ClementJ64 plays Mega Man X4 as Zero - Part 6 of 8

It's time to take on the Final Weapon once again!

All maps by X GOD.

When Zero returns to Maverick Hunter HQ, he finds out that Iris has left with the Repliforce into space.

Final Weapon

Area 1

You'll meet Iris shortly after the beginning. She raises up a dark purple energy ball, which creates a Robot Ride armor suit around her.

Use the somersault slash on the Robot Ride suit. This will cause bombs to come out of the suit and eventually fly at you. You can destroy those with the somersault slash as well. A purple crystal will come out of the mech. Hit it with Ryuenjin.

When Iris charges up her laser cannon, get to the wall immediately, as the crystal will shoot a similar laser upwards. The crystal will follow you around until Iris fires her laser, so you want to stagger your retreat to the wall a little bit.

When you beat Iris, you'll get a cutscene where Iris dies, clinging firmly to the belief of a world where only Reploids exist.

After beating Double, you'll have a choice between one of two paths. The upper path has ton of spikes and superlasers from the Storm Owl stage, while the lower path has a lot of bottomless and tricky jumps to make. Pick your poison.

Regardless of which path you take, you'll reach the same destination every time: the Area 1 boss. This time around, you'll face General.

General will face blue energy shots at you, and will also fire his fists forward. You'll need to wall jump onto the fists and ride them to General, then slash him in the face with the somersault slash. This is much harder, since your attacks are all close-range only. Sometimes he'll switch to the other side of the room. If that happens, smack him in the back of the head with your sword after he stops moving.

General will be heavily damaged, but not out. The weapon shakes, and General tells you that someone else is controlling the Final Weapon. X now has to stop the weapon himself.

Area 2

Now it's time for the boss rush.

The left side of the teleporter room, from top to bottom is Web Spider, Cyber Peacock, Jet Stingray and Split Mushroom. The right side, from top to bottom, is Magma Dragoon, Storm Owl, Frost Walrus and Slash Beast. Same strategies apply.