Mega Man X4 No Damage (Zero): Slash Beast
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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MattTheNoMoreHero's Maverick Hunter X, Vile No Damage Run (Hard Mode): • Mega Man MHX - Vile Ru...
Challenges:
-No Damage (Even in Ride Armors)
-No Heart/Energy/Weapon Tanks
-No Black Armor
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Slash Beast's stage generally isn't too much of a problem, and Area 1 literally has nothing you should worry about aside from the mini-boss. And even that isn't very challenging. But onto Area 2....oh boy.
It seems like smooth sailing at first, but when you get into the freakin' Rider Armor, everything goes down to ever living hell. For starters, let's start on that ride armor, shall we? That thing is input lag city. Dashing, jumping, attacking, it all has like some 0.3 second (maybe a littler more) input lag. Sometimes it so bad, a jump or attack won't even register at all when I tap X. No, it's not my controller because other games work just fine with near instant input timing. Sometimes, I can't even attack enemies in the air because it lags too much, resulting in some very stupid failed attempts.
Want to add more insult to injury? This section in the ride armor is absolutely crazy. You've got mobs of airborne enemies coming your way from both directions, and with jumping and attacking problems that are out of your control, this can be a pain if you get surrounded. Also, how about those damned reploids in the enemy ride armors suddenly dashing from off-screen without warning? It was bad enough that the horribly placed one BEFORE getting into the ride armor forces me to think out of the box and prepare Raijingekis for the respawning ones (as if you aren't on the same screen as them, they'll continue to infinitely respawn...). This is where the quick executable Raijingeki truly shines when you use it after a Z-Saber slash. It's too slow to catch the spawning armor riders on it's own, so it makes a lot more difference and guarantees your safety if executed in that fashion.
...Now let's talk about Mr. I'm-too-reliant-on-the-RNG-herp-derp (Slash Beast). Along with speeds rivaling Dragoon's and an incredibly random moveset, this guy is a problem on his own. Do you know how many failed attempts I had on this stage alone? If I somehow had the laggy ride armor to cooperate with me and get through the stage, this asshole just ruined takes with the sheer randomness he decides to use his techniques. Dragoon's random too, but at least he's FAIR with it once you've studied all his combinations and different patterns he alternates between. Slash Beast has nothing like that. He does his twin slasher when he wants to (LOL, I mean, look at that Twin Slasher x4 he did starting at 4:53. I've never seen him repeatedly use it THAT many times before out of all the times I've played this game), and all of his high, low, and jumps that are cancelled into the dive attack are all randomized with no set pattern.
If it isn't obvious by now, Twin Slasher is HARD to dodge due to it's execution speed and when he can use it at any moment's notice. It's downright unavoidable if he traps you in the corner, which it's wise to dash under him constantly when he does jumps and when you feel like he's closing the distance too much. Only way to dodge it effectively is to not get too greedy with hits, take your time and dash under it the moment you see him starting up the animation for the attack. Or if you're lucky and are far away from him, jump in between them.
When his HP drops, Beast attempts his counter attack and fang grab attack, where if it catches you, he'll soon power ram you into a wall. The counter attack (where you see him with his arms and claws crossed) will trigger an instant, unavoidable (for Zero) Twin Slasher upon striking him during the animation. The only predictable thing he has is the fang grab attack. He'll always use it after his rushing attack x2 where he rams into both walls with his claw.
While I respect Slash Beast's design and fighting style, the way he was executed in battle is one of X4's fatal flaws with enemy AI (and it's unforgiving reliance on a RNG).
Overall Stage Difficulty 9/10, for all the wrong reasons!
...But let's talk about something positive for once. Shippuuga is an excellent ground special attack. It doesn't have multiple uses like the previous two weapons, but it gets the job done against quick enemies on the ground. It's activated by pressing the special attack during a dash (which I love to do oh-so much), and has some impressive damage output. Does a good job at hitting enemies who have shields and have hitboxes under them (you'll see a bit of this next stage). It also helps with speed running a bit since Zero's still in motion with the dash slash. Another one of my reliable techniques I had to get my hands on first.
From this point on until the final stage, the rest of this game will be a snap, really. Enjoy the video and the upcoming stages.
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He defends the military train to protect the supply of goods
1000% my favorite stage in all of MMX. Action atop a moving train. The music.
The transition into the tunnel. Come back out the tunnel while fighting the boss.
That's no better boss intro, Beast run after the damn train without making any sound and smash some box on his landing, Pure badass.
no no, zero is the slash beast this time
Man, you really made that boss rage. He just kept roaring every time he missed you!
I actually attempted perfect runs of some of X4's stages recently. Area 2 of this one was a pain at times, but I think Beast himself is pathetic(beat him on my 2nd try, I made a stupid mistake near the end on the first attempt)
This deserves a lot more views, how many tries did this take?
+The Music Band Ah, sorry for the late response. Have no idea why I saw this so late. Slash Beast was one of the harder stages, so this took several dozen tries.
No problem man :D
0:17 my favorite part
Holy Cow! Never thought you would tackle the stage this early o_O AND DAMN YOU for beating this Boss so hard as you did! Slash beast is my cryptonite in this game
este villano es de mis favoritos
That one dislike must have been Slash beast
I am the only who understand "splash beast" In your intro?
yes
Damn man so impressive!!!
Thanks!
Amazing Gameplay Magnus, but why didnt you get the Heart?
It's a part of the restriction I set, though a redundant one, to be honest. This is no damage, so getting all the upgrades was more or less personal preference and I could have gotten them or not.
Magnus Blade well good point... i can past the whole game without dying but the no damage is a bit hard 2 concentrate.
I would like to run like Slash Beast any time I miss the bus
This level makes want to go on top of a CSX intermodel train and do the same thing.
that was awesome
Poor Slash Beast😫
He was just trying to protect some goods :/
Ah okay, now I can see where you were coming from, yeah the ride armor section looks like it'd be a pain to no damage (and like you said it has some pretty big input lag whenever you do something with it). Can't really remember the boss fight all too well myself, didn't really know it was so RNG based.
Yo you forgot that Heart!
jealous 😍❤️👍🏼
what i dont understand is out of all the megaman games (main line games) i can follow your guides and take little damage but zero and zx i die like 500 times a game and i watch your videos to see how to do it and get my ass handed to me
this player guys likes to hurry on game to finish things up the game so fast 😊😊
5:27 does that move look familiar to anybody?
Not really.
Guile from street fighters
reminds me of one of the attacks omega zero does in mmz3 and mmzx
I dont know what it is,but in pcsxr-pgxp,slash beast's sounds are missing during the boss and than the game gets stuck in a loading screen
one of these no take it damage permanent ly 😊👍
I love Playing Mega Man X4 Rosalina!💙
Freeze hedgehog
He occupies the abandoned base
Tiene que algo con Slash man de megaman 7 ?
Ok
HU-HA-HU