We finally meet Sigma and face him one last time...again.
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.
Once you beat all eight Mavericks, enter the gold teleporter in the center and keep going right. You'll meet the hooded figure responsible for all this mess.
It was Sigma all along...and he's still alive. Apparently Dr. Doppler's efforts from the last game were in vain.
Sigma shows up, gloating how his plan of pitting Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters was a stunning success and that he's finally able to pit the weapon the Repliforce used against Earth.
The first form is the hooded figure with the scythe. Use Rising Fire against him. Charge it up and use it while you're under him to destroy half of his health. He'll try to rush at you with the scythe if you give him time, but with the ability to charge your special weapons, that's a thing of the past.
The second form is Sigma without the cloak. He'll throw the scythe in a circular motion in front of him. If the scythe hits a wall, energy will surge across the wall. He'll then jump to the end of the room opposite the scythe and shoot out eye lasers. Use the hover ability of the leg enhancement to avoid it completely.
Dash to the other side of the room to avoid the first throw. You want to jump before Sigma throws the scythe for the second throw so that it's guaranteed to hit the wall. Otherwise, the scythe will pierce the floor and the energy will surge across it, leaving you pinned to the wall.
For this form, hit Sigma with Lightning Web to do the most damage outside of the Rising Fire. You can also do what I did and use the plasma shot upgrade for the X-Buster.
You think you're done yet? After beating the second form, you'll drop down into a room underneath where you just fought. Sigma has a third form this time around, and it's pretty complex compared to the other two. Be sure to pick up the energy capsule you land next to when the fight begins.
The three heads that show up are red, blue and yellow and have fire, ice and lightning attacks respectively. The red head will shoot series of four fireballs at you through the room, and you'll have to wall jump off the heads to dodge the first three sets and dash to avoid the fourth. The blue head will shoot an ice breath at you that will freeze you if you're too close. The yellow head will shoot lightning orbs at your current position. Stay on the move, and remember that the electricity will course through the floor upon contact with it.
The heads will fall if you do enough damage to them, believe it or not.
There are two forms of Sigma's body, and you'll have to destroy both of them in order to beat Sigma for a fourth time.
The Sigma face that sometimes appears in the lower-left area of the room is weak to Ground Chaser. When it opens its mouth to try to blow you into the spiked wall to the right, dash towards the head and attack the mouth with Ground Chaser. If he tries to suck you into its mouth, keep dashing away. Sometimes this form will cause boulders to fall down. You'll want to avoid the boulders, obviously.
The other one is the giant body with Sigma's face on the top of its head that you saw when you dropped down to this room, and it appears on the right side of the room. It will try to shoot you with a gun. Wall jump and wall slide off the heads to avoid the laser. Aim fully-charged X-Buster shots at the head. If Sigma says "The end" in this form, immediately get to the left wall and wall jump on it until he stops firing his explosive laser attack at the floor, which will damage you regardless of where you are on the floor.
When you beat Sigma's third form, you'll be able to head through the wall on the right. Head to the right, and you'll meet General. He sacrifices himself to stop the weapon and fall with his now-destroyed comrades. X escapes.
The Final Weapon is destroyed, and X escapes on a battle cruiser. He thinks about all that has transpired when he gets a transmission from Zero. He tells Zero to destroy him, if he becomes one of the Mavericks to destroy him. Zero tells him not to worry about that, but X is still concerned as he heads back to base...
If you pay attention to the Final Weapon after the end of the credits music, you'll see a whitish-purple comet head back to earth. Could it be...Sigma?
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