Respect Acidquill (Pacific Rim)

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A species of Category 3 Kaiju, Acidquill is a Kaiju who appear multiple times in the series. The Kaiju species would make their first appearance during Operation Blackout, where they would attack the Jaegers.

Afterwards, more of the Acidquill species would show up, fighting against Apex and Atlas Destroyer.

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Scaling

• Atlas Destroyer
• General Kaiju thread

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Sources

• S#E# = Pacific Rim: The Black Season #, Episode #
• Blackout = Pacific Rim: Blackout

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Strength

• Breaks part of the building ^S1E1
• Takes down Marauder Zeus ^S1E1
• Knocks down Atlas Destroyer ^S1E6
• Headbutts Atlas Destroyer away and knocks it down with a tail swing ^S1E6
• Leaps up high into the air ^S1E6
• Acidquill takes out a Jumphawk helicopter and staggers Thunder Kinetic with a tendril strike ^Blackout
• Acidquill takes concussive missiles from Thunder Kinetic ^Blackout
• Breaks Striker Berserker’s faceplate with a tendril strike, killing one of the pilots ^Blackout
• Charges Striker Berserker into a building while puncturing its shoulder with a tendril strike ^Blackout
• Knocks down Atlas Destroyer ^S2E2
• Jumps a large distance ^S2E2
• Punches back Atlas Destroyer with the strike ^S2E2
• Its tail is used by Atlas Destroyer to pierce through the Kaiju, killing it ^S2E2

Durability

• Gets stabbed by Striker Beserker but is fine ^S1E1
• Takes several bullets from Marauder Zeus before going down ^S1E1
  • Takes more bullets before being taken down by Zeus ^S1E1
• Takes a hit from Striker Beserker ^S1E1
• Striker Berserker uppercuts Acidquill with its wrist blade out, killing the kaiju. Acidquill’s body then falls on the damaged Jaeger, pinning it. ^Blackout
• Takes a punch from Atlas Destroyer ^S2E2
• Gets bludgeoned to death by Atlas Destroyer using a large rock ^S2E6

Speed

• Can quickly attack with its trails ^S1E1
• Even with a bit of warning, Striker Berserker could barely react ^S1E1
• Attacks the cryo cannon with its tendrils ^S1E1
• Knocks away a warhead ^S1E1
• Ducks under a punch from Atlas Destroyer ^S1E6
  • And then knocks it down with a tail swing ^S1E6
• It engages in close-quarters combat with Thunder Kinetic, and when it takes damages, it splatters the Jaeger’s head with corrosive kaiju blue, killing the pilots ^Blackout

Other

• Has a pair of tendrils, slamming Striker Beserker into the building and shattering the glass ^S1E1
  • Stabs through Marauder Zeus ^S1E1
  • Stabs into rock and causes a few boulders to fall down ^S1E1
  • Breaks the cryo cannon on Berserker Zeus ^S1E1