Mega Man Zero 2/Yggdrasil: Difference between revisions

Elpizo received a terrifying power boost from the Dark Elf and Baby Elves. He's commanding fiendish strength with almost no limit, and on top of that, he's ready to kill. Are you up to the task of defeating him?

Elpizo is very agile and crafty. He's either jumping out of the way of your attacks, or blocking them with his saber. He's got no element weakness, but you can keep hitting him with your saber to avoid damage.

If Elpizo suddenly freezes and yells, "Kurae!" ("Eat this!"), dash right in front of him. Stop right beside him, but don't make any contact. He's going to point his saber up and fire small energy spikes all over the room. The ones that hit the floor become shockwaves that don't stop until they hit the walls. If you stand in the spot mentioned shortly ago, the entire attack is almost certain to miss, and you've got a good chance for a powerful counterattack. Just beware his next move. It's harder to get away from close range.

Elpizo even has control over space. He tears open portals to summon either a Pantheon Gunner or a Spiking. Either way, don't stand next to the portal (you can't use it), and repeatedly use the Kougenjin on whichever enemy pops out. It's always hits, and might even reach Elpizo. However, you can only use it as well as its maximum range, and that means getting too close for comfort. You can always regain energy from the enemies he summons, and they do up your kill count if you haven't made 23 kills just yet. If it gets a little too crazy, just back away or get on the other side of Elpizo.

Elpizo means business when he charges forward with several rapid jabs of his saber. He gets into an attack stance before he dashes, so you've got plenty of time to either jump over him or use the walls so you don't even come near him.  

If any attack causes the most trouble, it's Elpizo's life-draining energy ring. He'll jump into the air, spin around, and shout "Kokodesuka!" ("It is there!"). He'll fire a ring of six dark energy spheres that make a sloping pass at Zero. If these hit him, they latch on for a few seconds, and Elpizo begins ripping them off and stealing health to replenish his own. You can shake them off with rapid dashing, but even that's not very useful. As he sends the ring, dash away about a second before it reaches you and dash-jump over it. It's the best method of dodging it.  

====EX Skill: Holy Rage====

He performs the equivalent of the Guardians' Overdrive, coated with a purple flame aura that makes him invincible for the duration of his attack. He follows up by throwing his sword out in front of him, and it blasts into the ground, smashing a hole in the floor and opening up a pillar of blue light that shields him even further. That's not all: it starts churning out rocks from all directions. You can't stop these; you can only run away and take cover as he uses the EX Skill, preferably at the very edge of the room or top of a wall. After the attack ceases, his sword whirls right back to him, and just being hit by this can damage you, so stay as far away from his forceful onslaught until it's finished.  

The thing that emerges from the shadow isn't even Elpizo... he's gone from a righteous leader... to a foul wraith!  

==Final Boss: Devil Elpizo==

This replulsive form is the final result of Elpizo's madness. He's become a primal demon who desires destruction worldwide! The Baby Elves have even been affected, and they swirl around him in the shape of giant parasites. His power has virtually no limit beyond the Dark Elf's capabilities. You know what will happen if he breaks loose across Earth. As sickening as it sounds, you're forced to kill your former comrade to save the world.

Elpizo's packing unbelievable strength. He easily summons whatever instrument of destruction he desires. From time to time, he can teleport to either the left, right, or middle of the room, and the Baby Elves keep flying around trying to protect him. His only true weak spot is his head and body, and only a charged Z-Saber can deliver the most effective damage, but you can still get dinged up by running into Elpizo's claws or wings. The armor on his body won't make him flinch like before. If he attacks, it's inevitable. He's still not weak to any element, but you utilize any Form you've surmassed that might help, like the Active, Power, or Defense Forms. He has no EX Skill, but when you've got no limits, not even rank affects power!

Elpizo summons two kinds of attacks: plasma-like green spheres, or solid gold spiked objects.  

If he uses his plasma spheres, he'll create two kinds. His smaller attack is when he releases several glowing spheres from his claws, which you can destroy without even letting them strike. They can seriously hurt you if you aren't paying attention, though. They'll attach to Zero and slow him down, while doing steady damage.  

Elpizo's bigger version of the attack is the one to look out for. He amasses a giant ball of protoplasm, and it swings around him counterclockwise, just like a mace. As it moves, it gets faster and further outward, forcing you to get out of the way or get badly hurt. This one can't be stopped until it leaves the room and dissipates.

Elpizo also creates different obstacles to injure you further. He sometimes creates a platform, but it's not very dangerous at all. It's also safe to stand on for a height boost, but the spiked underside isn't so friendly. The platform begins kicking up dust and hovering around Elpizo in a sort of figure-eight pattern, so it's basically a trap that lures you right to him. As long as you're not trying to land hits as it's coming by, it's never a real problem. It always sticks to the same path.

Elpizo's got a second version of this attack with some scarier methods attached. He builds up two spiked walls that crunch into the opposite ends of the room. They don't kill, but you can tell it's bad news. Retreat to a wall and hug the upper part. This attack only hits the lowest corners of the battlefield. If it catches up faster than you can run, dash-jump over it. Better yet, if you're directly under Elpizo, then his attack has already failed from the start! He has a blind spot, between where he summons his walls, where they ''never'' hit. Under there, you're totally out of reach!

Don't think that the Baby Elves aren't going to step in. You're technically going after their mother, too. If Elpizo wants them to attack, they obey him under the impression he's their "mama". The Elves charge out in parasite form and make spastic flight patterns over the entire room. They tend to weave and stop without warning to fake you out. It's fine if you've got the skills it takes to dodge everything going on, but if you flee to the upper corners of either wall, the Baby Elves never go there. Let them snake over the room until they get tired and return to Elpizo.  

It might be easy playing a game of hit-and-run, but Elpizo has one attack to keep you nervous. He launches homing energy sparks after Zero by charging up each wing at random. They always target Zero, no matter where he's located. You need to keep dashing in a way that keeps the sparks from crashing into you, but still have enough room for escape in case several converge on you.  

It's a hazard-filled final battle, but it's not the worst thing imaginable. Sub Tanks provide enough health to keep you alive to slice and shoot the devil form of Elpizo. However, it's not going to be pretty when he's finished off. Every attack he makes strains his body. He can't handle the power of the Dark Elf. If the Elf takes massive damage, it can break away to heal, but he won't be so lucky.

Elpizo will not come to his senses... you got to end this. Give it your all and defeat him for good!

When the chaos has stopped, The Dark Elf and Baby Elves are fine, but it's a sad sight for Elpizo. He's slumped on the floor, almost dead from his wounds, but no longer the demented monster he made himself out to be. He's returned to his kind, noble self once more. Weary, he knows Zero had to do what he did, even if it meant killing him. Elpizo apologizes for the atrocity he almost made, and the attack that finished X.

Elpizo curses himself for his weak and pathetic mind. He reveals all he did was caused by his failures and being unable to bear the pain of accepting them. He feels a little stronger from this lesson, but not enough to carry on. Saying goodbye, he asks Zero to tell Ciel he's sorry. He's ready to die, but something remarkable happens.

The Dark Elf flickers with a golden light, until it turns bright and powerful. The Baby Elves see this light and become terrified, making both scatter far away.

The light pours onto Elpizo, and he feels its warmth. Suddenly, he's compressed into the form of a blue Cyber-Elf. Elpizo tells Zero the Dark Elf saved him, and she isn't evil. He thanks him one final time, and with a quiet goodbye, he flies off into the unknown, looking for a place where he can be in eternal peace.

Zero stares at the Dark Elf, wondering what it will do, but its light fades away in place of darkness once more. The Elf utters his name before being swallowed by darkness again. It flies away before Zero even has the chance to speak.

Shortly afterward, X's spirit arrives to speak with Zero. He finally tells him the absolute truth about the Dark Elf. She wasn't always called the "Dark Elf." She was made to save the world, with another name, but her ability became so much of a threat to the world, people began to call her such. It wasn't her destiny to be evil; she was cursed by an terrible man named Doctor Weil.

Zero feels he knows the Dark Elf in some way. He gazes into the sky of the ruined core, hoping to remember the past that X finds too difficult to explain, and how he came to this future...

This game doesn't have an Ultimate Mode, buy if you took the extra step of using all Cyber-Elves, you get the best Form of all, the exclusive [[File:MMZ2 Ultimate Form Icon.PNG]] '''Ultimate Form'''! This final Form allows you to perform charged attacks without charging by using Street Fighter-like button combinations to shortcut straight to the beatdown. It has equally balanced stats, but better than the Basic Form, and unlike other Forms do, this one has no weapon restrictions. It's a splendid final reward for everything you've had to do! But there is still one last surprise... but it's a terrible one indeed...

After the credits, a scene opens in on a chamber door with the emblem of Neo Arcadia, just now opening up. An unseen presence speaks. The person noticed the Dark Elf was awakened, and calls out for an entity named Omega to awake and take action... Omega... the end... With a name like that... it could spell the end for all life on Earth...