Phew! Now that that looooong first entry is finally behind us, it's now time to focus on taking on more of the Mavericks!
Sting Chameleon
The game does not zoom in on the center when you select a stage, by the way. I wish it did, though, now that I think about it.
Anyway, Sting Chameleon is one of the last Robot Masters you'll take on if you're doing it in order of weakness. So why do this one now? Because the Armor Upgrade is here, that's why.
Some of the pits here will have water in them if you've beaten the Launch Octopus stage.
In this stage, the woodcutters return, but you also have robot grasshoppers and mettaurs with bushes for heads that are really easy to defeat, with or without the small worms they shoot at you.
You'll then come across a cave. Instead of going in, go back. From there, leap up to the ceiling of the cave and jump up the wall. You'll find an area that's pretty easy to miss. There will be a robot that you will have to fight off here. Avoid its extendable arm and shoot it in the head until it's gone. If you're far enough away, you shouldn't have a problem. This robot will also try to jump on you, but the Dash ability will make avoiding him easy.
When you beat this robot, the capsule will appear. Jump in and X will now have a white armor plating covering his torso that cuts the damage he receives by half.
The cave has falling rocks all around. You can destroy them with the Mega Buster, but they'll just keep coming. If you have the Helmet upgrade from Storm Eagle's stage, these rocks will not harm you if you are standing completely still. The large rocks are really monsters that throw boulders at you.
The robot woodpeckers send robot caterpillars at you if you're close enough.
The green robots with the shields and maces have a unique way of being destroyed. Get close enough so they shoot the mace at you, then get between the mace and the robot and shoot it down. Jump over the mace as it returns and advances, and shoot at the robot until it's destroyed.
You'll find some more Robot Ride armor (as the game calls it), and it will help you traverse through the mud pit much faster.
Unless you have the Boomerang Cutter from Boomer Kuwanger's stage, you're going to have a harder time. But since you have the Armor upgrade, taking him on with the X-Buster isn't as bad as it usually is.
Sting Chameleon's major attack is blending in with the background and being almost completely transparent. You can still see him, but just barely. He's also invulnerable when he's blended in, so you'll have to wait for him to turn opaque again before you can go back on the warpath.
Sting Chameleon has two other attacks. He'll latch onto the ceiling with his tongue and shake spikes out of the ceiling. He can also hang onto the wall and shoot a three-way stinger shot out of his tail. If you and Sting Chameleon are both in opposing corners, you're in the easiest position to dodge this attack. You won't even have to jump!
If you're in range, he'll get you with his tongue. It's a really good mid-range weapon that's hard to see coming. He usually attacks with his tongue if he's in the center of the room.
Beating Sting Chameleon will award you the Chameleon Sting.
Storm Eagle
The yellow robot with the hook arms that you'll see at the beginning of this stage will grab you, fly around with you in its grasp and explode in an attempt to take you with it unless you fire at it and mash the buttons to get loose.
If you get to the top of the platforms at the beginning and make a dashing jump to the left, you'll find a red, heart-shaped icon with metal on the top and bottom. This is the the Heart Tank for this level. The Heart Tanks add to your maximum health, and collecting all of them will give you as much health as the bosses! You may be asking "Well, PrinceWatercress, why do we have so little health?" This is why. You take less damage from all the enemies in the game compared to previous Mega Man games, but you have half the health of the original Mega Man to balance out the difficulty. If you want the same amount of health as the bosses, you'll have to earn it.
You'll also see windows and gasoline tanks that you can shoot down and take out to find some secret stuff.
The Mettaurs here will pop out when you're close enough and try to run into you. Thankfully, they have the same vulnerability as they did in 20XX: as soon as they show their face, they can take a bullet in the face.
After the "Airport 1001" sign, use the platforms that go up and down to find a window you can shoot out. Blow out one side of it, and you'll destroy all of the windows. You'll find a Sub-Tank here. These are like the Energy Tanks in the classic series, but with a twist: they're re-usable and can only be filled by picking up health power-ups while your health is full. There are four in the game to collect, and filling them up prior to a boss battle will give you a definite edge.
Some of the flying platforms contain turrets that shoot a line of flames at you. They can be easily taken out with a fully charged X-Buster shot, and their weapons don't have a very good range.
Near the end, there is a wall of gasoline tanks that can be shot down. This leads to a secret area that leads to another upgrade capsule. This will upgrade X's helmet, and allow him to break certain blocks with his head.
You'll reach some platforms at the end. They fall into the abyss shortly after you stand on them, so get to the other side quickly! These lead to a jet. You may remember this jet from the intro stage. Guess what? If you go through it, take down the two turrets along the way and stand on the lift platform, you'll tear this jet apart.
You'll then have a flat ground to fight Storm Eagle on. He'll swoop down at you from one side of the screen (which is best dodged with dashing jumps), spit eggs that send out four birds at you, and try to push you back with either his Storm Tornado weapons or with his wings (walk and dash towards these to keep from being knocked off the sides of the jet).
If you have the Chameleon Sting weapon, you'll be able to beat him more quickly. If not, go at him with the X-Buster and fire off fully charged shots. Storm Eagle is one of the easiest Mavericks to beat with the good ol' arm cannon.
Beating Storm Eagle gives you the Storm Tornado.
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