Mega Man X4/Walkthrough

Playing using X
Starting from Magma Dragoon's stage can be advantageous because it's the only Maverick whose boss area X can access with a Ride Armor.

This order allows to collect all items by re-visiting one stage only.

Playing using Zero
Two of Zero's "weapons" actually are skills that deal no damage, therefore the Maverick order has to be different.

The regular Z-saber deals slightly more damage to Web Spider than to most other Mavericks, while Slash BeastLeo is the hardest boss, even with all other powerups.