M E G A M A N X : C O M M A N D M I S S I O N B O S S F A Q
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Written by Colin Spence aka PPM | Last Updated: 11/10/04 | v1.0
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0) ToC
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0) Table of Contents
1) Introduction
1.1) Contacting Me
1.2) Version History
2) Battle Controls
3) The Story Bosses
3.1) Hippopressor
3.2) Spider
3.3) Wild Jango
3.4) Silver Horn
3.5) Dr. Psyche
3.6) Mad Nautilus
3.7) Mach Jentra
3.8) Shadow
3.9) Supra Shadow
3.10) Incentas
4) The Rebellion Cadre
4.1) Botos
4.2) Ferham
4.3) Scarface
4.4) Scarface II
4.5) Epsilon
4.6) Eject Epsilon
5) Chapter Ten
5.1) Wild Jango
5.2) Silver Horn
5.3) Mad Nautilus
5.4) Mach Jentra
5.5) Incentas
5.6) Depth Dragoon
5.7) The Maverick
5.8) The Supra Maverick
6) The End
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1) Introduction
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Welcome to my fourth official FAQ on GameFAQs. I am Colin Spence, otherwise
known as PPM. If you have any doubts about my abilities, I should like you to
know that I have beaten this game and have defeated most every boss in it. I
also wrote this Boss FAQ in real time; that is to say, I wrote each boss
strategy as I was fighting the boss in question. I've been a fan of the Megaman
series since Megaman 2 for the original NES and a fan of RPGs since around that
time, as well. What I'm basically saying is that you should trust me on this.
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1.1) Contacting Me
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I've got some guidelines if you want to get in touch with me.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MAKE SURE THAT...
..it's not already answered in the guide.
..it's not answered on the boards.
..you ask it in a coherent fashion.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONS, MAKE SURE THAT...
..you're reading the most recent version of the guide.
..you get them to me as soon as possible!
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY...
..by all means, email me.
My email address is ppm42 AT yahoo DOT com. You can also reach me on the GFAQs
boards. I'll be under the name "PPM".
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1.2) Version History
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Chapter One
Element: None
Weakness: None
EXP: 200
Zenny: 250
FME: N/A
Items: Fire Missile, Guard Buster
Let's all laugh at his clever name. We done? Good. You'll start this fight with
X and Zero reunited, and it feels so good. You should have picked up the X
Heart Force Metal from your fight with the Preon on the lower floors, so
equip it.
Your first priority for the early stages of the fight should be wiping out the
Shark Missile. Use X for that; Zero is liable to miss. Hippopressor will charge
the missile every time you destroy it, though, so keep on your toes. Use Zero
to attack Hippopressor's head until it blows up, as it's protected from the
type of damage the X Buster does.
After the Hippo loses its head, it'll reveal a Particle Cannon. The good news
is that it's no longer protected from X's attacks. The bad news is that the
Particle Cannon is painful and has the chance to Bind you. If that's the case,
use an Anti-Lock, which you should have picked up on the way up. You'll want to
fix the Bind status as quickly as possible, because it cuts your speed in half,
leaving ample room for a Shark Missile to come and kill you dead. Once you deal
enough damage to Hippopressor, it'll stop charging the Shark Missile -- which
is a good thing. At this point, you can either switch to Hyper Mode and kill it
with a bang, or prolong the fight and do things the old-fashioned way. X Fire's
Action Trigger, at 100% WE, will deal a smooth 1700 damage to it, pretty much
annihilating it instantly. Your choice. Eventually he'll go down and you can
reap the rewards. Don't forget to pick up the two Force Metals in green
crystals after the fight.
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3.2) Spider
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Chapter Two
Element: None
Weakness: Fire
EXP: N/A
Zenny: N/A
FME: N/A
Items: None
Spider...ah, the requisite cool one. He'll put up a shot-blocking barrier, so
you'll have to go in to Hyper Mode to get your close-quarters attacks in. Store
up your WE when in Hyper Mode until you get 100%, then let loose with a Charge
Collider from your Action Trigger. Another smooth 1700 damage, another quick
victory.
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3.3) Wild Jango
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Chapter Two
Element: Thunder
Weakness: Fire
EXP: 1000
Zenny: 500
FME: N/A
Items: Protect +1 (Steal), Thunder Guard (Steal), Sub Tank, Thunder Buster
Yeah, he looks fun to bring to parties. I wonder if he knows the Thunder Slide
or the Stray Cat Strut. Okay, that's enough bad music puns for now. Now, when
you freed the guard's friends, you should have gotten a chance to shop. Pick up
the Fire Buster and some Thunder Guard Force Metals. Also in that room is an
Ultra Fire in a blue crystal; take that. Be sure to talk to the Resistance
Guard to refill your LE. Once your preparations are complete, you're ready to
start this fight.
By the time your fight starts, Spider will have joined your party. His Action
Trigger, provided you get a good enough hand, will work wonders on Jango. The
cat's main attack will be Rolling Assault, a Thunder dive-bomb, but he'll also
use Ultra Thunder and Lightning Rod on you. Ultra Thunder will hit both X and
Spider for a few hundred damage. Lightning Rod will hit you for considerably
less, but it will make Jango even faster. Deplete some of his life and he'll
use Shock Nail, a nasty Thunder claw strike with a Virus side effect. Use a
Vaccine Program to clear that up.
Of course, if you find the battle to be getting a bit too hot for you, bring on
the heat yourself and switch to X-Fire. Something to note about Hyper Modes:
when you're in one, you can't be affected by status changes like Virus.
Something notable about Spider's Hyper Mode, Trickstar, is that he won't
receive any damage while he's in it, and he also deals impossibly awesome
amounts of damage with his Action Trigger. So just keep pounding away at Jango
and he should "fall down go boom" very quickly.
Before you head off to fight, you should trade in those Thunder Guards from
Jango for some Water Guards at the shopping district in New Hope. Use the
Thunder Buster you got from Jango, though, in this fight. Pick up some Thunder
Missile Sub-Weapons, too, if you can afford them. In the last room of colored
panels, step on them in the order green, blue, red, yellow to unlock the
crystal holding Spider's Queen of Diamonds. In the room before that, step on
them in the order yellow, blue, red to unlock the Tank Parts.
Silver Horn has a few main attacks. First, he'll use an ice jet attack by
pounding the floor. Second, he'll use Tidal Wave, a non-Water attack that
sweeps your entire party. Third, he'll use Cryogenics, which has the chance to
Freeze a fighter. Bring along some Warm-Ups or you could be in trouble. His
last attack is Ultra Blizzard, just like the item. Keep smacking him around
until he uses Liquid Coating, which brings you into Stage Two of the fight.
In Stage Two, he'll start to use a powerful attack known as Pressure Abyss. It
is a pretty much guaranteed Critical Hit, so I'd suggest avoiding it or at
least reducing the damage with Hyper Mode. You'll want to go into Hyper Mode
during this stage of the fight, because it means his death is near. Note with
X-Fire that your regular buster's element is Fire now. It's still awesomely
powerful, it's just not his weakness any more. Use any Gain Hypers you may have
on X and just keep putting out the Charge Collider. Silver Horn will fall.
You'll want to have taken the route Easy -> Hard -> Hard -> Hard in the Eternal
Forest to get the Joker (the Smoker, the Midnight Toker) for Spider. Switch out
Massimo for Marino in this fight.
Goofy lookin' fella, isn't he? He'll summon some needles as soon as it's his
turn -- you'll want to get rid of them before their turn comes up. They can be
delightfully annoying. Aside from the needles, he's got some nasty tricks with
status effects and the like. With 4th Dimension Slow, he can Freeze a fighter.
Doom Blaster hits hard, and it hits twice. Outside of that stuff, though, it's
a relatively simple fight. Save your Hyper Mode activations for the next part.
Chapter Four
Element: None
WeaknesS: None
EXP: 8800
Zenny: 10000
FME: N/A
Items: Cure All (Steal), Tractor Net (Steal), Sub Tank, Virus Missile
Here's Dr. Psyche's evolved form. Cocky little bugger. You'll have to grin and
bear it while he pounds on you, until he starts charging Mad Energy. His core
will be exposed and his shields down, so attack him then. You'll want to use
Marino's Hawkeye ability for this, since the Nautilus is an Air enemy. His
Mad Cocktail attack will slam you with any random status ailment -- we sensing
a theme? -- so I'd suggest Defending while you're waiting for the core to open,
since you can't be affected by status ailments then.
When he starts charging Mad Energy, he'll use Mad Ecstasy on you. This is an
attack that will either hit everybody twice, two of you thrice, or one party
member six times. Keep some Backups ready for that last one. After he closes
his core, he could use Energy Capture, which will take LE from one of your
fighters and refill his. He could also use Hell Gravity, which will halve your
HP, rounded down.
In this fight, you don't want to use X-Fire, as it converts your Shot damage to
melee damage, which doesn't work well against Air enemies. Rely instead on
Trickstar and Quicksilver, Marino's Hyper Mode. Quicksilver greatly increases
Marino's speed, which is perfect if you want to deal a lot of damage in the
short time you have to deal it. Really, though, you can beat the Nautilus
without even resorting to Hyper Mode. He's one of those throwaway bosses.
Chapter Five
Element: Fire
Weakness: Water
EXP: 10000 + Preons
Zenny: 12000 + Preons
FME: 900 + Preons
Items: Twin Fire (Steal), Tank Energy 100 (Steal), Sub Tank, Fire Buster MKII
Buy Fire Guards and Ice Missiles with your bounty from the Nautilus. Keep the
Ice Buster you picked up from Silver Horn on X for this fight. Don't use X-Fire
in this fight, either; you'll just wind up healing Mach Jentra.
The recommended party for this fight is X, Zero, and Marino -- or at least, my
recommendation. Use Marino's Hawkeye to bring Mach Jentra down, leaving him
wide open for a Heat Haze-assisted slash from Zero. Don't worry so much about
the Preons in this fight. (Worry about them in the next one -- I mean, what?)
Jentra has three main attacks. The first is a Call to Arms, in which he
summons Preons. This is the one you should worry about least, since they're no
big threat. The second is a dive-bomb attack that deals moderate damage. The
last is called Flames of Gehenna, which is a bit like Ultra Fire, only on crack
and ecstasy at the same time. So no, it's not a very fun attack. He can also
drain your WE, but it happens rarely. He's got the item attack Giga Fire, too,
which is a souped-up version of Mega Fire.
Marino's Quicksilver is pretty useful in this fight for grounding Jentra. Zero
comes with two Heat Hazes, giving you six hits per attack if you use them both.
X is always a good choice, though as already mentioned, don't use his Hyper
Mode. Kick the other two into Hyper Mode and kick the crap out of Jentra. He's
only got one stage, and that's the one you see. He should tumble very quickly
with proper preparation (like what I told you in the first paragraph).
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3.8) Shadow
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Chapter Six
Element: None
Weakness: None
EXP: N/A
Zenny: N/A
FME: N/A
Items: Gain Hyper (Steal), Unlock Limiter (Steal)
Knock him down before he finishes charging the Pulverizer Cannon. It'll deal
INSANE amounts of damage to everybody in your party. I don't care how you do it
as long as you DO IT.
*ahem* And with that out of the way, Shadow is a big fan of attacks that
decimate your LE. Unless he slashes you or uses a Blizzard attack, he can't
actually kill you. Your basic strategy is to pound the hell out of him until he
breaks his own shield, then keep attacking until the battle finishes itself.
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3.9) Supra Shadow
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As Zero said, it's time for round two. In this fight, your third party member
will be bumped out of the party to make room for Zero. Just so you know.
Shadow picked up a few new tricks for this battle. The first is called
Codebreaker, a DOA attack (read: One-Hit KO). He kept the Fragmenting Cannon
and the Pulverizer Cannon (to which the same rule applies -- knock him down
before he's done). X-Fire's Action Trigger at 100% WE will halve his health
easily, so resort to that as quickly as possible. From there, Black Zero's
Action Trigger with two Heat Hazes will finish him off. Not a difficult fight,
if you abuse Hyper Modes. And if this game has taught you anything, it's that
you should abuse Hyper Modes.
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3.10) Incentas
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Chapter Six
Element: Fire / Water / Thunder
Weakness: Water / Thunder / Fire
EXP: 12500
Zenny: 15000
FME: 1000
Items: Build WE (Steal), Build LE (Steal), Twin Ice, Twin Thunder
This guy is not fun, with a capital "NOT FUN". I really, really, flat-out hate
Incentas. There's no clear-cut way to kill him, so I'll just show you all what
Lourde Incarnadine told me on the GameFAQs boards when I was having trouble
with Incentas. ...Rather, since the post has been purged, I'll share with you
the gist of what he told me.
Start off the fight with X, Zero, and Marino. Keep Marino in there just long
enough to steal the Build parts, then switch her out for Cinnamon. (I used
Spider first time through, but it's your choice.) Attack with normal weapons
and Sub-Weapons until Incentas starts using the "Hyper!" attacks. At that
point, throw it into Hyper Mode and keep kicking butt. </G4TV>
Lourde has yet to steer me wrong; won't you follow his advice?
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4) The Rebellion Cadre
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Yes, you do have to exterminate the Cadre. Here're the strategies for doing
just that.
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4.1) Botos
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Chapter Seven
Element: None
Weakness: Water
EXP: 15000 + Bits
Zenny: 16000
FME: 1500
Items: Super Absorber (Steal), Fire Resist (Steal), Twin Fire, Fire Stella
o/~ I see the little silhouetto of a _ham_... o/~ Quite the stage hog, this
Botos. I fought this one with my standard party of X, Zero, and Marino. Give
Marino's Hawkeye to Zero and equip her with the Ice Star, which the Liquid
Globs in Gimialla Mine drop very rarely. As an alternate weapon for Marino, you
can take the Thunder Stella from a green crystal on the second floor of the
pyramid base. To remove the shield from the crystal, aim the lasers in the room
below at the red panel on the wall. Give X the Ice Buster MKII from the
shopping district. Zero will fare well with any sword you give him. Equip at
least one member with Twin Ice if you feel like it. I thought it would help,
but I wound up barely using it.
Right, with that lengthy preparation done, here comes Botos. With his first
attack, he'll summon two O-Bits. They can heal, cast Hell Gravity, and use
Mega Fire, as well as being a crucial part of most of Botos's song-based
attacks. Battle Andante will hit your entire party's stats, dropping them all
by 25%. Showtime will hit your entire party for around 800 damage. Fortunately,
he doesn't use that often. He can fly up to you and hit you twice, also for a
total of 800 damage. Battle Rhapsody will hit the whole party for around 500 or
600 damage. Battle Forte and Battle Allegro will increase his stats by 25%, but
if you're lucky (like I was), he won't use either of them.
The attacks aren't too bad, really; it's dealing the 40,000 damage you need to
kill him that'll get you. Around halfway through the battle, which is up to you
since he doesn't have any indicating states, start going into Hyper Mode. Don't
use X-Fire in this fight, though. Botos flies, for one, so you'll probably not
hit him enough to matter. Second, he may not absorb fire, but he reduces fire
damage dealt to him enough for the damage to not matter. Stick with Black Zero
and Quicksilver in this fight. When Black Zero's WE is at 100%, use Heat Haze,
Hawkeye, and the Action Trigger, in that order. If you're quick enough, you
should be able to pull off ten Zero Slashes, which translates to 20 guaranteed
hits (with Heat Haze), dealing upwards of 7000 damage. A couple of those and
Botos won't be doing much singing for a while.
Stock up. If you want X, Zero, and Marino to fight this one, use the Thunder
Stella, the Thunder Buster MKII, and pretty much any sword (I'd recommend the
Z Saber++) -- but don't sell your old weapons. You'll need them for the next
boss fight. Keep the same Sub-Weapon setup that you had for the Botos fight,
but swap Twin Ice for Twin Thunder, if you used it at all. If you miss Marino
having Hawkeye, the Triclaw Killers in the Vanallia pyramid base drop it. Just
something you might want to know.
Oh, look. It's a sultry flying robot woman with a laser whip and a heat shadow.
Kinky. Her Bloody Snake attack will hit everybody -- thrice if her Heat Haze is
active, once otherwise. You'll want to knock her down if you want to get rid of
her Heat Haze, and you _want_ to get rid of her Heat Haze. She can use Giga
Blizzard, which is souped up to deal even more damage at around 800. Once you
smack her enough, she'll start using Sonic Blizzard, which will hit your entire
party for around 500 damage and has the ability to Freeze any or all of your
fighters. Around that time she'll also start using Tera Blizzard, which is like
a hyper-powerful version of Giga Blizzard on one person.
Zero is essential in this fight. Don't hesitate to kick it into Hyper Mode and
HAT Trick her. (By which I mean, Heat Haze, Hawkeye, Action Trigger.) X-Fire
won't be very effective in this fight either, but Quicksilver works like a
charm. Keep your health up and don't think twice about throwing some Ultra
Thunders at her if you need to. It's too bad this normally kills her. I liked
her.
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4.3) Scarface
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Chapter Nine
Element: Thunder
Weakness: Fire
EXP: 6000
Zenny: 10000
FME: 2400
Items: Ultra Thunder (Steal), Thunder Resist (Steal), Tank Energy Infinity,
Shock Lance Beta
Here's to the end of the Rebellion Cadre, because by the end of this chapter,
you'll have them out of your hair for good. Scarface absorbs Thunder attacks,
which is why I told you to keep your Fire weapons handy, since you'll not get
a chance to head to the shopping district between the Air Bus and this fight.
Give Marino the Fire Stella you won from Botos and equip X with the Fire Buster
MKII you got from Mach Jentra. Zero's still anything goes.
Something very important about Scarface: He'll counter against an attack that
deals the same kind of damage he was last attacked with. This means that if you
hit him with the Fire Stella, which deals S damage, your next attack had better
be from Zero's saber or X-Fire, otherwise you're in for a world of hurt. The
same holds true in reverse: If Zero attacks, you'd better follow with Marino or
X (in non-Hyper Mode) unless you like pain.
Sparky hits hard. He's got Ultra Giga Thunder, which is...well, it's like Ultra
Thunder and Giga Thunder combined, and it hits everybody. He can use Plasma
Ball, which hits one person for a good 1000 damage and has the chance to Bind.
Plasma Array hits everybody and most often Binds everybody, too. Tera Thunder
is just like Ferham's Tera Blizzard, only of the Thunder element. His lance
attack slices one of your members. Electro Breaker acts like Energy Capture,
but on all three characters and of the Thunder element.
It's never too late in this fight to make Scarface say hello to your little
friend and slam him in the face with a fully-charged Charge Collider from
X-Fire. Just make sure you haven't attacked with a C attack on the previous
turn (like the mistake I made >_<). This is the first time in a while that all
three Hyper Modes will be useful, so relish the opportunity. He has less HP
than Botos and is even a Ground enemy. The HAT Trick works miracles. This is
not meant to be a difficult fight. No, no...save that honour for Scarface II.
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4.4) Scarface II
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Chapter Nine
Element: Thunder
Weakness: Fire
EXP: 24000
Zenny: 10000
FME: 2600
Items: Tank Energy 100 (Steal), Thunder Buster MKIII, Thunder Saber+
This is pretty much the same fight as the first part. So I may have been lying
when I said this was difficult. Try best you can to keep your energy and Sub
Tanks full for the end of this fight, though. One modification: Give Zero the
Z Saber+++, found in the Revolver Room of the Grave Ruins Base.
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4.5) Epsilon
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Chapter Nine
Element: None
Weakness: None
EXP: N/A
Zenny: N/A
FME: N/A
Items: Protect +5 (Steal), Full Specs +3 (Steal)
You'll go into this fight with the same setup as the one with which you ended
Scarface II. See, this is why I warned you to keep your energy up.
The big, bad boss of the Rebellion. He has some AMAZING attacks. There's the
requisite status effect attack: Power Virus. That'll just give you the Virus
ailment, so bring along some Vaccine Programs. Then he goes into the elemental
with Ultra Giga Fire, Ultra Giga Blizzard, and Ultra Giga Thunder. The most
deadly attack he has is Metacrush, which immediately drops a party member's HP
to one. Along with that, he's got Fatal Attack, which is always a critical hit
and generally doesn't falsely advertise.
As tough as Epsilon may be, though, don't throw it into Hyper Mode too early
unless you have to or if you have some Gain Hypers. About halfway through the
fight, he'll transform and you'll need all the Hyper you can get.
Chapter Nine
Element: None
Weakness: None
EXP: 30000
Zenny: 20000
FME: 5000
Items: Gain Hyper (Steal), Build Hyper (Steal), Tank Parts, Force Tomahawks
The cape is off. The Supra-Force Metal is activated. Oh, it's ON, bitch!
*a-HEM* Right. Well, you might be happy to know that he's dropped the Ultra
Giga stuff, Power Virus, and Fatal Attack. What you probably won't like to know
is that he's replaced them with the Tera versions of each element and he's kept
Metacrush. He's also got Nova Impact, which is a very strong attack that deals
upwards of 1200 damage to each party member. Feel free to sub out Marino for
Cinnamon any time, since you're likely to run out of Sub Tanks. Just steal the
Hyper stuff first.
Wait for his Supra-Force Metal to deteriorate before you start the Hyper Mode
onslaught. To get rid of it, you'll just have to keep attacking him until the
game tells you that his Supra-Force Metal has deteriorated. When that happens,
well, for the love of Caine, ATTACK HIM! He has around the same amount of HP as
Scarface II, so what you do to get rid of it all is up to you. HAT Trick,
Quicksilver abuse, whatever, just trash him. I will say that the HAT Trick, if
executed properly (with ten attacks), should get rid of a fifth of his HP. If
you opt to go that path, pump Zero full of Gain Hypers and keep the HAT Tricks
coming.
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5) Chapter Ten
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In the final chapter of the game, you'll be fighting many of the Story Bosses
over again, as well as a few new bosses, including the final boss, referred to
for spoiler purposes as The Maverick.
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5.1) Wild Jango
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Element: Thunder
Weakness: Fire
EXP: 15000
Zenny: 3000
FME: 1000
Items: Boost Power (Steal), Build Power
You should have picked up Marino's Fire Comet, X's Fire Buster MKIII, and the
Flame Saber+ for Zero from the various stores in this chapter. If you didn't,
though, that's cool. In this incarnation, he's been souped up to perfection. He
has Ultra Giga Thunder now as well as Codebreaker, the one-hit KO attack. Come
in here with as much Thunder Resist Force Metal as you can handle. If you have
Reverse Thunder from deployment missions, bring that, too. His Rolling Assault
attack does thousands of damage. Yes, thousands, with a "thousand". Don't be at
all afraid to throw in a Hyper Mode assault to make this cat sing his swan
song. Erm, cat song. Whatever.
The order of these next four fights is entirely up to you. Move up to the
purple doors to see the boss who lies beyond the teleporter hatch. Flip to the
strategy you need for whatever fight you're going up against. You can restock,
heal, and save as you want by turning immediately left from the entrance of the
room, or by going straight when returning from a boss fight.
The Thunder Comet, Thunder Buster MKIII, and Thunder Saber+ should fare you
quite well in this fight, but again, it's up to you. Like Wild Jango before
him, Silver Horn's been upgraded with Ultra Giga Blizzard, but he doesn't have
Codebreaker. He'll still use Liquid Coating about halfway through. Don't worry
about using Sub Tanks or Hyper Modes, since you can heal and replenish them all
after the fight. Really tear it loose.
The Nautilus has no new tricks up its many sleeves. At all. Equip yourself
however you'd like, but remember the whole deal with the Mad Ecstacy, core
protection bit. If you want Zero in your party, be sure to equip him with
Hawkeye for accuracy. Bring along some Cure Ones or Cure Alls or use Hyper
Mode liberally to cancel out the various status effects.
Element: Fire
Weakness: Water
EXP: 15000
Zenny: 3000
FME: 1000
Items: Boost Speed (Steal), Build Speed
Mach Jentra, however, has a new trick you'll have to deal with. He now knows
Coercion, which will either drop your power 25% or make you lose your next
turn. It's pretty annoying, but not exactly life-threatening. Another one he's
got is Super Hold Gum, which drops your party's speed by 25%. Bring along the
Ice Comet, the Ice Buster MKIII, and the Ice Saber+ (if you can afford it all)
to drop him faster than a sack of Preons. Once again, don't worry yourself with
the Preons in this fight. He'll just call them back once you kill them. Of
course, if you need the EXP, go for it.
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5.5) Incentas
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Element: Fire / Water / Thunder
Weakness: Water / Thunder / Fire
EXP: 15000
Zenny: 3000
FME: 1000
Items: Unlock Limiter (Steal), Build WE
Incentas has actually gotten easier. Well, comparatively...he's still got loads
of bothersome attacks and HP through the roof, but he's dropped the Giga
attacks in favour of the Ultra and Ultra Giga versions only. Bring along any
combination of elemental weapons. I like giving one to each member so two can
attack each turn and the third (who would heal him if he or she would attack)
can heal the party instead.
Element: Thunder
Weakness: Fire
EXP: 23000
Zenny: 10000
FME: 2000
Items: Beast Lancer (Steal), Force Tomahawks, Build LE
Well, here's a lovely customer. You will have to watch your Hyper Modes and Sub
Tanks in this fight, so keep that in mind. Bring along whatever Fire weapons
you can get your hands on, along with some way to steal the Beast Lance. It's
Massimo's best weapon. Why you'd want to use Massimo, though, is your issue and
not mine. If you got a Reverse Thunder Force Metal from deployment missions,
use it! It's excellent in this fight, because Thunder attacks will heal you.
The first thing you should know is that Depth Dragoon can boost his stats at
will, just like the Boost items. It's nowhere near as drastic as the stuff some
future bosses can do, but it's still something to look out for. He can use the
old and tired Tera Thunder attack, as well as Electromagnetic Field, which hits
all your characters and often Binds all of them. He knows Hell Gravity and
Ultra Giga Thunder, too -- cripes, he's even got a lance. Give him a mask and
he could be Scarface! But leaving Ol' Sparky out of the picture, New Sparky can
use a single-hit Thunder attack on one character and can spear you powerfully
with an attack called Destructive Blow on the whole party. His big attack is
Thunder Brigade, a multi-hit Thunder attack on all three fighters.
I didn't really have many problems fighting him. X Fire is an asset to this
fight, but don't immediately jump into it unless you have some Gain Hypers left
over. If you feel pressed for damage, feel free to use Quicksilver and the Fire
Comet for a good deal of uninterrupted damage. Heal if or when you need to.
Consider this a cooldown fight, if you'd like.
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5.7) The Maverick
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You certainly stand a threat from this guy, but he won't let you knock him down
so easily. His first attack will always be Code Red, with which he will summon
two Red Hubcap enemies. They have their own brand of pain -- the Zapper attack,
a multi-hit attack on the entire party. As if that's not bad enough, the
Maverick will defend most of the time, not even letting you knock him around.
Trash the Hubcaps first, then, when he uses Code Red again, attack him instead
of the Red Hubcaps.
Eventually, instead of re-summoning the Hubcaps, he'll use Ballistic, which
is a two-hit attack with his weapon. He could also use the X-Slash, which is
a high-power double-hit sword slash. His last option is Vicious Assault, an
immensely powerful multi-hit attack that totals your entire party. When he gets
to this point, it's Hyper Mode time. Rely on the HAT Tricks and Marino's Hyper
Dive (three blue boots in the reels) to deal the bulk of damage, but if you
feel like it you can throw in a fully charged Charge Collider for about 10000
damage. Considering he has only about 50000 HP, that's not a bad idea. Don't
worry so much about Sub Tank levels; he's one of the toughest bosses in the
game and deserves all you can give him.
And the cutscene when you beat him reveals him to be a huge creep.
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5.8) The Supra Maverick
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Element: None
Weakness: None
EXP: N/A
Zenny: N/A
FME: N/A
Items: SFM Fragment Alpha (Steal), SFM Fragment Beta (Steal)
If you go this fight with Zero and/or Marino, give them the Rei Ichimonji and
the Beam Sword, respectively. Weapons that would be good to have for the other
characters include X's Turbo Buster, Massimo's Beast Lancer, Axl's Axl Bullets
3, and Cinnamon's Kitty Gloves. These are by no means required, though.
If you want to steal the SFM Fragment Alpha, you'll need to do it very early in
the fight; later, it's just SFM Fragment Beta available. Your main priority,
aside from stealing the fragment, is to stay alive in the early stages of the
battle. The SFM on the left will just regenerate his life to its maximum every
turn. Heal, but only as much as you absolutely need. Don't waste Hyper Mode
activations. However, staying alive is easier said than done. He could use an
attack called Memento Mori (Time to Die, in poor Latin), which causes every
imaginable status effect up to and including DOA. He could also use Deus ex
Machina (God out of the Machine), a supremely destructive meteor assault. If
you manage to survive, more power to you.
And to him. After the cutscene, you'll be able to steal the SFM Fragment Beta.
He'll also have three new attacks: Codebreaker, Deep Impact, and Carpe Diem
(Seize the Day). Deep Impact is a brutally powerful attack. Carpe Diem will
drain all your party members' WE, but it's not a guaranteed hit. If you can
survive the initial onslaught (since your fighters will likely be at very low
life and it's always a blitzkrieg), heal immediately.
Once the first series of attacks has passed, the Supra Maverick will have a
barrier erected. If you want to deal any significant damage to him, you'll have
to destroy the Supra-Force Metal L on his shoulder. I recommend using Hyper
Mode almost immediately to do that and to attack him for the most damage, since
the SFM will regenerate after eight turns. Use Gain Hypers to your advantage,
as the best way to destroy the Supra Maverick is with a Hyper onslaught.
Destroy the SFML every time it comes back as quickly as possible -- I suggest
Marino's Quicksilver for that -- and otherwise focus everything you have on
the Supra Maverick. You'll eventually start chipping away at his massive health
bar and, if you keep pressing on, you'll fell the beast.
Enjoy the credits.
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6) The End
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I'd like to thank Lourde Incarnadine, without whom I probably would never have
beaten Incentas during my first playthrough. Also CJayC for founding GameFAQs,
Capcom of America for translating this game (with only a few errors, which is a
big step up from Megaman Battle Networks 3 and 4), Linds and Dani for buying me
this game for my birthday, and you, the reader, for reading this and hopefully
getting help from it.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION HAPPY SMILE FUN TIME!
This Boss Guide for Megaman X: Command Mission is (C) Colin Spence 2004.
(C) Capcom Co., LTD 2004 (C) Capcom USA Inc, 2004. Mega Man X is a trademark of
Capcom Co., LTD 2004. All rights reserved.
Feel free to redistribute this guide as much as you want as long as you keep
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