lava seeping to the surface. Te-Ka glared at it.
Suddenly, a clawed hand erupted from that crack, and clasped the ground. Then, Obsidius burst up from the depths roaring as he did so.
Te-Ka's eyes widened in rage. She let out a shrieking roar. Obsidius turned to face Te-Ka. He stood up straight, and roared back at Te-Ka.
Fight![]
Te-Ka tossed a fireball at Obsidius, and another. Each blasted on Obsidius' skin, but did not seem to phase him. Obsidius opened his mouth, and sent out a spirt of lava at Te-Ka. As the lava splashed on Te-Ka, Obsidius condensed the blast to form a beam, which was his Inferno attack.
The beam blasted onto Te-Ka, heating on Te-Ka's lava skin, it did not visibly effect Te-Ka. Obsidius tucked himself into a ball, and rolled at Te-Ka, colliding into the demon of earth and fire. As Te-Ka was knocked back, Obsidius untucked himself. With his large arms, he clobbered Te-Ka, slamming against her sides.
Te-Ka let out a screeching roar, raising her arm to the air. Then, she delivered a powerful blow to Obsidius.
Obsidius skidded against the ground from Te-Ka's smiting. Though his skin cracked, overall, Obsidius was unaffected. He got down on all fours, and roared at Te-Ka.
Te-Ka glared, her eyes filled with hatred for the intruder.
Obsidius knew that the new enemy he found would not stop him from getting the energy of the unstable crystals.
Te-Ka wailed, and got down on her hands, pulling herself across the ground. However, Obsidius leapt into the air above Te-Ka. Te-Ka rose back up, and Obsidius landed behind her.
He spewed out another splash of Lava to condense and make his Inferno blast. The beam blasted at Te-Ka, striking her chest as she turned to face Obsidius. This agitated her greatly, and she gather a fire ball in her hand. She hurled one at Obsidius. In response, Obsidius tucked into a ball and began to roll.
Each lava ball struck the ground as Te-Ka tried to hit Obsidius, who rolled at high speeds around her. Obsidius' rollong form began to turn to collide with Te-Ka. Te-Ka tossed a fireball, this time hitting under Obsidius. The blast stopped Obsidius, who untucked from his ball form. Obsidius growled as he skidded across the ashy surface.
Then, Obsidius leapt at Te-Ka. landing in front of her, he plunged his hands into the ground. The lifted them up, tearing the surface of the ground. He flung up chunks of dirt, which temporarily reduced Te-Ka's vision. Meanwhile, Obsdidius' rocky claws sank into Te-Ka's molten form. He proceeded to part the claws, ripping Te-Ka's arms right off.
Te-Ka howled in fury. Her arms regrew to fight once again.
Obsidius prepared to grab Te-Ka, but Te-Ka reacted in time. The two grappled there on that island. Then, Obsidius, with a perfect opportunity to do so, began to use his essence absorption.
Te-Ka started to notice that her power was dwindling from her arms. The crack on Obsidius' skin began to heal as well. Obsisius flung Te-Ka to the side, having healed his injury. Obsidius roared.
Te-Ka sent lava into her hands to restore their power. They were revived, burning with lava.
Obsidius prepared to attack again, arms out stretched. However, Te-Ka delivered a blow to his jaw, knocking his head up slightly. Using the opportunity she had, Te-Ka grabbed hold of Obsidius by the arm.
She thrust the large, brutish creature to the ground. Obsidius got to his hands, and looked up.
The lighting of the clouds around her began to surge. Her rage mounted, she raised her arms above her head, howling with fury as she did so.
Te-Ka's hands crashed down, producing a massive cloud of ash. When it dissipated, Obsidius was nowhere to be seen...
However, there was a rumbling. Obsidius emerged behind Te-Ka. Plunging his claws through her fiery exterior, he carried out his essence absorption.
Te-Ka rapidly lost her energy howling as she began to loose her life force.
K.O.[]
Te-Ka stood there, completley solid, the fire within having completly left.
Obsidius raised his claws to the air, and roared at the sky before striking the Te-Ka rock statue with his claws, smashing it to pieces.
Results[]
Boomstick: Well, that was brutal! I'm not sure whether or not the people on the islands should be happy that happened.
Wiz: While Te-Ka and Obsidius had similar abilities, Te-Ka had quite a few disadvantages. She had less maneuverability, as though Obsidius is notably slow, she could still outpace her regular movement, and his rolling form could move far quicker than Te-Ka dragging herself.
Boomstick: Yeah! and while Te-Ka had some powerful attacks that gave the demigod Maui a run for his money, Obsidius has fought highly powerful daikaiju such as Godzilla. Also, while Te-Ka could land more powerful blows than Obsidius', he had durability on his side, since he has a resistance to physical and energy attacks.
Wiz: Te-Ka's fireballs could not injure Obsidius, as he is immune to lava, but Te-Ka could also resist Obsidius' attacks as well.
Boomstick: Now, this could have been a draw, since Te-Ka's regeneration was a barrier to Obsidius winning.
Wiz: However, the nail in the coffin for Te-Ka came with Obsidius' essence absorption, which Te-Ka could not properly counter.
Boomstick: Welp, that volcanic monster went extinct.
Wiz: Is that the best you could think of? The winner is-
Boomstick: Wait! I've got one. Looks like Te-Ka just Te-Kan't claim the win in this battle!
Wiz: The winner is Obsidius!
Analysis[]
Obsidius - WINNER
+ Durability
+ Speed
+ Maneuverability
+ Experience
+ More abilities
+ Has essence absorption
- Regeneration
- Attack Power
Te-Ka - LOSER
- Durability
- Speed
- Maneuverability
- Experience
- Less abilities
- Could not counter essence absorption
+ Regeneration
+ Attack Power
Trivia[]
- I had the idea since they are both lava monsters, but one is more humanoid, and the other is beast like.